Municipality · Sarlahi District
Balara
बलरा नगरपालिका
A municipality in Sarlahi District, Madhesh Province, one of 20 local governments there.NP0219311
Population
47,912
2021
Households
8,622
20215.56 people each
Area
49 km²
987 per km²
Literacy
54.5%
2021269th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
47,912
National Statistics Office
23,141 women, 24,771 men — 48.3% female. 5.6% of Sarlahi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
54.5%
Population aged 5 and over
21.8 pp below the national figure · 269th of 276.
62.2% of men, 46.2% of women — a 16.1-point gap.
54.5%
Balara
60.3%
Sarlahi
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Balara 54.5%, Sarlahi 60.3%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Balara marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write54.5%
- Cannot read or write45.4%
- Can read only0.1%
- Not stated0.0%
42,624 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 23,223 | 9,483 | 13,740 |
| Cannot read or write | 19,336 | 11,033 | 8,303 |
| Can read only | 63 | 29 | 34 |
| Not stated | 2 | 1 | 1 |
In context
Where Balara sits among the 20 local governments of Sarlahi. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing. 12 more in the table below.
View all 20 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barahathawa | municipality | 81,120 | 15,343 | 60.8% |
| Ishworpur | municipality | 68,377 | 13,521 | 63.7% |
| Lalbandi | municipality | 66,419 | 14,873 | 73.7% |
| Malangawa | municipality | 54,550 | 10,033 | 68.2% |
| Godaita | municipality | 54,270 | 9,303 | 60.1% |
| Hariwan | municipality | 49,988 | 10,740 | 71.0% |
| Balara | municipality | 47,912 | 8,622 | 54.5% |
| Bagmati | municipality | 47,106 | 10,768 | 68.6% |
| Kabilashi | municipality | 44,204 | 8,130 | 53.2% |
| Haripur | municipality | 43,233 | 8,350 | 60.3% |
| Haripurwa | municipality | 38,714 | 7,140 | 53.9% |
| Chandranagar | rural municipality | 36,908 | 6,713 | 54.6% |
| Brahmapuri | rural municipality | 31,378 | 5,939 | 54.3% |
| Ramnagar | rural municipality | 31,366 | 5,377 | 54.2% |
| Chakraghatta | rural municipality | 29,550 | 5,039 | 55.4% |
| Kaudena | rural municipality | 28,702 | 5,476 | 51.3% |
| Bishnu | rural municipality | 28,570 | 5,272 | 53.7% |
| Dhanakaul | rural municipality | 27,974 | 5,112 | 48.1% |
| Basbariya | rural municipality | 25,905 | 4,586 | 51.0% |
| Parsa | rural municipality | 24,005 | 4,487 | 58.2% |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →