Municipality · Sarlahi District
Barahathawa
बरहथवा नगरपालिका
A municipality in Sarlahi District, Madhesh Province, one of 20 local governments there.NP0219304
Population
81,120
2021
Households
15,343
20215.29 people each
Area
107 km²
758 per km²
Literacy
60.8%
2021245th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
81,120
National Statistics Office
40,205 women, 40,915 men — 49.6% female. 9.4% of Sarlahi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
60.8%
Population aged 5 and over
15.5 pp below the national figure · 245th of 276.
69.0% of men, 52.5% of women — a 16.5-point gap.
60.8%
Barahathawa
60.3%
Sarlahi
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Barahathawa 60.8%, Sarlahi 60.3%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Barahathawa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write60.8%
- Cannot read or write39.0%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
72,687 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 44,189 | 19,063 | 25,126 |
| Cannot read or write | 28,364 | 17,147 | 11,217 |
| Can read only | 122 | 61 | 61 |
| Not stated | 12 | 7 | 5 |
In context
Where Barahathawa 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 →