Municipality · Sarlahi District
Hariwan
हरिवन नगरपालिका
A municipality in Sarlahi District, Madhesh Province, one of 20 local governments there.NP0219302
Population
49,988
2021
Households
10,740
20214.65 people each
Area
95 km²
524 per km²
Literacy
71.0%
2021190th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
49,988
National Statistics Office
25,583 women, 24,405 men — 51.2% female. 5.8% of Sarlahi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.0%
Population aged 5 and over
5.2 pp below the national figure · 190th of 276.
78.4% of men, 64.1% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
71.0%
Hariwan
60.3%
Sarlahi
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Hariwan 71.0%, Sarlahi 60.3%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Hariwan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.0%
- Cannot read or write28.8%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
45,673 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 32,450 | 15,123 | 17,327 |
| Cannot read or write | 13,141 | 8,412 | 4,729 |
| Can read only | 77 | 41 | 36 |
| Not stated | 5 | 4 | 1 |
In context
Where Hariwan 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 →