Municipality · Siraha District
Lahan
लहान नगरपालिका
A municipality in Siraha District, Madhesh Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0216305
Population
102,031
2021
Households
20,577
20214.96 people each
Area
167 km²
611 per km²
Literacy
69.2%
2021209th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
102,031
National Statistics Office
51,464 women, 50,567 men — 50.4% female. 13.8% of Siraha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
69.2%
Population aged 5 and over
7.1 pp below the national figure · 209th of 276.
78.5% of men, 60.2% of women — a 18.3-point gap.
69.2%
Lahan
65.1%
Siraha
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Lahan 69.2%, Siraha 65.1%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Lahan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write69.2%
- Cannot read or write30.6%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
92,547 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 63,999 | 28,364 | 35,635 |
| Cannot read or write | 28,289 | 18,622 | 9,667 |
| Can read only | 241 | 145 | 96 |
| Not stated | 18 | 9 | 9 |
In context
Where Lahan sits among the 17 local governments of Siraha. 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. 9 more in the table below.
View all 17 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahan | municipality | 102,031 | 20,577 | 69.2% |
| Siraha | municipality | 95,410 | 18,917 | 63.0% |
| Golbazar | municipality | 63,885 | 13,133 | 67.5% |
| Mirchaiya | municipality | 59,425 | 12,250 | 66.1% |
| Kalyanpur | municipality | 58,872 | 11,835 | 61.0% |
| Dhangadhimai | municipality | 53,355 | 10,842 | 69.3% |
| Sukhipur | municipality | 42,033 | 8,321 | 63.5% |
| Karjanha | municipality | 38,557 | 8,289 | 61.8% |
| Laxmipur Patari | rural municipality | 31,118 | 6,044 | 64.8% |
| Bariyarpatti | rural municipality | 29,712 | 5,686 | 67.1% |
| Arnama | rural municipality | 27,899 | 5,179 | 66.1% |
| Aurahi | rural municipality | 26,478 | 5,469 | 61.0% |
| Bhagawanpur | rural municipality | 23,380 | 4,606 | 65.2% |
| Bishnupur | rural municipality | 22,781 | 4,566 | 65.1% |
| Naraha | rural municipality | 22,760 | 4,373 | 60.9% |
| Sakhuwa Nankarkatti | rural municipality | 20,844 | 4,236 | 66.5% |
| Nawarajpur | rural municipality | 20,788 | 4,226 | 57.7% |
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 →