Municipality · Achham District
Mangalsen
मंगलसेन नगरपालिका
A municipality in Achham District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0769302
Population
26,557
2021
Households
6,222
20214.27 people each
Area
220 km²
121 per km²
Literacy
72.8%
2021175th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
26,557
National Statistics Office
14,475 women, 12,082 men — 54.5% female. 11.6% of Achham.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.8%
Population aged 5 and over
3.4 pp below the national figure · 175th of 276.
84.2% of men, 63.7% of women — a 20.5-point gap.
72.8%
Mangalsen
72.6%
Achham
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Mangalsen 72.8%, Achham 72.6%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mangalsen marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.8%
- Cannot read or write26.7%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
23,984 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 17,469 | 8,453 | 9,016 |
| Cannot read or write | 6,403 | 4,747 | 1,656 |
| Can read only | 107 | 73 | 34 |
| Not stated | 5 | 4 | 1 |
In context
Where Mangalsen sits among the 11 local governments of Achham. 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mangalsen | municipality | 26,557 | 6,222 | 72.8% |
| Panchdebal Binayak | municipality | 26,088 | 5,412 | 69.8% |
| Sanphebagar | municipality | 25,891 | 6,311 | 74.4% |
| Turmakhand | rural municipality | 24,574 | 5,249 | 73.6% |
| Ramaroshan | rural municipality | 23,600 | 4,832 | 71.1% |
| Mellekh | rural municipality | 22,785 | 4,722 | 76.1% |
| Dhakari | rural municipality | 21,998 | 4,305 | 72.8% |
| Chaurpati | rural municipality | 21,681 | 4,811 | 70.3% |
| Kamal bazar | municipality | 21,032 | 4,569 | 70.3% |
| Bannigadhi Jayagadh | rural municipality | 13,519 | 3,134 | 73.7% |
| Khaptad | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →