Municipality · Baitadi District
Puchaundi
पुचौंडी नगरपालिका
A municipality in Baitadi District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0774302
Population
38,281
2021
Households
7,145
20215.36 people each
Area
198 km²
193 per km²
Literacy
71.4%
2021187th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
38,281
National Statistics Office
19,851 women, 18,430 men — 51.9% female. 15.8% of Baitadi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.4%
Population aged 5 and over
4.9 pp below the national figure · 187th of 276.
80.9% of men, 62.7% of women — a 18.2-point gap.
71.4%
Puchaundi
76.8%
Baitadi
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Puchaundi 71.4%, Baitadi 76.8%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Puchaundi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.4%
- Cannot read or write27.8%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.1%
34,774 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 24,822 | 11,414 | 13,408 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,656 | 6,613 | 3,043 |
| Can read only | 276 | 164 | 112 |
| Not stated | 20 | 13 | 7 |
In context
Where Puchaundi sits among the 10 local governments of Baitadi. 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puchaundi | municipality | 38,281 | 7,145 | 71.4% |
| Dasharathchand | municipality | 31,567 | 7,198 | 80.4% |
| Patan | municipality | 29,230 | 6,442 | 80.5% |
| Dogada Kedar | rural municipality | 23,104 | 4,672 | 77.9% |
| Dilasaini | rural municipality | 22,966 | 4,509 | 76.7% |
| Sigas | rural municipality | 21,814 | 4,114 | 74.3% |
| Melauli | municipality | 20,658 | 4,536 | 79.3% |
| Shivanath | rural municipality | 18,064 | 3,434 | 75.9% |
| Surnaya | rural municipality | 17,945 | 3,783 | 74.8% |
| Pancheshwor | rural municipality | 17,796 | 3,574 | 76.3% |
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 →