Rural Municipality · Bajhang District
Durgathali
दुर्गाथली गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Bajhang District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 13 local governments there.NP0767406
Population
11,318
2021
Households
2,592
20214.37 people each
Area
62 km²
183 per km²
Literacy
66.9%
2021356th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
11,318
National Statistics Office
6,209 women, 5,109 men — 54.9% female. 6.0% of Bajhang.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
66.9%
Population aged 5 and over
9.3 pp below the national figure · 356th of 460.
79.0% of men, 57.4% of women — a 21.7-point gap.
66.9%
Durgathali
70.5%
Bajhang
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Durgathali 66.9%, Bajhang 70.5%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Durgathali marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write66.9%
- Cannot read or write32.8%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
10,398 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 6,959 | 3,331 | 3,628 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,411 | 2,466 | 945 |
| Can read only | 27 | 9 | 18 |
| Not stated | 1 | 1 | 0 |
In context
Where Durgathali sits among the 13 local governments of Bajhang. 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. 5 more in the table below.
View all 13 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bungal | municipality | 33,812 | 6,372 | 70.0% |
| Jayaprithbi | municipality | 21,933 | 5,002 | 75.9% |
| Kedarsyun | rural municipality | 21,312 | 4,296 | 71.9% |
| Bitthadchir | rural municipality | 17,812 | 3,116 | 71.5% |
| Thalara | rural municipality | 15,958 | 3,416 | 68.6% |
| Chhabis Pathibhara | rural municipality | 14,474 | 3,070 | 69.4% |
| Khaptad Chhanna | rural municipality | 13,419 | 3,102 | 69.7% |
| Masta | rural municipality | 13,265 | 2,545 | 68.4% |
| Talkot | rural municipality | 11,719 | 2,244 | 72.3% |
| Durgathali | rural municipality | 11,318 | 2,592 | 66.9% |
| Surma | rural municipality | 11,082 | 1,823 | 65.6% |
| Saipal | rural municipality | 2,625 | 447 | 72.2% |
| 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 →