Rural Municipality · Dadeldhura District
Nawadurga
नवदुर्गा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dadeldhura District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0773403
Population
18,672
2021
Households
4,318
20214.32 people each
Area
142 km²
132 per km²
Literacy
72.1%
2021256th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
18,672
National Statistics Office
10,476 women, 8,196 men — 56.1% female. 13.4% of Dadeldhura.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.1%
Population aged 5 and over
4.1 pp below the national figure · 256th of 460.
85.3% of men, 62.3% of women — a 23.0-point gap.
72.1%
Nawadurga
78.2%
Dadeldhura
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Nawadurga 72.1%, Dadeldhura 78.2%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Nawadurga marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.1%
- Cannot read or write26.5%
- Can read only1.4%
- Not stated0.0%
16,850 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 12,155 | 6,006 | 6,149 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,458 | 3,461 | 997 |
| Can read only | 235 | 176 | 59 |
| Not stated | 2 | 0 | 2 |
In context
Where Nawadurga sits among the 7 local governments of Dadeldhura. 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.
View all 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parashuram | municipality | 35,590 | 7,434 | 78.7% |
| Amargadhi | municipality | 24,149 | 6,182 | 81.8% |
| Nawadurga | rural municipality | 18,672 | 4,318 | 72.1% |
| Aalital | rural municipality | 18,112 | 3,710 | 81.0% |
| Ajayameru | rural municipality | 15,161 | 3,453 | 75.7% |
| Ganyapdhura | rural municipality | 13,722 | 3,281 | 74.1% |
| Bhageshwor | rural municipality | 13,132 | 2,794 | 80.0% |
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 →