Municipality · Dadeldhura District
Parashuram
परशुराम नगरपालिका
A municipality in Dadeldhura District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0773301
Population
35,590
2021
Households
7,434
20214.79 people each
Area
413 km²
86 per km²
Literacy
78.7%
2021113th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
35,590
National Statistics Office
18,849 women, 16,741 men — 53.0% female. 25.5% of Dadeldhura.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.7%
Population aged 5 and over
2.5 pp above the national figure · 113th of 276.
88.1% of men, 70.7% of women — a 17.4-point gap.
78.7%
Parashuram
78.2%
Dadeldhura
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Parashuram 78.7%, Dadeldhura 78.2%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Parashuram marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.7%
- Cannot read or write20.4%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.1%
32,004 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 25,201 | 12,138 | 13,063 |
| Cannot read or write | 6,534 | 4,867 | 1,667 |
| Can read only | 247 | 153 | 94 |
| Not stated | 22 | 11 | 11 |
In context
Where Parashuram 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 →