Rural Municipality · Darchula District
Lekam
लेकम गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Darchula District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0775406
Population
13,743
2021
Households
3,030
20214.54 people each
Area
84 km²
164 per km²
Literacy
75.2%
2021181st of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
13,743
National Statistics Office
7,213 women, 6,530 men — 52.5% female. 10.3% of Darchula.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
75.2%
Population aged 5 and over
1.1 pp below the national figure · 181st of 460.
86.6% of men, 65.0% of women — a 21.6-point gap.
75.2%
Lekam
77.8%
Darchula
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Lekam 75.2%, Darchula 77.8%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Lekam marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write75.2%
- Cannot read or write24.3%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
12,622 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 9,489 | 4,343 | 5,146 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,068 | 2,300 | 768 |
| Can read only | 50 | 29 | 21 |
| Not stated | 15 | 8 | 7 |
In context
Where Lekam sits among the 9 local governments of Darchula. 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahakali | municipality | 24,081 | 5,982 | 82.9% |
| Shailyashikhar | municipality | 21,807 | 4,501 | 74.9% |
| Malikarjun | rural municipality | 15,635 | 3,174 | 79.9% |
| Naugad | rural municipality | 15,528 | 2,975 | 74.2% |
| Marma | rural municipality | 15,124 | 3,025 | 77.1% |
| Lekam | rural municipality | 13,743 | 3,030 | 75.2% |
| Duhun | rural municipality | 9,842 | 2,196 | 77.9% |
| Byas | rural municipality | 9,668 | 2,143 | 73.4% |
| Apihimal | rural municipality | 6,798 | 1,355 | 80.9% |
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 →