Rural Municipality · Darchula District
Marma
मार्मा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Darchula District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0775407
Population
15,124
2021
Households
3,025
20215.00 people each
Area
208 km²
73 per km²
Literacy
77.1%
2021142nd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
15,124
National Statistics Office
7,892 women, 7,232 men — 52.2% female. 11.3% of Darchula.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.1%
Population aged 5 and over
0.8 pp above the national figure · 142nd of 460.
85.5% of men, 69.5% of women — a 16.0-point gap.
77.1%
Marma
77.8%
Darchula
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Marma 77.1%, Darchula 77.8%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Marma marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.1%
- Cannot read or write22.6%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.1%
13,771 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 10,615 | 5,052 | 5,563 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,116 | 2,187 | 929 |
| Can read only | 33 | 21 | 12 |
| Not stated | 7 | 5 | 2 |
In context
Where Marma 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 →