Municipality · Darchula District
Shailyashikhar
शैल्यशिखर नगरपालिका
A municipality in Darchula District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0775302
Population
21,807
2021
Households
4,501
20214.84 people each
Area
118 km²
186 per km²
Literacy
74.9%
2021156th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
21,807
National Statistics Office
11,242 women, 10,565 men — 51.6% female. 16.4% of Darchula.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
74.9%
Population aged 5 and over
1.3 pp below the national figure · 156th of 276.
84.4% of men, 66.1% of women — a 18.3-point gap.
74.9%
Shailyashikhar
77.8%
Darchula
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Shailyashikhar 74.9%, Darchula 77.8%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Shailyashikhar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write74.9%
- Cannot read or write24.6%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
19,982 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 14,972 | 6,864 | 8,108 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,911 | 3,459 | 1,452 |
| Can read only | 91 | 55 | 36 |
| Not stated | 8 | 3 | 5 |
In context
Where Shailyashikhar 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 →