Rural Municipality · Doti District
Purbichouki
पुर्विचौकी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Doti District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0770403
Population
21,494
2021
Households
5,148
20214.18 people each
Area
117 km²
183 per km²
Literacy
67.9%
2021337th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
21,494
National Statistics Office
12,256 women, 9,238 men — 57.0% female. 10.5% of Doti.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
67.9%
Population aged 5 and over
8.4 pp below the national figure · 337th of 460.
80.8% of men, 58.7% of women — a 22.1-point gap.
67.9%
Purbichouki
70.7%
Doti
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Purbichouki 67.9%, Doti 70.7%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Purbichouki marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write67.9%
- Cannot read or write30.9%
- Can read only1.2%
18,927 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 12,849 | 6,491 | 6,358 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,857 | 4,445 | 1,412 |
| Can read only | 221 | 120 | 101 |
In context
Where Purbichouki sits among the 10 local governments of Doti. 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dipayal Silgadhi | municipality | 33,968 | 8,385 | 73.3% |
| Shikhar | municipality | 30,399 | 7,016 | 69.0% |
| Aadarsha | rural municipality | 24,495 | 5,317 | 67.0% |
| Purbichouki | rural municipality | 21,494 | 5,148 | 67.9% |
| K.I. Singh | rural municipality | 20,736 | 4,680 | 69.5% |
| Sayal | rural municipality | 20,456 | 4,207 | 62.1% |
| Jorayal | rural municipality | 19,788 | 4,320 | 77.8% |
| Bogatan Phudsil | rural municipality | 15,540 | 3,162 | 70.4% |
| Badi Kedar | rural municipality | 14,902 | 2,905 | 76.1% |
| Khaptad | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →