Rural Municipality · Kailali District
Joshipur
जोशीपुर गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Kailali District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 13 local governments there.NP0771404
Population
37,187
2021
Households
7,751
20214.80 people each
Area
65 km²
568 per km²
Literacy
72.7%
2021246th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
37,187
National Statistics Office
19,433 women, 17,754 men — 52.3% female. 4.1% of Kailali.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.7%
Population aged 5 and over
3.6 pp below the national figure · 246th of 460.
79.9% of men, 66.1% of women — a 13.8-point gap.
72.7%
Joshipur
77.6%
Kailali
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Joshipur 72.7%, Kailali 77.6%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Joshipur marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.7%
- Cannot read or write26.4%
- Can read only0.9%
- Not stated0.1%
34,461 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 25,037 | 11,990 | 13,047 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,113 | 5,932 | 3,181 |
| Can read only | 293 | 202 | 91 |
| Not stated | 18 | 7 | 11 |
In context
Where Joshipur sits among the 13 local governments of Kailali. 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. 5 more in the table below.
View all 13 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhangadhi | sub-metropolitan city | 198,792 | 44,779 | 83.3% |
| Godawari | municipality | 98,746 | 21,250 | 79.4% |
| Lamki Chuha | municipality | 90,971 | 20,412 | 75.9% |
| Tikapur | municipality | 89,835 | 20,930 | 77.8% |
| Ghodaghodi | municipality | 86,034 | 18,383 | 76.2% |
| Gauriganga | municipality | 64,558 | 13,781 | 75.2% |
| Bhajani | municipality | 53,494 | 10,845 | 73.3% |
| Kailari | rural municipality | 49,917 | 10,174 | 72.5% |
| Janaki | rural municipality | 49,860 | 11,041 | 73.0% |
| Bardagoriya | rural municipality | 37,682 | 7,940 | 76.0% |
| Joshipur | rural municipality | 37,187 | 7,751 | 72.7% |
| Chure | rural municipality | 21,400 | 4,239 | 77.7% |
| Mohanyal | rural municipality | 21,082 | 4,347 | 76.6% |
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 →