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Rural Municipality · Kailali District

Mohanyal

मोहन्याल गाउँपालिका

A rural municipality in Kailali District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 13 local governments there.NP0771403

Population

21,082

2021

Households

4,347

20214.85 people each

Area

626 km²

34 per km²

Literacy

76.6%

2021152nd of 460

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

21,082

National Statistics Office

10,802 women, 10,280 men — 51.2% female. 2.3% of Kailali.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

76.6%

Population aged 5 and over

0.3 pp above the national figure · 152nd of 460.

83.8% of men, 69.7% of women — a 14.1-point gap.

76.6%

Mohanyal

77.6%

Kailali

76.2%

Sudur Paschim

76.2%

Nepal

Mohanyal 76.6%, Kailali 77.6%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mohanyal marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write76.6%
  • Cannot read or write22.4%
  • Can read only1.0%
  • Not stated0.0%

18,932 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write14,4956,7887,707
Cannot read or write4,2342,8121,422
Can read only19413262
Not stated954

In context

All places

Where Mohanyal sits among the 13 local governments of Kailali. By population, 2021 census.

Kailali by local government
21,082Population · 198,792

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
Kailali by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Dhangadhisub-metropolitan city198,79244,77983.3%
Godawarimunicipality98,74621,25079.4%
Lamki Chuhamunicipality90,97120,41275.9%
Tikapurmunicipality89,83520,93077.8%
Ghodaghodimunicipality86,03418,38376.2%
Gaurigangamunicipality64,55813,78175.2%
Bhajanimunicipality53,49410,84573.3%
Kailarirural municipality49,91710,17472.5%
Janakirural municipality49,86011,04173.0%
Bardagoriyarural municipality37,6827,94076.0%
Joshipurrural municipality37,1877,75172.7%
Churerural municipality21,4004,23977.7%
Mohanyalrural municipality21,0824,34776.6%

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 →