Municipality · Kanchanpur District
Shuklaphanta
शुक्लाफाँटा नगरपालिका
A municipality in Kanchanpur District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0772304
Population
53,969
2021
Households
12,058
20214.48 people each
Area
162 km²
333 per km²
Literacy
77.1%
2021136th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
53,969
National Statistics Office
29,385 women, 24,584 men — 54.4% female. 10.5% of Kanchanpur.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.1%
Population aged 5 and over
0.9 pp above the national figure · 136th of 276.
86.3% of men, 69.7% of women — a 16.6-point gap.
77.1%
Shuklaphanta
79.6%
Kanchanpur
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Shuklaphanta 77.1%, Kanchanpur 79.6%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Shuklaphanta 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 stated0.0%
49,415 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 38,121 | 19,071 | 19,050 |
| Cannot read or write | 11,187 | 8,214 | 2,973 |
| Can read only | 102 | 63 | 39 |
| Not stated | 5 | 2 | 3 |
In context
Where Shuklaphanta sits among the 10 local governments of Kanchanpur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhimdatta | municipality | 122,320 | 27,570 | 84.3% |
| Krishnapur | municipality | 71,500 | 15,111 | 77.3% |
| Punarbas | municipality | 61,748 | 13,626 | 78.2% |
| Bedkot | municipality | 57,680 | 12,595 | 78.5% |
| Shuklaphanta | municipality | 53,969 | 12,058 | 77.1% |
| Belouri | municipality | 53,910 | 11,151 | 79.3% |
| Dodhara Chandani | municipality | 42,974 | 9,610 | 79.2% |
| Laljhadi | rural municipality | 25,037 | 4,745 | 75.9% |
| Beldandi | rural municipality | 21,888 | 4,701 | 78.1% |
| Shuklaphanta | 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 →