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Municipality · Chitawan District

Madi

Bagmati Province · P-code NP0335305
Population
38,295
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
5.3%
of Chitawan
Rank among municipalities
172 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
7
in Chitawan

Population & Demographics

How many people live in Nepal, where, and how the population is structured by age and sex. All Population & Demographics indicators →

Householdsघरपरिवार

Number of households enumerated. An institutional facility counts as one household.

2021 census

10,120
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

Resident population. Figures for years after the last census are projections, not counts.

2021 census

38,295
Persons
female 20,212male 18,083

2 indicators published for Madi under population & demographics.

Education

Literacy, schooling and educational attainment. All Education indicators →

Literacy rateसाक्षरता दर

Share of the population aged 5 and over who can read and write. The denominator is the 5-plus population, not the total population.

2021 census · not additive across places

78.5%
female 73.1%male 84.7%
11.6 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

27,663
Persons
female 13,767male 13,896
Population aged 5 and over५ वर्ष र माथिको जनसंख्या

The denominator for literacy. Published because a rate without its base cannot be recomputed or aggregated.

2021 census

35,240
Persons
female 18,832male 16,408

3 indicators published for Madi under education.

In context

Where Madi sits among the 7 local governments of Chitawan.

BharatpurIchchha KamanaKalikaKhairahaniMadiRaptiRatnanagarBharatpurMadiRaptiIchchha KamanaKalikaKhairahaniRatnanagar
  • Madi
  • Other units of Chitawan
View all 7 names
7 local governments of Chitawan. 7 of 7 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Bharatpur369,268
  2. Ratnanagar89,905
  3. Khairahani67,385
  4. Rapti66,617
  5. Kalika52,164
  6. Madi38,295
  7. Ichchha Kamana27,643

Chitawan District overview →

Not yet covered

Supported by the data model, not yet ingested at this level.

Ward-level detail, local government budgets and expenditure, school and health facility counts, and election results. The census publishes ward tables and the model already supports the grain; nothing is ingested there yet, so no section for it appears above.

Compare with the rest of Chitawan

Every published census measure, side by side. This unit is highlighted; rank by any column, or select rows to compare a few.

7 local governments · tick rows to pin and compare
local governments compared on Population, Households, Literacy rate, Literate population, Population aged 5 and over, ranked by Population
local governments
Madi38,29510,12078.5%27,66335,240
Bharatpur369,26896,59187.2%301,215345,434
Ratnanagar89,90522,40383.1%69,57983,754
Khairahani67,38516,39580.5%50,37462,597
Rapti66,61715,21577.3%47,05160,896
Kalika52,16412,25879.1%37,88747,919
Ichchha Kamana27,6436,18574.2%18,56125,021

Bars are scaled within each column, so columns compare places and rows compare measures. A dash means the figure is not published for that place, which is not the same as zero. Rates are not additive across places and are never totalled.

Sources & methodology

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2024) · United Nations Population Fund (2023) · National Statistics Office (2021) · Wikidata (2026) · World Bank (1960-2024)

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