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Municipality · Lalitpur District

Mahalaxmi

महालक्ष्मी नगरपालिका

Bagmati Province · P-code NP0325302
Population
123,116
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
22.3%
of Lalitpur
Rank among municipalities
11 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
6
in Lalitpur

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

32,106
Households
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Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

123,116
Persons
female 60,717male 62,399

2 indicators published for Mahalaxmi 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

90.0%
female 84.8%male 95.2%
10.4 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

103,986
Persons
female 48,507male 55,479
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

115,499
Persons
female 57,207male 58,292

3 indicators published for Mahalaxmi under education.

In context

Where Mahalaxmi sits among the 6 local governments of Lalitpur.

BagmatiGodawariKonjyosomLalitpurMahalaxmiMahankalBagmatiGodawariMahankalKonjyosomMahalaxmiLalitpur
  • Mahalaxmi
  • Other units of Lalitpur
View all 6 names
  • Bagmati · वाग्मती गाउँपालिका
  • Godawari · गोदावरी नगरपालिका
  • Konjyosom · कोन्ज्योसोम गाउँपालिका
  • Lalitpur · ललितपुर
  • Mahalaxmi · महालक्ष्मी नगरपालिका
  • Mahankal · महाङ्काल गाउँपालिका
6 local governments of Lalitpur. 6 of 6 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Lalitpur294,098
  2. Mahalaxmi123,116
  3. Godawari97,633
  4. Bagmati11,353
  5. Konjyosom8,989
  6. Mahankal8,122

Lalitpur 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 Lalitpur

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

6 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
Mahalaxmi123,11632,10690.0%103,986115,499
Lalitpur294,09877,15990.0%251,272279,234
Godawari97,63324,04583.0%76,13791,772
Bagmati11,3532,73971.4%7,49710,504
Konjyosom8,9892,14273.9%6,1928,375
Mahankal8,1221,93980.1%6,0737,583

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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