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Rural Municipality · Makwanpur District

Makawanpurgadhi

मकवानपुरगढी गाउँपालिका

Bagmati Province · P-code NP0331406
Population
24,461
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
5.2%
of Makwanpur
Rank among rural municipalities
129 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
10
in Makwanpur

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

5,285
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

24,461
Persons
female 12,188male 12,273

2 indicators published for Makawanpurgadhi 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

77.7%
female 72.0%male 83.4%
11.4 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

17,397
Persons
female 8,048male 9,349
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

22,398
Persons
female 11,185male 11,213

3 indicators published for Makawanpurgadhi under education.

In context

Where Makawanpurgadhi sits among the 10 local governments of Makwanpur.

BagmatiBakaiyaBhimphediHetaudaIndrasarowarKailashMakawanpurgadhiManahariRaksirangThahaBakaiyaHetaudaBagmatiManahariRaksirangBhimphediThahaKailashMakawanpurgadhiIndrasarowar
  • Makawanpurgadhi
  • Other units of Makwanpur
View all 10 names
  • Bagmati · बागमती गाउँपालिका
  • Bakaiya · बकैया गाउँपालिका
  • Bhimphedi · भीमफेदी गाउँपालिका
  • Hetauda · हेटौंडा नगरपालिका
  • Indrasarowar · इन्द्रसरोवर गाउँपालिका
  • Kailash · कैलाश गाउँपालिका
  • Makawanpurgadhi · मकवानपुरगढी गाउँपालिका
  • Manahari · मनहरी गाउँपालिका
  • Raksirang · राक्सिराङ्ग गाउँपालिका
  • Thaha · थाहा नगरपालिका
10 local governments of Makwanpur. 10 of 10 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Hetauda193,576
  2. Manahari47,353
  3. Bakaiya40,907
  4. Thaha38,870
  5. Bagmati30,425
  6. Raksirang25,996
  7. Makawanpurgadhi24,461
  8. Kailash21,856
  9. Bhimphedi21,516
  10. Indrasarowar13,534

Makwanpur 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 Makwanpur

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

10 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
Makawanpurgadhi24,4615,28577.7%17,39722,398
Hetauda193,57646,56684.0%150,594179,380
Manahari47,35310,72477.7%33,52843,124
Bakaiya40,9078,91369.0%25,80637,381
Thaha38,8709,74974.1%26,81936,198
Bagmati30,4256,46068.9%19,16427,808
Raksirang25,9965,04470.2%16,33423,267
Kailash21,8564,39167.8%13,48619,878
Bhimphedi21,5165,08575.3%14,89219,790
Indrasarowar13,5343,40371.4%9,01412,617

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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