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Rural Municipality · Mustang District

Gharpajhong

घरपझोङ गाउँपालिका

Gandaki Province · P-code NP0445404
Population
3,712
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
25.7%
of Mustang
Rank among rural municipalities
446 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
5
in Mustang

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

1,127
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

3,712
Persons
female 1,769male 1,943

2 indicators published for Gharpajhong 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

81.5%
female 74.6%male 87.8%
13.2 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

2,804
Persons
female 1,218male 1,586
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

3,439
Persons
female 1,633male 1,806

3 indicators published for Gharpajhong under education.

In context

Where Gharpajhong sits among the 5 local governments of Mustang.

GharpajhongLo Ghekar DamodarkundaLomanthangThasangVaragung MuktichhetraLo Ghekar DamodarkundaVaragung MuktichhetraLomanthangGharpajhongThasang
  • Gharpajhong
  • Other units of Mustang
View all 5 names
  • Gharpajhong · घरपझोङ गाउँपालिका
  • Lo Ghekar Damodarkunda · दालोमे गाउँपालिका
  • Lomanthang · लोमान्थाङ गाउँपालिका
  • Thasang · थासाङ गाउँपालिका
  • Varagung Muktichhetra · बाह्रगाउँ मुक्तिक्षेत्र गाउँपालिका
5 local governments of Mustang. 5 of 5 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Gharpajhong3,712
  2. Thasang2,856
  3. Varagung Muktichhetra2,036
  4. Lomanthang1,430
  5. Lo Ghekar Damodarkunda1,292

Mustang 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 Mustang

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

5 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
Gharpajhong3,7121,12781.5%2,8043,439
Thasang2,85683277.7%2,0572,646
Varagung Muktichhetra2,03672360.2%1,1501,910
Lomanthang1,43048847.1%6451,368
Lo Ghekar Damodarkunda1,29243645.6%5551,217

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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