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Rural Municipality · Jajarkot District

Junichande

जुनीचाँदे

Karnali Province · P-code NP0660401
Population
23,771
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
12.6%
of Jajarkot
Rank among rural municipalities
137 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
7
in Jajarkot

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

4,296
Households
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Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

23,771
Persons
female 11,936male 11,835

2 indicators published for Junichande 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

73.0%
female 68.3%male 77.8%
9.5 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

15,013
Persons
female 7,091male 7,922
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

20,573
Persons
female 10,385male 10,188

3 indicators published for Junichande under education.

In context

Where Junichande sits among the 7 local governments of Jajarkot.

BarekotBheri MalikaChhedagadJunichandeKuseNalgadShivalayaNalgadBarekotChhedagadJunichandeBheri MalikaKuseShivalaya
  • Junichande
  • Other units of Jajarkot
View all 7 names
  • Barekot · बारेकोट गाउँपालिका
  • Bheri Malika
  • Chhedagad · छेडागाड नगरपालिका
  • Junichande · जुनीचाँदे
  • Kuse · कुसे गाउँपालिका
  • Nalgad · नलगाड नगरपालिका
  • Shivalaya · शिवालय गाउँपालिका
7 local governments of Jajarkot. 7 of 7 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Bheri Malika37,892
  2. Chhedagad37,877
  3. Nalgad28,922
  4. Junichande23,771
  5. Kuse23,058
  6. Barekot22,005
  7. Shivalaya14,776

Jajarkot 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 Jajarkot

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
Junichande23,7714,29673.0%15,01320,573
Bheri Malika37,8928,87475.1%25,32733,716
Chhedagad37,8777,19775.8%25,47833,613
Nalgad28,9225,99273.6%19,04925,875
Kuse23,0584,40174.5%15,16920,349
Barekot22,0053,88778.6%15,32319,490
Shivalaya14,7762,80678.3%10,24713,086

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)

Reusable under CC BY-IGO 3.0 and nso-official-statistics and CC0 1.0 and CC BY 4.0 with attribution. Retrieved 2026-08-23. Full metadata, caveats and revision history →

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