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Rural Municipality · Kalikot District

Mahawai

महावै गाउँपालिका

Karnali Province · P-code NP0664406
Population
8,177
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
5.6%
of Kalikot
Rank among rural municipalities
427 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
9
in Kalikot

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

1,615
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

8,177
Persons
female 4,128male 4,049

2 indicators published for Mahawai 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

73.1%
female 64.3%male 82.2%
17.9 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

5,320
Persons
female 2,379male 2,941
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

7,281
Persons
female 3,701male 3,580

3 indicators published for Mahawai under education.

In context

Where Mahawai sits among the 9 local governments of Kalikot.

KhandachakraMahawaiNaraharinathPachal JharanaPalataRaskotSanni TribeniShuva KalikaTilaguphaMahawaiPalataTilaguphaPachal JharanaSanni TribeniNaraharinathKhandachakraShuva KalikaRaskot
  • Mahawai
  • Other units of Kalikot
View all 9 names
9 local governments of Kalikot. 9 of 9 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Naraharinath22,458
  2. Khandachakra22,274
  3. Raskot17,425
  4. Palata17,346
  5. Tilagupha16,197
  6. Shuva Kalika13,773
  7. Pachal Jharana13,687
  8. Sanni Tribeni13,491
  9. Mahawai8,177

Kalikot 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 Kalikot

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

9 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
Mahawai8,1771,61573.1%5,3207,281
Naraharinath22,4584,29075.1%14,95119,902
Khandachakra22,2744,10174.0%14,61419,762
Raskot17,4253,19472.0%11,07215,375
Palata17,3462,83470.7%10,68415,116
Tilagupha16,1973,15471.3%10,21614,325
Shuva Kalika13,7732,76274.4%9,08412,210
Pachal Jharana13,6872,39871.5%8,72912,214
Sanni Tribeni13,4912,42270.2%8,44712,029

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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