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Rural Municipality · Rukum West District

Banphikot

बाँफिकोट गाउँपालिका

Karnali Province · P-code NP0652402
Population
21,033
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
12.6%
of Rukum West
Rank among rural municipalities
196 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
6
in Rukum West

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

4,607
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

21,033
Persons
female 10,859male 10,174

2 indicators published for Banphikot 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

74.9%
female 68.2%male 82.3%
14.1 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

14,014
Persons
female 6,674male 7,340
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

18,704
Persons
female 9,786male 8,918

3 indicators published for Banphikot under education.

In context

Where Banphikot sits among the 6 local governments of Rukum West.

AathabisakotBanphikotChaurjahariMusikotSanibheriTribeniAathabisakotBanphikotMusikotSanibheriChaurjahariTribeni
  • Banphikot
  • Other units of Rukum West
View all 6 names
6 local governments of Rukum West. 6 of 6 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Aathabisakot35,917
  2. Musikot34,270
  3. Chaurjahari28,956
  4. Sanibheri24,759
  5. Banphikot21,033
  6. Tribeni20,525

Rukum West 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 Rukum West

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
Banphikot21,0334,60774.9%14,01418,704
Aathabisakot35,9177,55370.1%22,54932,167
Musikot34,2708,69380.7%25,08231,074
Chaurjahari28,9566,83774.4%19,49826,213
Sanibheri24,7595,29275.7%16,83822,255
Tribeni20,5254,30878.4%14,52518,516

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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