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Municipality · Salyan District

Sharada

Karnali Province · P-code NP0653303
Population
34,663
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
14.5%
of Salyan
Rank among municipalities
199 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
10
in Salyan

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

8,898
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

34,663
Persons
female 18,275male 16,388

2 indicators published for Sharada 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

80.0%
female 72.5%male 88.5%
15.9 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

25,153
Persons
female 12,175male 12,978
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

31,457
Persons
female 16,785male 14,672

3 indicators published for Sharada under education.

In context

Where Sharada sits among the 10 local governments of Salyan.

BagachourBanagad KupindeChhatreshworiDarmaKalimatiKapurkotKumakhSharadaSiddha KumakhTribeniKalimatiBanagad KupindeSharadaChhatreshworiKumakhBagachourKapurkotTribeniSiddha KumakhDarma
  • Sharada
  • Other units of Salyan
View all 10 names
  • Bagachour
  • Banagad Kupinde
  • Chhatreshwori · छत्रेश्वरी गाउँपालिका
  • Darma · दार्मा गाउँपालिका
  • Kalimati · कालीमाटी गाउँपालिका
  • Kapurkot · कपुरकोट गाउँपालिका
  • Kumakh · कुमाख गाउँपालिका
  • Sharada
  • Siddha Kumakh · सिद्धकुमाख गाउँपालिका
  • Tribeni · त्रिबेणी
10 local governments of Salyan. 10 of 10 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Sharada34,663
  2. Bagachour34,021
  3. Banagad Kupinde32,940
  4. Kumakh24,859
  5. Kalimati22,206
  6. Chhatreshwori21,242
  7. Darma20,139
  8. Kapurkot17,526
  9. Tribeni16,664
  10. Siddha Kumakh13,127

Salyan 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 Salyan

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
Sharada34,6638,89880.0%25,15331,457
Bagachour34,0217,49879.8%24,58530,827
Banagad Kupinde32,9407,42870.5%20,90929,671
Kumakh24,8595,49175.0%16,77022,367
Kalimati22,2064,97277.6%15,57220,074
Chhatreshwori21,2425,13977.7%14,82319,076
Darma20,1394,26477.2%13,91118,017
Kapurkot17,5263,97479.8%12,68215,902
Tribeni16,6644,11078.6%11,81415,025
Siddha Kumakh13,1272,89877.3%9,18611,876

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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