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Rural Municipality · Surkhet District

Simta

सिम्ता गाउँपालिका

Karnali Province · P-code NP0659404
Population
24,083
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
5.8%
of Surkhet
Rank among rural municipalities
131 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
9
in Surkhet

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

6,062
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

24,083
Persons
female 13,463male 10,620

2 indicators published for Simta 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

76.5%
female 70.4%male 84.5%
14.1 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

16,485
Persons
female 8,633male 7,852
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

21,550
Persons
female 12,259male 9,291

3 indicators published for Simta under education.

In context

Where Simta sits among the 9 local governments of Surkhet.

BarahatalBherigangaBirendranagarChaukuneChingadGurbhakotLekabeshiPanchapuriSimtaBarahatalChaukunePanchapuriBherigangaBirendranagarGurbhakotSimtaChingadLekabeshi
  • Simta
  • Other units of Surkhet
View all 9 names
  • Barahatal · बराहताल गाउँपालिका
  • Bheriganga
  • Birendranagar · वीरेन्द्रनगर नगरपालिका
  • Chaukune · चौकुने गाउँपालिका
  • Chingad · चिङ्गाड गाउँपालिका
  • Gurbhakot
  • Lekabeshi
  • Panchapuri · पञ्चपुरी नगरपालिका
  • Simta · सिम्ता गाउँपालिका
9 local governments of Surkhet. 9 of 9 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Birendranagar153,863
  2. Gurbhakot48,216
  3. Bheriganga48,203
  4. Panchapuri35,839
  5. Lekabeshi31,710
  6. Chaukune26,950
  7. Barahatal25,943
  8. Simta24,083
  9. Chingad15,600

Surkhet 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 Surkhet

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
Simta24,0836,06276.5%16,48521,550
Birendranagar153,86338,37787.2%123,503141,704
Gurbhakot48,21611,79882.8%36,31043,838
Bheriganga48,20311,53981.1%35,47543,718
Panchapuri35,8397,80378.5%25,35432,294
Lekabeshi31,7107,44182.2%23,83428,993
Chaukune26,9505,33678.1%18,73623,986
Barahatal25,9436,16977.7%18,36323,620
Chingad15,6003,29774.2%10,34613,939

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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