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Rural Municipality · Morang District

Dhanapalthan

Koshi Province · P-code NP0105408
Population
45,348
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
3.9%
of Morang
Rank among rural municipalities
25 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
17
in Morang

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

9,925
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

45,348
Persons
female 23,152male 22,196

2 indicators published for Dhanapalthan 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

67.9%
female 60.7%male 75.5%
14.8 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

27,882
Persons
female 12,755male 15,127
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

41,058
Persons
female 21,016male 20,042

3 indicators published for Dhanapalthan under education.

In context

Where Dhanapalthan sits among the 17 local governments of Morang.

BelbariBiratnagarBudhigangaDhanapalthanGramthanJahadaKanepokhariKatahariKerabariLetangMiklajungPathari ShanishchareRangeliRatuwamaiSundarharaichaSunwarshiUrlabariKerabariLetangMiklajungRatuwamaiSunwarshiBelbariRangeliUrlabariSundarharaichaBudhigangaKanepokhariDhanapalthanKatahariBiratnagarGramthanPathariShanishchareJahada
  • Dhanapalthan
  • Other units of Morang
View all 17 names
  • Belbari · बेलवारी नगरपालिका
  • Biratnagar
  • Budhiganga · मोधा बुढीगंगा गाउँपालिका
  • Dhanapalthan
  • Gramthan · ग्रामथान गाउँपालिका
  • Jahada · जहदा गाउँपालिका
  • Kanepokhari · कानेपोखरी गाउँपालिका
  • Katahari · कटहरी गाउँपालिका
  • Kerabari · केराबारी गाउँपालिका
  • Letang · लेटाङ-भोगटेनी नगरपालिका
  • Miklajung · मिक्लाजुङ गाउँपालिका
  • Pathari Shanishchare · पथरी शनिश्चरे नगरपालिका
  • Rangeli · रंगेली
  • Ratuwamai · रतुवामाई नगरपालिका
  • Sundarharaicha · सुन्दरहरैचा नगरपालिका
  • Sunwarshi
  • Urlabari · उर्लाबारी नगरपालिका
17 local governments of Morang. 17 of 17 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Biratnagar243,927
  2. Sundarharaicha120,213
  3. Belbari81,771
  4. Pathari Shanishchare72,451
  5. Urlabari70,908
  6. Ratuwamai61,139
  7. Rangeli57,494
  8. Sunwarshi56,034
  9. Budhiganga51,497
  10. Katahari48,510
  11. Jahada47,639
  12. Dhanapalthan45,348
  13. Kanepokhari43,193
  14. Letang38,152
  15. Gramthan36,024
  16. Kerabari34,504
  17. Miklajung33,167

Morang 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 Morang

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

17 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
Dhanapalthan45,3489,92567.9%27,88241,058
Biratnagar243,92756,91983.6%189,846227,073
Sundarharaicha120,21329,82682.9%92,341111,421
Belbari81,77120,45979.6%60,49575,979
Pathari Shanishchare72,45117,98081.5%54,66267,106
Urlabari70,90817,65084.8%55,85465,881
Ratuwamai61,13914,50875.2%42,07455,919
Rangeli57,49413,20671.7%37,77252,668
Sunwarshi56,03412,68468.0%34,49250,725
Budhiganga51,49712,36075.9%36,19447,668
Katahari48,51010,49571.2%31,68444,514
Jahada47,6399,86967.2%28,88642,969
Kanepokhari43,19310,66377.8%31,08339,958
Letang38,1529,35782.5%29,19035,397
Gramthan36,0249,37772.6%24,31533,477
Kerabari34,5048,57381.1%25,87031,894
Miklajung33,1678,30982.9%25,41530,661

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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