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Rural Municipality · Okhaldhunga District

Khiji Demba

Koshi Province · P-code NP0113401
Population
15,559
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
11.1%
of Okhaldhunga
Rank among rural municipalities
306 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
8
in Okhaldhunga

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

3,438
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

15,559
Persons
female 7,728male 7,831

2 indicators published for Khiji Demba 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

74.8%
female 67.2%male 82.3%
15.2 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

10,723
Persons
female 4,782male 5,941
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

14,332
Persons
female 7,117male 7,215

3 indicators published for Khiji Demba under education.

In context

Where Khiji Demba sits among the 8 local governments of Okhaldhunga.

ChampadeviChishankhu GadhiKhiji DembaLikhuManebhanjyangMolungSiddhicharanSunkoshiSiddhicharanKhiji DembaSunkoshiManebhanjyangMolungChampadeviChishankhu GadhiLikhu
  • Khiji Demba
  • Other units of Okhaldhunga
View all 8 names
  • Champadevi · चम्पादेवी गाउँपालिका
  • Chishankhu Gadhi · चिशंखुगढी गाउँपालिका
  • Khiji Demba
  • Likhu
  • Manebhanjyang · मानेभञ्ज्याङ गाउँपालिका
  • Molung · मोलुङ गाउँपालिका
  • Siddhicharan · सिद्धिचरण नगरपालिका
  • Sunkoshi · सुनकोशी गाउँपालिका
8 local governments of Okhaldhunga. 8 of 8 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Siddhicharan27,351
  2. Manebhanjyang19,597
  3. Sunkoshi17,783
  4. Molung16,440
  5. Champadevi16,311
  6. Khiji Demba15,559
  7. Chishankhu Gadhi13,844
  8. Likhu12,104

Okhaldhunga 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 Okhaldhunga

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

8 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
Khiji Demba15,5593,43874.8%10,72314,332
Siddhicharan27,3517,12676.2%19,47825,575
Manebhanjyang19,5974,78577.6%14,07318,134
Sunkoshi17,7834,36871.4%11,75316,465
Molung16,4404,06973.8%11,22715,203
Champadevi16,3114,03468.3%10,32515,123
Chishankhu Gadhi13,8443,30574.8%9,58212,813
Likhu12,1043,16170.7%8,05611,389

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)

Reusable under CC BY-IGO 3.0 and nso-official-statistics and CC0 1.0 and CC BY 4.0 with attribution. Retrieved 2026-08-23. Full metadata, caveats and revision history →