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Municipality · Panchthar District

Phidim

फिदिम

Koshi Province · P-code NP0102301
Population
48,495
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
28.1%
of Panchthar
Rank among municipalities
133 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
8
in Panchthar

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

12,336
Households
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Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

48,495
Persons
female 24,816male 23,679

2 indicators published for Phidim 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

83.7%
female 78.2%male 89.5%
11.3 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

37,317
Persons
female 17,878male 19,439
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

44,573
Persons
female 22,851male 21,722

3 indicators published for Phidim under education.

In context

Where Phidim sits among the 8 local governments of Panchthar.

FalelungFalgunandaHilihanKummayakMiklajungPhidimTumbewaYangbarakYangbarakPhidimMiklajungFalelungHilihanKummayakFalgunandaTumbewa
  • Phidim
  • Other units of Panchthar
View all 8 names
8 local governments of Panchthar. 8 of 8 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Phidim48,495
  2. Falgunanda21,289
  3. Miklajung21,061
  4. Falelung20,361
  5. Hilihan19,085
  6. Yangbarak16,821
  7. Kummayak12,746
  8. Tumbewa11,189

Panchthar 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 Panchthar

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
Phidim48,49512,33683.7%37,31744,573
Falgunanda21,2895,27880.9%15,80219,544
Miklajung21,0615,45982.9%16,16419,490
Falelung20,3614,91582.0%15,33318,699
Hilihan19,0854,58882.3%14,41717,526
Yangbarak16,8213,95682.5%12,74215,449
Kummayak12,7463,15880.4%9,35311,629
Tumbewa11,1892,74777.7%7,90710,171

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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