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Municipality · Arghakhanchi District

Shitaganga

Lumbini Province · P-code NP0550303
Population
37,691
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
21.3%
of Arghakhanchi
Rank among municipalities
182 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
6
in Arghakhanchi

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

9,450
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

37,691
Persons
female 19,942male 17,749

2 indicators published for Shitaganga 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 73.3%male 87.6%
14.3 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

27,410
Persons
female 13,463male 13,947
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

34,273
Persons
female 18,356male 15,917

3 indicators published for Shitaganga under education.

In context

Where Shitaganga sits among the 6 local governments of Arghakhanchi.

BhumikasthanChhatradevMalaraniPaniniSandhikharkaShitagangaShitagangaBhumikasthanSandhikharkaPaniniChhatradevMalarani
  • Shitaganga
  • Other units of Arghakhanchi
View all 6 names
  • Bhumikasthan · भूमिकास्थान नगरपालिका
  • Chhatradev · छत्रदेव गाउँपालिका
  • Malarani · मालारानी गाउँपालिका
  • Panini · पाणिनी गाउँपालिका
  • Sandhikharka · सन्धिखर्क
  • Shitaganga
6 local governments of Arghakhanchi. 6 of 6 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Sandhikharka42,492
  2. Shitaganga37,691
  3. Bhumikasthan28,192
  4. Malarani24,150
  5. Panini22,291
  6. Chhatradev21,611

Arghakhanchi 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 Arghakhanchi

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

6 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
Shitaganga37,6919,45080.0%27,41034,273
Sandhikharka42,49212,07084.5%33,00939,063
Bhumikasthan28,1927,76076.9%19,78025,717
Malarani24,1506,78076.7%17,11322,305
Panini22,2916,16179.9%16,44920,593
Chhatradev21,6116,22878.8%15,74819,987

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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