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Rural Municipality · Banke District

Janaki

जानकी गाउँपालिका

Lumbini Province · P-code NP0557403
Population
46,141
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
7.6%
of Banke
Rank among rural municipalities
22 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
8
in Banke

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

8,826
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

46,141
Persons
female 22,835male 23,306

2 indicators published for Janaki 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

67.1%
female 59.0%male 75.1%
16.2 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

27,867
Persons
female 12,136male 15,731
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

41,521
Persons
female 20,585male 20,936

3 indicators published for Janaki under education.

In context

Where Janaki sits among the 8 local governments of Banke.

BaijanathDuduwaJanakiKhajuraKohalpurNarainapurNepalganjRapti SonariRapti SonariBaijanathKohalpurNarainapurDuduwaKhajuraJanakiNepalganj
  • Janaki
  • Other units of Banke
View all 8 names
  • Baijanath · बैजनाथ गाउँपालिका
  • Duduwa · डुडुवा गाउँपालिका
  • Janaki · जानकी गाउँपालिका
  • Khajura
  • Kohalpur · कोहलपुर नगरपालिका
  • Narainapur · नरैनापुर
  • Nepalganj
  • Rapti Sonari · राप्तीसोनारी गाउँपालिका
8 local governments of Banke. 8 of 8 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Nepalganj164,444
  2. Kohalpur101,667
  3. Baijanath69,472
  4. Rapti Sonari66,445
  5. Khajura62,789
  6. Janaki46,141
  7. Narainapur43,206
  8. Duduwa43,135

Banke 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 Banke

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
Janaki46,1418,82667.1%27,86741,521
Nepalganj164,44434,56576.2%114,709150,450
Kohalpur101,66724,18382.6%77,60493,943
Baijanath69,47216,46977.9%49,79763,884
Rapti Sonari66,44514,94675.0%45,34460,478
Khajura62,78913,70675.3%42,62356,630
Narainapur43,2068,48847.9%18,07537,744
Duduwa43,1358,05155.4%21,21738,308

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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