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Municipality · Bardiya District

Gulariya

गुलरिया नगरपालिका

Lumbini Province · P-code NP0558304
Population
74,505
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
16.2%
of Bardiya
Rank among municipalities
47 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
8
in Bardiya

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

16,002
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

74,505
Persons
female 37,778male 36,727

2 indicators published for Gulariya 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

70.1%
female 63.7%male 76.6%
12.9 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

47,499
Persons
female 21,997male 25,502
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

67,803
Persons
female 34,525male 33,278

3 indicators published for Gulariya under education.

In context

Where Gulariya sits among the 8 local governments of Bardiya.

BadhaiyatalBansgadhiBarbardiyaGeruwaGulariyaMadhuwanRajapurThakurbabaBarbardiyaBadhaiyatalBansgadhiMadhuwanRajapurThakurbabaGulariyaGeruwa
  • Gulariya
  • Other units of Bardiya
View all 8 names
  • Badhaiyatal · बढैयाताल गाउँपालिका
  • Bansgadhi
  • Barbardiya · बारबर्दिया नगरपालिका
  • Geruwa · गेरुवा
  • Gulariya · गुलरिया नगरपालिका
  • Madhuwan
  • Rajapur · राजापुर
  • Thakurbaba · ठाकुरबाबा नगरपालिका
8 local governments of Bardiya. 8 of 8 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Gulariya74,505
  2. Barbardiya72,533
  3. Bansgadhi63,252
  4. Rajapur60,831
  5. Badhaiyatal52,818
  6. Madhuwan50,739
  7. Thakurbaba49,420
  8. Geruwa33,514

Bardiya 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 Bardiya

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
Gulariya74,50516,00270.1%47,49967,803
Barbardiya72,53316,89779.1%52,79366,776
Bansgadhi63,25215,09179.3%45,95557,942
Rajapur60,83113,65977.1%43,52256,457
Badhaiyatal52,81812,96176.7%37,10448,371
Madhuwan50,73912,44476.5%35,71646,674
Thakurbaba49,42011,46978.0%35,41345,424
Geruwa33,5147,76279.5%24,59330,921

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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