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Municipality · Bardiya District

Madhuwan

Lumbini Province · P-code NP0558302
Population
50,739
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
11.0%
of Bardiya
Rank among municipalities
123 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

12,444
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

50,739
Persons
female 27,429male 23,310

2 indicators published for Madhuwan 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

76.5%
female 71.2%male 82.9%
11.7 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

35,716
Persons
female 18,156male 17,560
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

46,674
Persons
female 25,495male 21,179

3 indicators published for Madhuwan under education.

In context

Where Madhuwan sits among the 8 local governments of Bardiya.

BadhaiyatalBansgadhiBarbardiyaGeruwaGulariyaMadhuwanRajapurThakurbabaBarbardiyaBadhaiyatalBansgadhiMadhuwanRajapurThakurbabaGulariyaGeruwa
  • Madhuwan
  • 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
Madhuwan50,73912,44476.5%35,71646,674
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
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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