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Municipality · Nawalparasi West District

Sunawal

Lumbini Province · P-code NP0547301
Population
72,085
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
18.6%
of Nawalparasi West
Rank among municipalities
55 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
7
in Nawalparasi West

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

17,418
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

72,085
Persons
female 38,292male 33,793

2 indicators published for Sunawal 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

83.9%
female 78.3%male 90.4%
12.1 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

55,908
Persons
female 28,046male 27,862
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

66,642
Persons
female 35,820male 30,822

3 indicators published for Sunawal under education.

In context

Where Sunawal sits among the 7 local governments of Nawalparasi West.

BardaghatPalhinandanPratapapurRamgramSarawalSunawalSustaBardaghatSunawalSustaRamgramSarawalPratapapurPalhinandan
  • Sunawal
  • Other units of Nawalparasi West
View all 7 names
  • Bardaghat · बर्दघाट
  • Palhinandan · पाल्हीनन्दन गाउँपालिका
  • Pratapapur
  • Ramgram · रामग्राम नगरपालिका
  • Sarawal
  • Sunawal
  • Susta · सुस्ता गाउँपालिका
7 local governments of Nawalparasi West. 7 of 7 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Bardaghat76,703
  2. Sunawal72,085
  3. Ramgram64,017
  4. Pratapapur49,897
  5. Sarawal42,207
  6. Susta40,655
  7. Palhinandan38,186

Nawalparasi West 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 Nawalparasi West

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

7 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
Sunawal72,08517,41883.9%55,90866,642
Bardaghat76,70318,50182.5%58,48370,859
Ramgram64,01713,13777.7%45,68558,832
Pratapapur49,8979,70272.9%33,38945,798
Sarawal42,2078,74574.5%28,78538,658
Susta40,6558,02673.0%26,98436,956
Palhinandan38,1867,18071.9%25,06934,874

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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