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Rural Municipality · Sarlahi District

Kaudena

Madhesh Province · P-code NP0219406
Population
28,702
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
3.3%
of Sarlahi
Rank among rural municipalities
92 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
20
in Sarlahi

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

5,476
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

28,702
Persons
female 14,264male 14,438

2 indicators published for Kaudena 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

51.3%
female 43.3%male 59.3%
16.0 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

12,981
Persons
female 5,469male 7,512
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

25,288
Persons
female 12,620male 12,668

3 indicators published for Kaudena under education.

In context

Where Kaudena sits among the 20 local governments of Sarlahi.

BagmatiBalaraBarahathawaBasbariyaBishnuBrahmapuriChakraghattaChandranagarDhanakaulGodaitaHaripurHaripurwaHariwanIshworpurKabilashiKaudenaLalbandiMalangawaParsaRamnagarIshworpurLalbandiBagmatiBarahathawaHariwanHaripurGodaitaBalaraDhanakaulKabilashiBrahmapuriChandranagarBasbariyaMalangawaHaripurwaBishnuKaudenaRamnagarParsaChakraghatta
  • Kaudena
  • Other units of Sarlahi
View all 20 names
20 local governments of Sarlahi. 20 of 20 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Barahathawa81,120
  2. Ishworpur68,377
  3. Lalbandi66,419
  4. Malangawa54,550
  5. Godaita54,270
  6. Hariwan49,988
  7. Balara47,912
  8. Bagmati47,106
  9. Kabilashi44,204
  10. Haripur43,233
  11. Haripurwa38,714
  12. Chandranagar36,908
  13. Brahmapuri31,378
  14. Ramnagar31,366
  15. Chakraghatta29,550
  16. Kaudena28,702
  17. Bishnu28,570
  18. Dhanakaul27,974
  19. Basbariya25,905
  20. Parsa24,005

Sarlahi 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 Sarlahi

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

20 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
Kaudena28,7025,47651.3%12,98125,288
Barahathawa81,12015,34360.8%44,18972,687
Ishworpur68,37713,52163.7%39,56062,069
Lalbandi66,41914,87373.7%45,03561,100
Malangawa54,55010,03368.2%33,57649,207
Godaita54,2709,30360.1%29,31648,741
Hariwan49,98810,74071.0%32,45045,673
Balara47,9128,62254.5%23,22342,624
Bagmati47,10610,76868.6%29,53843,070
Kabilashi44,2048,13053.2%21,07639,612
Haripur43,2338,35060.3%23,36838,751
Haripurwa38,7147,14053.9%18,60134,501
Chandranagar36,9086,71354.6%18,05333,053
Brahmapuri31,3785,93954.3%15,09327,814
Ramnagar31,3665,37754.2%15,00227,668
Chakraghatta29,5505,03955.4%14,71926,559
Bishnu28,5705,27253.7%13,62925,381
Dhanakaul27,9745,11248.1%11,92324,803
Basbariya25,9054,58651.0%11,84523,219
Parsa24,0054,48758.2%12,45421,401

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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