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Rural Municipality · Bajura District

Gaumul

गौमुल गाउँपालिका

Sudur Paschim Province · P-code NP0768402
Population
8,913
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
6.4%
of Bajura
Rank among rural municipalities
422 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
9
in Bajura

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

1,716
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

8,913
Persons
female 4,609male 4,304

2 indicators published for Gaumul 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

74.2%
female 67.8%male 81.1%
13.2 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

5,927
Persons
female 2,825male 3,102
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

7,992
Persons
female 4,165male 3,827

3 indicators published for Gaumul under education.

In context

Where Gaumul sits among the 9 local governments of Bajura.

BadimalikaBudhigangaBudhinandaGaumulHimaliJagannathKhaptad ChhededahaSwamikartik KhaparTribeniHimaliGaumulBudhinandaBadimalikaTribeniJagannathKhaptad ChhededahaSwamikartikKhaparBudhiganga
  • Gaumul
  • Other units of Bajura
View all 9 names
9 local governments of Bajura. 9 of 9 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Budhiganga20,185
  2. Budhinanda20,072
  3. Khaptad Chhededaha19,307
  4. Badimalika18,414
  5. Tribeni17,798
  6. Swamikartik Khapar12,576
  7. Himali10,309
  8. Jagannath10,158
  9. Gaumul8,913

Bajura 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 Bajura

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

9 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
Gaumul8,9131,71674.2%5,9277,992
Budhiganga20,1854,55471.9%13,16518,320
Budhinanda20,0724,15069.2%12,35117,848
Khaptad Chhededaha19,3073,57471.4%12,42117,395
Badimalika18,4144,04677.3%12,85816,633
Tribeni17,7983,70271.5%11,33515,858
Swamikartik Khapar12,5762,36267.2%7,43811,064
Himali10,3091,99864.4%5,8569,094
Jagannath10,1581,93968.8%6,1298,909

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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