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Municipality · Kailali District

Gauriganga

Sudur Paschim Province · P-code NP0771302
Population
64,558
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
7.1%
of Kailali
Rank among municipalities
70 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
13
in Kailali

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

13,781
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

64,558
Persons
female 34,867male 29,691

2 indicators published for Gauriganga 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

75.2%
female 68.1%male 83.7%
15.6 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

44,399
Persons
female 22,081male 22,318
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

59,068
Persons
female 32,408male 26,660

3 indicators published for Gauriganga under education.

In context

Where Gauriganga sits among the 13 local governments of Kailali.

BardagoriyaBhajaniChureDhangadhiGaurigangaGhodaghodiGodawariJanakiJoshipurKailariLamki ChuhaMohanyalTikapurMohanyalChureGaurigangaGodawariGhodaghodiDhangadhiKailariLamki ChuhaBhajaniTikapurJanakiBardagoriyaJoshipur
  • Gauriganga
  • Other units of Kailali
View all 13 names
13 local governments of Kailali. 13 of 13 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Dhangadhi198,792
  2. Godawari98,746
  3. Lamki Chuha90,971
  4. Tikapur89,835
  5. Ghodaghodi86,034
  6. Gauriganga64,558
  7. Bhajani53,494
  8. Kailari49,917
  9. Janaki49,860
  10. Bardagoriya37,682
  11. Joshipur37,187
  12. Chure21,400
  13. Mohanyal21,082

Kailali 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 Kailali

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

13 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
Gauriganga64,55813,78175.2%44,39959,068
Dhangadhi198,79244,77983.3%153,844184,740
Godawari98,74621,25079.4%72,02690,731
Lamki Chuha90,97120,41275.9%63,29783,368
Tikapur89,83520,93077.8%64,83983,376
Ghodaghodi86,03418,38376.2%59,99578,779
Bhajani53,49410,84573.3%36,08649,237
Kailari49,91710,17472.5%33,72246,542
Janaki49,86011,04173.0%33,68446,151
Bardagoriya37,6827,94076.0%26,34434,677
Joshipur37,1877,75172.7%25,03734,461
Chure21,4004,23977.7%14,96219,255
Mohanyal21,0824,34776.6%14,49518,932

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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