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Municipality · Kailali District

Godawari

गोदावरी

Sudur Paschim Province · P-code NP0771301
Population
98,746
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
10.9%
of Kailali
Rank among municipalities
21 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

21,250
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

98,746
Persons
female 52,054male 46,692

2 indicators published for Godawari 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

79.4%
female 72.0%male 87.8%
15.8 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

72,026
Persons
female 34,899male 37,127
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

90,731
Persons
female 48,443male 42,288

3 indicators published for Godawari under education.

In context

Where Godawari sits among the 13 local governments of Kailali.

BardagoriyaBhajaniChureDhangadhiGaurigangaGhodaghodiGodawariJanakiJoshipurKailariLamki ChuhaMohanyalTikapurMohanyalChureGaurigangaGodawariGhodaghodiDhangadhiKailariLamki ChuhaBhajaniTikapurJanakiBardagoriyaJoshipur
  • Godawari
  • 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
Godawari98,74621,25079.4%72,02690,731
Dhangadhi198,79244,77983.3%153,844184,740
Lamki Chuha90,97120,41275.9%63,29783,368
Tikapur89,83520,93077.8%64,83983,376
Ghodaghodi86,03418,38376.2%59,99578,779
Gauriganga64,55813,78175.2%44,39959,068
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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