Molung is a Rural Municipality, which is located in Okhaldhunga district, Province No. 1 of Nepal. Molung has total 8 wards, which are scattered across 112 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Molung Rural Municipality had total population of 15,862.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Molung Rural Municipality had total 16,241 population with 7,529 males and 8,712 females. Out of total wards, ward number 2 had the largest population 3,180, while ward number 3 had least number of population with 3,180.
With respect to number of households, Molung Rural Municipality had total 3,669 households. The ward number 2 had most households with total 759, while ward number 3 had least number of households with total 264 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.86, which indicates that Molung Rural Municipality had 14 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.43, which means that in average 4.43 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 1,090 population in Molung Rural Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 6.87 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 956, which equals to 12.70 percent of total 7,529 males. Same as, 134 females were absent, which equals to 1.54 percent of 8,712 females. At least one member of 803 (21.89 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 13.55, while male to female absentee population ratio was 7.13. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 3.57.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 13.55, while male to female absentee population ratio was 7.13. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 3.57.
Population by Age Group
In terms of age, the largest population in Molung Rural Municipality were between 10 and 14 years of age with total 2,236. Gender wise, there were 1,123 males and 1,113 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was between 70 and 74 with total 363 population, which consistes of 169 males and 194 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 10 and 14 (2,236), between 15 and 19 (1,939), between 5 and 9 (1,885), below 4 (1,573), between 20 and 24 (1,230) with total population of 8,863. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were between 70 and 74 (363), between 65 and 69 (420), above 75 (455), between 60 and 64 (532), and between 55 and 59 (543) with total population of 2,313. The median age-group of total population falls between 30 and 34 and between 35 and 39 with average population of 835.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (1,123), between 5 and 9 (917), between 15 and 19 (902), below 4 (793), and between 20 and 24 (478), with total population of 4,213. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (169), between 65 and 69 (206), above 75 (208),between 60 and 64 (248), and between 55 and 59 (269), with total population of 1,100. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (1,113), between 15 and 19 (1,037), between 5 and 9 (968), below 4 (780), and between 20 and 24 (752), with total population of 4,650. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (194), between 65 and 69 (214), above 75 (247),between 55 and 59 (274), and between 60 and 64 (284), with total population of 1,213.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.02, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 20 to 24 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.64. The age-groups below 4, 10 to 14 had majority of male population while age-groups 55 to 59, 65 to 69, 5 to 9, 45 to 49, 15 to 19, 60 to 64, 70 to 74, above 75, 40 to 44, 35 to 39, 50 to 54, 30 to 34, 25 to 29, 20 to 24 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Molung Rural Municipality visually illustrates the male vs. female population based on different age groups. The population data and ratio tables are also available in this link.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (1,123), between 5 and 9 (917), between 15 and 19 (902), below 4 (793), and between 20 and 24 (478), with total population of 4,213. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (169), between 65 and 69 (206), above 75 (208),between 60 and 64 (248), and between 55 and 59 (269), with total population of 1,100. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (1,113), between 15 and 19 (1,037), between 5 and 9 (968), below 4 (780), and between 20 and 24 (752), with total population of 4,650. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (194), between 65 and 69 (214), above 75 (247),between 55 and 59 (274), and between 60 and 64 (284), with total population of 1,213.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.02, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 20 to 24 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.64. The age-groups below 4, 10 to 14 had majority of male population while age-groups 55 to 59, 65 to 69, 5 to 9, 45 to 49, 15 to 19, 60 to 64, 70 to 74, above 75, 40 to 44, 35 to 39, 50 to 54, 30 to 34, 25 to 29, 20 to 24 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Molung Rural Municipality visually illustrates the male vs. female population based on different age groups. The population data and ratio tables are also available in this link.
Population Ratios
As illustrated in the pie-chart, overall ratio of male to female population in Molung Rural Municipality as per 2011 population census was 0.86 with 47.47% (7,529) of males and 54.92% (8,712) of females.
There were 58.69 % (9,309 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 35.90 % with total number of 5,694. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 7.80 % with total number of 1,238. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.70 with total number of 6,932
There were 4,231 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 1,573. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 372 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.
There were 58.69 % (9,309 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 35.90 % with total number of 5,694. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 7.80 % with total number of 1,238. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.70 with total number of 6,932
There were 4,231 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 1,573. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 372 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.
Literacy, Education Levels & Schooling
There were only 9,385 people fully literate in Molung Rural Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 576 people were able to read but not write. In percentage while compared to genderwise population, there were inf percent of male were literate, while the percentage of female literacy was inf only.The literacy ratio between male and female population was nan.
Out of total 4,862 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Molung Rural Municipality, total 2,379 males and 2,483 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 1,762 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 759 male and 1,003 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 0.96 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.76.The CBS census also states that 20 males and 36 females did not state whether they were attending school or not.
Grade 1-12 Students & Schools
According to Nepal Government records as of 2017, there were total 5,729 in Molung Rural Municipality with 2,710 (47.30%) of males and 3,019 (52.70%) females. There were total 26 schools. In average, 220 students were studying in each school.
The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.
The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.
Population by Language Spoken
Mostly spoken language in Molung is Nepali, which is spoken by 9,302 people. The Molung has people who speak other languages, such as Tamang, Sherpa, Bahing, Sunuwar, Rai, Magar, Wambule, Newar, Maithili, etc.
Out of total population, 5,052 female speaks Nepali language, while 4,250 male speaks Nepali language.Details information about languages spoken by male and female groups of population has been illustrated in the table.Population by Castes
According to 2011 census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Molung Rural Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Brahmin - Hill caste with total population of 3,348. There were as little as Ghale caste with population of as little as 31 in total. People of several other castes who live in Molung are Tamang, Chhetri, Sherpa, Rai, Kami, Sunuwar, Damai/Dholi, Magar, Gharti/Bhujel, Sarki, Newar, Bahing, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Gurung, Ghale, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Molung Rural Municipality are Brahmin - Hill (3,348), Tamang (2,620), Chhetri (2,539), Sherpa (2,066) and Rai (1,493) with total population of 12,066, which forms 76.07 percent out of total population of 15,862 in Molung Rural Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 16,241, there were total 406 (2.50%) disabled persons in Molung Rural Municipality with 221 (54.43%) males and 185 (45.57%) females. The physically disabled persons were 158, while mentally disabled people were 29 and intellectually disabled were 10.
Similarly, there were 82 people who were blind and 69 people were deaf, while 3 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 39 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 16 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 82 people who were blind and 69 people were deaf, while 3 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 39 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 16 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 3669 households in Molung Rural Municipality, there were 3,531 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 5 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 2 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 81houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 3,497 houses were mud bonded, 17 houses were cement bonded, 76 houses were wood planks bonded, 47 houses were bamboo bonded and 0 houses had unbaked bricks on their outer walls.Rest of the houses were reported of having other types of outer wall, while some of them reported nothing of having the outer wall bonding.
There were several types of house roofs reported. Total 1,061 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 98 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 2,193 houses had roof of tile, 2 houses had RCC roofs, 223 houses had roof of woods while 0 houses were reported having roof of mud. As per 2011 CBS census, some of the houses had other types of roofs while some didn't report about the roof structure.
With respect to the toilets, 897 out of 3,669 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 415 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 2,345 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 3,497 houses were mud bonded, 17 houses were cement bonded, 76 houses were wood planks bonded, 47 houses were bamboo bonded and 0 houses had unbaked bricks on their outer walls.Rest of the houses were reported of having other types of outer wall, while some of them reported nothing of having the outer wall bonding.
There were several types of house roofs reported. Total 1,061 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 98 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 2,193 houses had roof of tile, 2 houses had RCC roofs, 223 houses had roof of woods while 0 houses were reported having roof of mud. As per 2011 CBS census, some of the houses had other types of roofs while some didn't report about the roof structure.
With respect to the toilets, 897 out of 3,669 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 415 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 2,345 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Molung Rural Municipality, there were total 2,980 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 8 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 13 houses had covered well while 372 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (228) and river stream (49), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 3,608 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 22 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 6 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (11), bio-gas (9), fuel electricity (1), etc.
Same as, total 2,189 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 994, while 242 households used solar energy as source of lights. Total 0 households also reported of using bio-gas as a source of light. The ratio of use of electricity as compared to other source of light was 0.60.
With reference to source of fuel, 3,608 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 22 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 6 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (11), bio-gas (9), fuel electricity (1), etc.
Same as, total 2,189 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 994, while 242 households used solar energy as source of lights. Total 0 households also reported of using bio-gas as a source of light. The ratio of use of electricity as compared to other source of light was 0.60.
Facilities
out of 3,669 households in Molung Rural Municipality, 699 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 2,918 households reported of using at least one facility. Households using at least one facility, such as radio, television, internet, etc. have been illustrated in the table below.Radio was used by the maximum households with total users of 2,650, while MobilePhone was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 1,693.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 557 establishments in Molung Rural Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 2,914 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 992 and female engagement of 1,922 persons.In every business, there were an average of 5.23 people engaged with average males are 1.78 and females are 3.45. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 0.52, which means as many as 0.52 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 34.04 percent while the females are 65.96 percent.
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