Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Gramthan Rural Municipality had total 32,717 population with 15,685 males and 17,032 females. Out of total wards, ward number 5 had the largest population 5,803, while ward number 3 had least number of population with 5,803.
With respect to number of households, Gramthan Rural Municipality had total 7,920 households. The ward number 5 had most households with total 1,439, while ward number 3 had least number of households with total 934 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.92, which indicates that Gramthan Rural Municipality had 8 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.13, which means that in average 4.13 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 23.11, while male to female absentee population ratio was 19.56. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 5.96.
Population by Age Group
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (1,735), between 15 and 19 (1,724), between 5 and 9 (1,377), between 20 and 24 (1,290), and below 4 (1,212), with total population of 7,338. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (217), above 75 (232), between 65 and 69 (398),between 60 and 64 (523), and between 55 and 59 (745), with total population of 2,115. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 15 and 19 (1,866), between 20 and 24 (1,737), between 10 and 14 (1,665), between 25 and 29 (1,556), and between 30 and 34 (1,403), with total population of 8,227. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (221), above 75 (221), between 65 and 69 (314),between 60 and 64 (533), and between 55 and 59 (628), with total population of 1,917.
The population with age-group 65 to 69 had male to female ratio of 1.27, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 25 to 29 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.74. The age-groups 65 to 69, 55 to 59, above 75, 10 to 14, 45 to 49 had majority of male population while age-groups 60 to 64, 70 to 74, 50 to 54, below 4, 15 to 19, 35 to 39, 40 to 44, 30 to 34, 20 to 24, 25 to 29 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 5 to 9 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Gramthan 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
There were 68.77 % (22,498 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 26.33 % with total number of 8,616. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.90 % with total number of 1,603. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 31.23 with total number of 10,219
There were 10,006 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 2,468. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 247 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
Grade 1-12 Students & Schools
The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.
Population by Language Spoken
Mostly spoken language in Gramthan is Tharu, which is spoken by 18,161 people. The Gramthan has people who speak other languages, such as Nepali, Maithili, Rajbanshi, Bhujel, Uranw/Urau, Urdu, Tamang, Bhojpuri, Magar, Newar, Rai, Rajsthani, Hindi, Limbu, Santhali, Bangla, Kulung, Sunuwar, etc.
Out of total population, 9,534 female speaks Tharu language, while 8,627 male speaks Tharu 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), Gramthan Rural Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Tharu caste with total population of 18,240. There were as little as Sherpa caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Gramthan are Bantar/Sardar, Brahmin - Hill, Chhetri, Musahar, Rajbansi, Khawas, Kami, Teli, Jhangad/Dhagar, Magar, Newar, Tamang, Muslim, Hajam/Thakur, Bin, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Rai, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Mallaha, Sudhi, Kahar, Dhanuk, Damai/Dholi, Yadav, Haluwai, Sarki, Kalwar, Marwadi, Undefined Others, Terai Others, Baraee, Punjabi/Shikh, Limbu, Koiri/Kushwaha, Kumal, Satar/Santhal, Kathbaniyan, Brahmin - Tarai, Gharti/Bhujel, Khatwe, Kumhar, Bangali, Kurmi, Kulung, Dom, Gaderi/Bhedhar, Sarbaria, Bhote, Thakuri, Mali, Sunuwar, Amat, Badhaee, Janajati Others, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Majhi, Gurung, Sherpa, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Gramthan Rural Municipality are Tharu (18,240), Bantar/Sardar (2,474), Brahmin - Hill (2,226), Chhetri (1,452) and Musahar (1,413) with total population of 25,805, which forms 78.87 percent out of total population of 32,717 in Gramthan Rural Municipality.Population by Disability
Similarly, there were 87 people who were blind and 55 people were deaf, while 3 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 87 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 48 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
With respect to wall of the houses, 128 houses were mud bonded, 1,198 houses were cement bonded, 86 houses were wood planks bonded, 6,436 houses were bamboo bonded and 2 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 3,827 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 3,803 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 42 houses had roof of tile, 193 houses had RCC roofs, 12 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, 5,192 out of 7,920 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 1,613 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,087 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
With reference to source of fuel, 2,877 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 131 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 456 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (3,998), bio-gas (335), fuel electricity (2), etc.
Same as, total 4,894 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 2,892, while 77 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 0.62.
Facilities
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 1,176 establishments in Gramthan Rural Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 3,564 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 2,270 and female engagement of 1,294 persons.In every business, there were an average of 3.03 people engaged with average males are 1.93 and females are 1.10. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.75, which means as many as 1.75 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 63.69 percent while the females are 36.31 percent.
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