Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Gaushala Municipality had total 66,677 population with 33,751 males and 32,926 females. Out of total wards, ward number 2 had the largest population 7,814, while ward number 6 had least number of population with 7,814.
With respect to number of households, Gaushala Municipality had total 11,893 households. The ward number 4 had most households with total 1,376, while ward number 6 had least number of households with total 523 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 1.03, which indicates that Gaushala Municipality had -3 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 5.61, which means that in average 5.61 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 31.60, while male to female absentee population ratio was 16.94. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 6.16.
Population by Age Group
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 5 and 9 (4,760), between 10 and 14 (4,716), below 4 (3,797), between 15 and 19 (3,503), and between 20 and 24 (2,405), with total population of 19,181. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (361), between 70 and 74 (452), between 65 and 69 (659),between 60 and 64 (916), and between 55 and 59 (1,105), with total population of 3,493. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 5 and 9 (4,622), between 10 and 14 (4,586), below 4 (3,522), between 15 and 19 (3,109), and between 25 and 29 (2,618), with total population of 18,457. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (380), between 70 and 74 (404), between 65 and 69 (671),between 60 and 64 (838), and between 55 and 59 (915), with total population of 3,208.
The population with age-group 55 to 59 had male to female ratio of 1.21, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 30 to 34 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.82. The age-groups 55 to 59, 15 to 19, 45 to 49, 70 to 74, 60 to 64, below 4, 40 to 44, 50 to 54, 35 to 39, 5 to 9, 10 to 14 had majority of male population while age-groups 65 to 69, above 75, 20 to 24, 25 to 29, 30 to 34 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 Gaushala 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 56.62 % (37,747 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 39.00 % with total number of 26,003. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.39 % with total number of 2,927. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.39 with total number of 28,930
There were 15,840 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 7,319. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 462 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 Gaushala is Maithili, which is spoken by 52,258 people. The Gaushala has people who speak other languages, such as Nepali, Magar, Urdu, Tamang, Hindi, Tharu, Newar, Bhojpuri, Magahi, Rai, Sunuwar, Doteli, Danuwar, etc.
Out of total population, 25,521 female speaks Maithili language, while 26,737 male speaks Maithili 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), Gaushala Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Koiri/Kushwaha caste with total population of 14,212. There were as little as Sarki caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Gaushala are Yadav, Magar, Muslim, Teli, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Musahar, Tharu, Dhanuk, Danuwar, Sudhi, Kanu, Kalwar, Newar, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Tamang, Khatwe, Bin, Baraee, Chhetri, Hajam/Thakur, Sonar, Nuniya, Brahmin - Hill, Kurmi, Haluwai, Kathbaniyan, Tatma/Tatwa, Kami, Lohar, Brahmin - Tarai, Mallaha, Damai/Dholi, Gharti/Bhujel, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Kumhar, Dhobi, Kewat, Rajput, Badhaee, Terai Others, Punjabi/Shikh, Kayastha, Dom, Rai, Thakuri, Mali, Sunuwar, Bangali, Gaderi/Bhedhar, Dhankar/Kharikar, Majhi, Undefined Others, Halkhor, Gurung, Kumal, Kalar, Amat, Satar/Santhal, Sarki, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Gaushala Municipality are Koiri/Kushwaha (14,212), Yadav (5,716), Magar (5,248), Muslim (3,990) and Teli (3,717) with total population of 32,883, which forms 49.32 percent out of total population of 66,673 in Gaushala Municipality.Population by Disability
Similarly, there were 217 people who were blind and 164 people were deaf, while 27 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 181 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 101 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, 238 houses were mud bonded, 2,231 houses were cement bonded, 593 houses were wood planks bonded, 8,725 houses were bamboo bonded and 7 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 1,146 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 112 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 9,818 houses had roof of tile, 639 houses had RCC roofs, 69 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, 9,595 out of 11,893 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 1,451 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 785 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
With reference to source of fuel, 10,062 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 115 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 181 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (1,275), bio-gas (52), fuel electricity (6), etc.
Same as, total 6,678 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 5,088, while 51 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 0.56.
Facilities
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 1,275 establishments in Gaushala Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 3,790 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 2,975 and female engagement of 815 persons.In every business, there were an average of 2.97 people engaged with average males are 2.33 and females are 0.64. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 3.65, which means as many as 3.65 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 78.50 percent while the females are 21.50 percent.
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