Ishnath is a Municipality, which is located in Rautahat district, Province No. 2 of Nepal. Ishnath has total 9 wards, which are scattered across 35 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Ishnath Municipality had total population of 41,435.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Ishnath Municipality had total 41,435 population with 20,868 males and 20,567 females. Out of total wards, ward number 4 had the largest population 6,013, while ward number 1 had least number of population with 6,013.
With respect to number of households, Ishnath Municipality had total 5,834 households. The ward number 2 had most households with total 871, while ward number 1 had least number of households with total 410 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 1.01, which indicates that Ishnath Municipality had -1 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 7.10, which means that in average 7.10 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 993 population in Ishnath Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 2.40 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 935, which equals to 4.48 percent of total 20,868 males. Same as, 57 females were absent, which equals to 0.28 percent of 20,567 females. At least one member of 554 (9.50 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 40.73, while male to female absentee population ratio was 16.40. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 9.53.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 40.73, while male to female absentee population ratio was 16.40. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 9.53.
Population by Age Group
In terms of age, the largest population in Ishnath Municipality were between 5 and 9 years of age with total 6,453. Gender wise, there were 3,209 males and 3,244 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was above 75 with total 488 population, which consistes of 250 males and 238 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 5 and 9 (6,453), between 10 and 14 (5,731), below 4 (5,182), between 15 and 19 (3,643), between 20 and 24 (3,125) with total population of 24,134. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were above 75 (488), between 70 and 74 (633), between 65 and 69 (893), between 55 and 59 (1,100), and between 60 and 64 (1,151) with total population of 4,265. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 2,166.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 5 and 9 (3,209), between 10 and 14 (2,984), below 4 (2,582), between 15 and 19 (1,905), and between 20 and 24 (1,506), with total population of 12,186. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (250), between 70 and 74 (349), between 65 and 69 (467),between 55 and 59 (540), and between 60 and 64 (592), with total population of 2,198. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 5 and 9 (3,244), between 10 and 14 (2,747), below 4 (2,600), between 15 and 19 (1,738), and between 20 and 24 (1,619), with total population of 11,948. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (238), between 70 and 74 (284), between 65 and 69 (426),between 60 and 64 (559), and between 55 and 59 (560), with total population of 2,067.
The population with age-group 70 to 74 had male to female ratio of 1.23, 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 0.91. The age-groups 70 to 74, 50 to 54, 15 to 19, 65 to 69, 10 to 14, 60 to 64, 40 to 44, above 75 had majority of male population while age-groups below 4, 5 to 9, 45 to 49, 55 to 59, 25 to 29, 20 to 24, 30 to 34 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 35 to 39 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Ishnath 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 5 and 9 (3,209), between 10 and 14 (2,984), below 4 (2,582), between 15 and 19 (1,905), and between 20 and 24 (1,506), with total population of 12,186. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (250), between 70 and 74 (349), between 65 and 69 (467),between 55 and 59 (540), and between 60 and 64 (592), with total population of 2,198. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 5 and 9 (3,244), between 10 and 14 (2,747), below 4 (2,600), between 15 and 19 (1,738), and between 20 and 24 (1,619), with total population of 11,948. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (238), between 70 and 74 (284), between 65 and 69 (426),between 60 and 64 (559), and between 55 and 59 (560), with total population of 2,067.
The population with age-group 70 to 74 had male to female ratio of 1.23, 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 0.91. The age-groups 70 to 74, 50 to 54, 15 to 19, 65 to 69, 10 to 14, 60 to 64, 40 to 44, above 75 had majority of male population while age-groups below 4, 5 to 9, 45 to 49, 55 to 59, 25 to 29, 20 to 24, 30 to 34 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 35 to 39 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Ishnath 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 Ishnath Municipality as per 2011 population census was 1.01 with 50.36% (20,868) of males and 49.64% (20,567) of females.
There were 53.23 % (22,055 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 41.91 % with total number of 17,366. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.86 % with total number of 2,014. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 46.77 with total number of 19,380
There were 9,279 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 5,182. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 558 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 53.23 % (22,055 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 41.91 % with total number of 17,366. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.86 % with total number of 2,014. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 46.77 with total number of 19,380
There were 9,279 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 5,182. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 558 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 14,125 people fully literate in Ishnath Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 1,664 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 7,467 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Ishnath Municipality, total 4,147 males and 3,320 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 9,266 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 4,302 male and 4,964 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 1.25 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.87.The CBS census also states that 1,264 males and 1,426 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 1,814 in Ishnath Municipality with 862 (47.52%) of males and 952 (52.48%) females. There were total 31 schools. In average, 59 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 Ishnath is Bajjika, which is spoken by 23,323 people. The Ishnath has people who speak other languages, such as Urdu, Bhojpuri, Nepali, Maithili, Yakkha, Doteli, Ganagai, Tajpuriya, Sign Language, Magar, Hindi, Rai, etc.
Out of total population, 11,302 female speaks Bajjika language, while 12,021 male speaks Bajjika 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), Ishnath Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Muslim caste with total population of 13,634. There were as little as Rai caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Ishnath are Kanu, Teli, Kurmi, Kathbaniyan, Koiri/Kushwaha, Yadav, Lohar, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Nuniya, Dhunia, Sonar, Dhobi, Terai Others, Kumhar, Hajam/Thakur, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Rajput, Brahmin - Hill, Foreigner, Yakkha, Tatma/Tatwa, Punjabi/Shikh, Damai/Dholi, Kalwar, Gharti/Bhujel, Gangai, Dhanuk, Mallaha, Brahmin - Tarai, Kahar, Musahar, Chhetri, Kayastha, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Rajdhob, Mali, Baraee, Bhote, Tajpuriya, Marwadi, Dom, Bin, Magar, Natuwa, Rai, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Ishnath Municipality are Muslim (13,634), Kanu (4,193), Teli (3,613), Kurmi (2,125) and Kathbaniyan (2,100) with total population of 25,665, which forms 61.94 percent out of total population of 41,435 in Ishnath Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 41,435, there were total 560 (1.35%) disabled persons in Ishnath Municipality with 329 (58.75%) males and 231 (41.25%) females. The physically disabled persons were 177, while mentally disabled people were 43 and intellectually disabled were 15.
Similarly, there were 112 people who were blind and 94 people were deaf, while 19 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 75 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 25 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 112 people who were blind and 94 people were deaf, while 19 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 75 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 25 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 5834 households in Ishnath Municipality, there were 3,166 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 738 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 80 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 1,530houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 2,716 houses were mud bonded, 866 houses were cement bonded, 84 houses were wood planks bonded, 1,859 houses were bamboo bonded and 52 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 747 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 47 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 3,572 houses had roof of tile, 1,242 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, 4,832 out of 5,834 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 543 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 340 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 2,716 houses were mud bonded, 866 houses were cement bonded, 84 houses were wood planks bonded, 1,859 houses were bamboo bonded and 52 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 747 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 47 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 3,572 houses had roof of tile, 1,242 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, 4,832 out of 5,834 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 543 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 340 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Ishnath Municipality, there were total 477 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 5,149 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 6 houses had covered well while 16 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (0) and river stream (0), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 2,276 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 127 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 35 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (3,083), bio-gas (13), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 1,827 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 3,833, while 38 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 0.31.
With reference to source of fuel, 2,276 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 127 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 35 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (3,083), bio-gas (13), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 1,827 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 3,833, while 38 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 0.31.
Facilities
out of 5,834 households in Ishnath Municipality, 1,236 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 4,343 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.Bicycle was used by the maximum households with total users of 3,778, while MobilePhone was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 2,939.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 497 establishments in Ishnath Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 1,172 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 967 and female engagement of 205 persons.In every business, there were an average of 2.36 people engaged with average males are 1.95 and females are 0.41. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 4.72, which means as many as 4.72 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 82.51 percent while the females are 17.49 percent.
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