Shuklagandaki is a Municipality, which is located in Tanahun district, Gandaki Province of Nepal. Shuklagandaki has total 12 wards, which are scattered across 165 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shuklagandaki Municipality had total population of 48,456.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Shuklagandaki Municipality had total 48,456 population with 21,292 males and 27,164 females. Out of total wards, ward number 5 had the largest population 5,400, while ward number 9 had least number of population with 5,400.
With respect to number of households, Shuklagandaki Municipality had total 12,185 households. The ward number 5 had most households with total 1,387, while ward number 9 had least number of households with total 639 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.78, which indicates that Shuklagandaki Municipality had 22 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 3.98, which means that in average 3.98 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 7,998 population in Shuklagandaki Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 16.51 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 7,368, which equals to 34.60 percent of total 21,292 males. Same as, 630 females were absent, which equals to 2.32 percent of 27,164 females. At least one member of 5,909 (48.49 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.06, while male to female absentee population ratio was 11.70. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.06.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.06, while male to female absentee population ratio was 11.70. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.06.
Population by Age Group
In terms of age, the largest population in Shuklagandaki Municipality were between 10 and 14 years of age with total 6,367. Gender wise, there were 3,202 males and 3,165 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was between 70 and 74 with total 915 population, which consistes of 438 males and 477 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 10 and 14 (6,367), between 15 and 19 (5,710), between 5 and 9 (5,466), between 20 and 24 (4,154), below 4 (4,133) with total population of 25,830. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were between 70 and 74 (915), above 75 (1,190), between 65 and 69 (1,228), between 60 and 64 (1,611), and between 55 and 59 (1,756) with total population of 6,700. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 2,600.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (3,202), between 5 and 9 (2,774), between 15 and 19 (2,740), below 4 (2,100), and between 20 and 24 (1,513), with total population of 12,329. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (438), above 75 (566), between 65 and 69 (569),between 60 and 64 (732), and between 55 and 59 (841), with total population of 3,146. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (3,165), between 15 and 19 (2,970), between 5 and 9 (2,692), between 20 and 24 (2,641), and between 25 and 29 (2,490), with total population of 13,958. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (477), above 75 (624), between 65 and 69 (659),between 60 and 64 (879), and between 55 and 59 (915), with total population of 3,554.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.03, 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 0.46. The age-groups below 4, 5 to 9, 10 to 14 had majority of male population while age-groups 15 to 19, 55 to 59, 70 to 74, above 75, 65 to 69, 60 to 64, 50 to 54, 45 to 49, 40 to 44, 20 to 24, 35 to 39, 30 to 34, 25 to 29 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 Shuklagandaki 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 (3,202), between 5 and 9 (2,774), between 15 and 19 (2,740), below 4 (2,100), and between 20 and 24 (1,513), with total population of 12,329. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (438), above 75 (566), between 65 and 69 (569),between 60 and 64 (732), and between 55 and 59 (841), with total population of 3,146. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (3,165), between 15 and 19 (2,970), between 5 and 9 (2,692), between 20 and 24 (2,641), and between 25 and 29 (2,490), with total population of 13,958. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (477), above 75 (624), between 65 and 69 (659),between 60 and 64 (879), and between 55 and 59 (915), with total population of 3,554.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.03, 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 0.46. The age-groups below 4, 5 to 9, 10 to 14 had majority of male population while age-groups 15 to 19, 55 to 59, 70 to 74, above 75, 65 to 69, 60 to 64, 50 to 54, 45 to 49, 40 to 44, 20 to 24, 35 to 39, 30 to 34, 25 to 29 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 Shuklagandaki 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 Shuklagandaki Municipality as per 2011 population census was 0.78 with 43.94% (21,292) of males and 56.06% (27,164) of females.
There were 60.17 % (29,157 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 32.95 % with total number of 15,966. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 6.88 % with total number of 3,333. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 39.83 with total number of 19,299
There were 14,607 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 4,133. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 283 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 60.17 % (29,157 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 32.95 % with total number of 15,966. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 6.88 % with total number of 3,333. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 39.83 with total number of 19,299
There were 14,607 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 4,133. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 283 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 34,906 people fully literate in Shuklagandaki Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 654 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 14,173 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Shuklagandaki Municipality, total 7,129 males and 7,044 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 4,473 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 1,575 male and 2,898 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 1.01 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.54.The CBS census also states that 107 males and 163 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 14,827 in Shuklagandaki Municipality with 7,339 (49.50%) of males and 7,488 (50.50%) females. There were total 85 schools. In average, 174 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 Shuklagandaki is Nepali, which is spoken by 35,933 people. The Shuklagandaki has people who speak other languages, such as Gurung, Magar, Newar, Urdu, Kumal, Bhojpuri, Kham, Tamang, Hindi, Rai, Tharu, Lhopa, Thakali, Maithili, etc.
Out of total population, 20,120 female speaks Nepali language, while 15,813 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), Shuklagandaki Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Magar caste with total population of 8,732. There were as little as Chhantyal/Chhantel caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Shuklagandaki are Brahmin - Hill, Gurung, Chhetri, Kami, Newar, Damai/Dholi, Kumal, Thakuri, Gharti/Bhujel, Sarki, Muslim, Tamang, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Rai, Dalit Others, Tharu, Sunuwar, Badi, Yadav, Lhopa, Thakali, Hajam/Thakur, Terai Others, Kathbaniyan, Teli, Limbu, Ghale, Haluwai, Kahar, Gaine, Kurmi, Kalwar, Chhantyal/Chhantel, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Shuklagandaki Municipality are Magar (8,732), Brahmin - Hill (8,650), Gurung (6,529), Chhetri (6,002) and Kami (5,008) with total population of 34,921, which forms 72.07 percent out of total population of 48,456 in Shuklagandaki Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 48,456, there were total 810 (1.67%) disabled persons in Shuklagandaki Municipality with 431 (53.21%) males and 379 (46.79%) females. The physically disabled persons were 322, while mentally disabled people were 78 and intellectually disabled were 20.
Similarly, there were 130 people who were blind and 97 people were deaf, while 18 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 89 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 56 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 130 people who were blind and 97 people were deaf, while 18 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 89 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 56 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 12185 households in Shuklagandaki Municipality, there were 6,507 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 3,175 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 2,282 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 82houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 5,868 houses were mud bonded, 5,896 houses were cement bonded, 42 houses were wood planks bonded, 97 houses were bamboo bonded and 36 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 1,192 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 6,489 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 436 houses had roof of tile, 3,969 houses had RCC roofs, 5 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, 1,056 out of 12,185 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 9,159 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,938 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 5,868 houses were mud bonded, 5,896 houses were cement bonded, 42 houses were wood planks bonded, 97 houses were bamboo bonded and 36 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 1,192 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 6,489 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 436 houses had roof of tile, 3,969 houses had RCC roofs, 5 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, 1,056 out of 12,185 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 9,159 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,938 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Shuklagandaki Municipality, there were total 10,604 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 10 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 456 houses had covered well while 667 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (371) and river stream (26), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 6,803 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 87 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 3,895 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (8), bio-gas (1,346), fuel electricity (4), etc.
Same as, total 11,196 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 782, while 70 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 0.92.
With reference to source of fuel, 6,803 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 87 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 3,895 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (8), bio-gas (1,346), fuel electricity (4), etc.
Same as, total 11,196 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 782, while 70 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 0.92.
Facilities
out of 12,185 households in Shuklagandaki Municipality, 1,027 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 10,889 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.MobilePhone was used by the maximum households with total users of 9,705, while Radio was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 6,908.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 2,472 establishments in Shuklagandaki Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 8,990 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 4,843 and female engagement of 4,147 persons.In every business, there were an average of 3.64 people engaged with average males are 1.96 and females are 1.68. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.17, which means as many as 1.17 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 53.87 percent while the females are 46.13 percent.
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