Arjunchaupari is a Rural Municipality, which is located in Syangja district, Gandaki Province of Nepal. Arjunchaupari has total 6 wards, which are scattered across 57 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality had total population of 16,176.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality had total 16,179 population with 6,952 males and 9,227 females. Out of total wards, ward number 1 had the largest population 3,934, while ward number 4 had least number of population with 3,934.
With respect to number of households, Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality had total 3,938 households. The ward number 1 had most households with total 947, while ward number 4 had least number of households with total 461 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.75, which indicates that Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality had 25 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.11, which means that in average 4.11 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 2,696 population in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 16.67 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 2,454, which equals to 35.30 percent of total 6,952 males. Same as, 242 females were absent, which equals to 2.62 percent of 9,227 females. At least one member of 1,912 (48.55 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.00, while male to female absentee population ratio was 10.14. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.06.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.00, while male to female absentee population ratio was 10.14. 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 Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality were between 10 and 14 years of age with total 2,363. Gender wise, there were 1,154 males and 1,209 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was between 70 and 74 with total 401 population, which consistes of 194 males and 207 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 10 and 14 (2,363), between 15 and 19 (1,963), between 5 and 9 (1,764), below 4 (1,423), between 20 and 24 (1,137) with total population of 8,650. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were between 70 and 74 (401), between 65 and 69 (519), above 75 (532), between 60 and 64 (613), and between 55 and 59 (641) with total population of 2,706. The median age-group of total population falls between 30 and 34 and between 50 and 54 with average population of 778.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (1,154), between 15 and 19 (936), between 5 and 9 (897), below 4 (700), and between 20 and 24 (368), with total population of 4,055. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (194), between 25 and 29 (231), between 30 and 34 (233),between 35 and 39 (247), and between 60 and 64 (259), with total population of 1,164. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (1,209), between 15 and 19 (1,027), between 5 and 9 (867), between 20 and 24 (769), and below 4 (723), with total population of 4,595. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (207), between 65 and 69 (251), above 75 (270),between 55 and 59 (345), and between 60 and 64 (354), with total population of 1,427.
The population with age-group 65 to 69 had male to female ratio of 1.07, 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 0.35. The age-groups 65 to 69, 5 to 9 had majority of male population while age-groups below 4, above 75, 10 to 14, 70 to 74, 15 to 19, 55 to 59, 50 to 54, 60 to 64, 45 to 49, 40 to 44, 20 to 24, 30 to 34, 35 to 39, 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 Arjunchaupari 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 (1,154), between 15 and 19 (936), between 5 and 9 (897), below 4 (700), and between 20 and 24 (368), with total population of 4,055. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (194), between 25 and 29 (231), between 30 and 34 (233),between 35 and 39 (247), and between 60 and 64 (259), with total population of 1,164. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (1,209), between 15 and 19 (1,027), between 5 and 9 (867), between 20 and 24 (769), and below 4 (723), with total population of 4,595. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (207), between 65 and 69 (251), above 75 (270),between 55 and 59 (345), and between 60 and 64 (354), with total population of 1,427.
The population with age-group 65 to 69 had male to female ratio of 1.07, 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 0.35. The age-groups 65 to 69, 5 to 9 had majority of male population while age-groups below 4, above 75, 10 to 14, 70 to 74, 15 to 19, 55 to 59, 50 to 54, 60 to 64, 45 to 49, 40 to 44, 20 to 24, 30 to 34, 35 to 39, 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 Arjunchaupari 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 Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality as per 2011 population census was 0.75 with 42.98% (6,952) of males and 57.04% (9,227) of females.
There were 56.73 % (9,177 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 34.31 % with total number of 5,550. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 8.98 % with total number of 1,452. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.29 with total number of 7,002
There were 4,569 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 1,423. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 311 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 56.73 % (9,177 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 34.31 % with total number of 5,550. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 8.98 % with total number of 1,452. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.29 with total number of 7,002
There were 4,569 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 1,423. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 311 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 10,698 people fully literate in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 173 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 4,972 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality, total 2,455 males and 2,517 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 1,196 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 368 male and 828 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 0.98 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.44.The CBS census also states that 42 males and 46 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 4,344 in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality with 2,102 (48.39%) of males and 2,242 (51.61%) females. There were total 44 schools. In average, 99 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 Arjunchaupari is Nepali, which is spoken by 15,028 people. The Arjunchaupari has people who speak other languages, such as Gurung, Magar, etc.
Out of total population, 8,586 female speaks Nepali language, while 6,442 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), Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Brahmin - Hill caste with total population of 6,449. There were as little as Tamang caste with population of as little as 15 in total. People of several other castes who live in Arjunchaupari are Chhetri, Kami, Gurung, Damai/Dholi, Sarki, Gharti/Bhujel, Magar, Badi, Muslim, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Newar, Rai, Tamang, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality are Brahmin - Hill (6,449), Chhetri (3,734), Kami (1,947), Gurung (1,396) and Damai/Dholi (1,003) with total population of 14,529, which forms 89.82 percent out of total population of 16,176 in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 16,179, there were total 398 (2.46%) disabled persons in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality with 216 (54.27%) males and 182 (45.73%) females. The physically disabled persons were 133, while mentally disabled people were 27 and intellectually disabled were 9.
Similarly, there were 88 people who were blind and 52 people were deaf, while 4 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 53 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 32 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 88 people who were blind and 52 people were deaf, while 4 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 53 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 32 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 3938 households in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality, there were 3,773 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 68 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 69 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 10houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 3,689 houses were mud bonded, 202 houses were cement bonded, 11 houses were wood planks bonded, 18 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 611 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 2,602 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 579 houses had roof of tile, 127 houses had RCC roofs, 1 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, 615 out of 3,938 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 2,277 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,036 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 3,689 houses were mud bonded, 202 houses were cement bonded, 11 houses were wood planks bonded, 18 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 611 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 2,602 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 579 houses had roof of tile, 127 houses had RCC roofs, 1 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, 615 out of 3,938 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 2,277 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,036 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality, there were total 3,585 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 5 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 24 houses had covered well while 119 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (173) and river stream (16), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 3,700 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 6 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 150 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (2), bio-gas (66), fuel electricity (3), etc.
Same as, total 3,640 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 268, while 13 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, 3,700 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 6 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 150 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (2), bio-gas (66), fuel electricity (3), etc.
Same as, total 3,640 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 268, while 13 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 3,938 households in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality, 403 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 3,463 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 2,995, while Radio was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 2,464.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 402 establishments in Arjunchaupari Rural Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 878 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 468 and female engagement of 410 persons.In every business, there were an average of 2.18 people engaged with average males are 1.16 and females are 1.02. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.14, which means as many as 1.14 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 53.30 percent while the females are 46.70 percent.
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