Chaurpati is a Rural Municipality, which is located in Achham district, Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. Chaurpati has total 7 wards, which are scattered across 182 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Chaurpati Rural Municipality had total population of 25,149.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Chaurpati Rural Municipality had total 25,149 population with 11,146 males and 14,003 females. Out of total wards, ward number 1 had the largest population 5,032, while ward number 7 had least number of population with 5,032.
With respect to number of households, Chaurpati Rural Municipality had total 5,113 households. The ward number 4 had most households with total 1,054, while ward number 7 had least number of households with total 471 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.80, which indicates that Chaurpati Rural Municipality had 20 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.92, which means that in average 4.92 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 3,941 population in Chaurpati Rural Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 15.67 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 3,358, which equals to 30.13 percent of total 11,146 males. Same as, 583 females were absent, which equals to 4.16 percent of 14,003 females. At least one member of 2,451 (47.94 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.38, while male to female absentee population ratio was 5.76. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.09.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.38, while male to female absentee population ratio was 5.76. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.09.
Population by Age Group
In terms of age, the largest population in Chaurpati Rural Municipality were between 5 and 9 years of age with total 4,061. Gender wise, there were 2,073 males and 1,988 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was above 75 with total 405 population, which consistes of 170 males and 235 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 5 and 9 (4,061), below 4 (3,921), between 10 and 14 (3,709), between 15 and 19 (2,536), between 20 and 24 (1,760) with total population of 15,987. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were above 75 (405), between 70 and 74 (545), between 55 and 59 (639), between 65 and 69 (656), and between 50 and 54 (691) with total population of 2,936. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 1,041.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 5 and 9 (2,073), below 4 (2,049), between 10 and 14 (1,815), between 15 and 19 (1,089), and between 20 and 24 (678), with total population of 7,704. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (170), between 70 and 74 (205), between 65 and 69 (240),between 60 and 64 (280), and between 55 and 59 (285), with total population of 1,180. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 5 and 9 (1,988), between 10 and 14 (1,894), below 4 (1,872), between 15 and 19 (1,447), and between 20 and 24 (1,082), with total population of 8,283. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (235), between 70 and 74 (340), between 55 and 59 (354),between 50 and 54 (405), and between 65 and 69 (416), with total population of 1,750.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.09, 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 0.49. The age-groups below 4, 5 to 9 had majority of male population while age-groups 10 to 14, 55 to 59, 15 to 19, above 75, 50 to 54, 20 to 24, 35 to 39, 45 to 49, 60 to 64, 40 to 44, 70 to 74, 65 to 69, 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 Chaurpati 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 5 and 9 (2,073), below 4 (2,049), between 10 and 14 (1,815), between 15 and 19 (1,089), and between 20 and 24 (678), with total population of 7,704. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (170), between 70 and 74 (205), between 65 and 69 (240),between 60 and 64 (280), and between 55 and 59 (285), with total population of 1,180. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 5 and 9 (1,988), between 10 and 14 (1,894), below 4 (1,872), between 15 and 19 (1,447), and between 20 and 24 (1,082), with total population of 8,283. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (235), between 70 and 74 (340), between 55 and 59 (354),between 50 and 54 (405), and between 65 and 69 (416), with total population of 1,750.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.09, 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 0.49. The age-groups below 4, 5 to 9 had majority of male population while age-groups 10 to 14, 55 to 59, 15 to 19, above 75, 50 to 54, 20 to 24, 35 to 39, 45 to 49, 60 to 64, 40 to 44, 70 to 74, 65 to 69, 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 Chaurpati 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 Chaurpati Rural Municipality as per 2011 population census was 0.80 with 44.32% (11,146) of males and 55.68% (14,003) of females.
There were 47.13 % (11,852 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 46.49 % with total number of 11,691. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 6.39 % with total number of 1,606. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 52.87 with total number of 13,297
There were 6,037 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 3,921. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 649 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 47.13 % (11,852 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 46.49 % with total number of 11,691. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 6.39 % with total number of 1,606. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 52.87 with total number of 13,297
There were 6,037 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 3,921. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 649 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 10,652 people fully literate in Chaurpati Rural Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 951 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 7,608 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Chaurpati Rural Municipality, total 3,909 males and 3,699 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 4,139 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 1,451 male and 2,688 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 1.06 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.54.The CBS census also states that 72 males and 82 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 8,607 in Chaurpati Rural Municipality with 4,211 (48.93%) of males and 4,396 (51.07%) females. There were total 42 schools. In average, 205 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 Chaurpati is Achhami, which is spoken by 24,312 people. The Chaurpati has people who speak other languages, such as Nepali, Doteli, Magar, Santhali, Maithili, etc.
Out of total population, 13,470 female speaks Achhami language, while 10,842 male speaks Achhami 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), Chaurpati Rural Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Chhetri caste with total population of 15,691. There were as little as Kalwar caste with population of as little as 13 in total. People of several other castes who live in Chaurpati are Dalit Others, Kami, Brahmin - Hill, Thakuri, Damai/Dholi, Badi, Lohar, Tamang, Magar, Kalwar, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Chaurpati Rural Municipality are Chhetri (15,691), Dalit Others (5,398), Kami (1,729), Brahmin - Hill (1,133) and Thakuri (528) with total population of 24,479, which forms 97.34 percent out of total population of 25,149 in Chaurpati Rural Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 25,149, there were total 694 (2.76%) disabled persons in Chaurpati Rural Municipality with 321 (46.25%) males and 373 (53.75%) females. The physically disabled persons were 260, while mentally disabled people were 26 and intellectually disabled were 12.
Similarly, there were 153 people who were blind and 87 people were deaf, while 48 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 51 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 57 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 153 people who were blind and 87 people were deaf, while 48 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 51 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 57 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 5113 households in Chaurpati Rural Municipality, there were 5,080 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 3 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 0 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 8houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 5,053 houses were mud bonded, 14 houses were cement bonded, 22 houses were wood planks bonded, 0 houses were bamboo bonded and 1 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 1,764 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 439 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 2,846 houses had roof of tile, 35 houses had RCC roofs, 0 houses had roof of woods while 1 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, 2,688 out of 5,113 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 1,593 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 812 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 5,053 houses were mud bonded, 14 houses were cement bonded, 22 houses were wood planks bonded, 0 houses were bamboo bonded and 1 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 1,764 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 439 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 2,846 houses had roof of tile, 35 houses had RCC roofs, 0 houses had roof of woods while 1 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, 2,688 out of 5,113 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 1,593 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 812 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Chaurpati Rural Municipality, there were total 3,114 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 4 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 862 houses had covered well while 136 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (910) and river stream (63), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 5,055 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 2 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 8 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (8), bio-gas (13), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 14 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 20, while 1,917 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 0.00.
With reference to source of fuel, 5,055 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 2 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 8 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (8), bio-gas (13), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 14 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 20, while 1,917 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 0.00.
Facilities
out of 5,113 households in Chaurpati Rural Municipality, 2,550 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 2,452 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.Radio was used by the maximum households with total users of 1,814, while MobilePhone was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 1,690.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 358 establishments in Chaurpati Rural Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 791 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 542 and female engagement of 249 persons.In every business, there were an average of 2.21 people engaged with average males are 1.51 and females are 0.70. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 2.18, which means as many as 2.18 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 68.52 percent while the females are 31.48 percent.
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