Dhorpatan is a Municipality, which is located in Baglung district, Gandaki Province of Nepal. Dhorpatan has total 9 wards, which are scattered across 223 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Dhorpatan Municipality had total population of 26,215.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Dhorpatan Municipality had total 26,215 population with 11,784 males and 14,431 females. Out of total wards, ward number 6 had the largest population 3,761, while ward number 7 had least number of population with 3,761.
With respect to number of households, Dhorpatan Municipality had total 5,706 households. The ward number 4 had most households with total 843, while ward number 7 had least number of households with total 378 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.82, which indicates that Dhorpatan Municipality had 18 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.59, which means that in average 4.59 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 3,062 population in Dhorpatan Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 11.68 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 2,917, which equals to 24.75 percent of total 11,784 males. Same as, 145 females were absent, which equals to 1.00 percent of 14,431 females. At least one member of 2,423 (42.46 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 7.56, while male to female absentee population ratio was 20.12. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.35.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 7.56, while male to female absentee population ratio was 20.12. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.35.
Population by Age Group
In terms of age, the largest population in Dhorpatan Municipality were between 10 and 14 years of age with total 3,887. Gender wise, there were 1,958 males and 1,929 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was between 70 and 74 with total 378 population, which consistes of 208 males and 170 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 10 and 14 (3,887), between 5 and 9 (3,625), below 4 (3,307), between 15 and 19 (2,810), between 20 and 24 (2,035) with total population of 15,664. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were between 70 and 74 (378), above 75 (433), between 65 and 69 (533), between 60 and 64 (773), and between 55 and 59 (848) with total population of 2,965. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 1,171.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (1,958), between 5 and 9 (1,876), below 4 (1,682), between 15 and 19 (1,203), and between 20 and 24 (685), with total population of 7,404. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (208), above 75 (221), between 65 and 69 (270),between 60 and 64 (361), and between 55 and 59 (400), with total population of 1,460. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (1,929), between 5 and 9 (1,749), below 4 (1,625), between 15 and 19 (1,607), and between 20 and 24 (1,350), with total population of 8,260. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (170), above 75 (212), between 65 and 69 (263),between 60 and 64 (412), and between 55 and 59 (448), with total population of 1,505.
The population with age-group 70 to 74 had male to female ratio of 1.22, 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 0.50. The age-groups 70 to 74, 5 to 9, below 4, above 75, 65 to 69, 10 to 14 had majority of male population while age-groups 55 to 59, 60 to 64, 50 to 54, 45 to 49, 15 to 19, 40 to 44, 30 to 34, 35 to 39, 20 to 24, 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 Dhorpatan 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 (1,958), between 5 and 9 (1,876), below 4 (1,682), between 15 and 19 (1,203), and between 20 and 24 (685), with total population of 7,404. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (208), above 75 (221), between 65 and 69 (270),between 60 and 64 (361), and between 55 and 59 (400), with total population of 1,460. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (1,929), between 5 and 9 (1,749), below 4 (1,625), between 15 and 19 (1,607), and between 20 and 24 (1,350), with total population of 8,260. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (170), above 75 (212), between 65 and 69 (263),between 60 and 64 (412), and between 55 and 59 (448), with total population of 1,505.
The population with age-group 70 to 74 had male to female ratio of 1.22, 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 0.50. The age-groups 70 to 74, 5 to 9, below 4, above 75, 65 to 69, 10 to 14 had majority of male population while age-groups 55 to 59, 60 to 64, 50 to 54, 45 to 49, 15 to 19, 40 to 44, 30 to 34, 35 to 39, 20 to 24, 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 Dhorpatan 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 Dhorpatan Municipality as per 2011 population census was 0.82 with 44.95% (11,784) of males and 55.05% (14,431) of females.
There were 53.60 % (14,052 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 41.27 % with total number of 10,819. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 5.13 % with total number of 1,344. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 46.40 with total number of 12,163
There were 7,077 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 3,307. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 467 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 53.60 % (14,052 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 41.27 % with total number of 10,819. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 5.13 % with total number of 1,344. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 46.40 with total number of 12,163
There were 7,077 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 3,307. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 467 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 14,441 people fully literate in Dhorpatan Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 674 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 7,630 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Dhorpatan Municipality, total 3,910 males and 3,720 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 3,772 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 1,377 male and 2,395 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 1.05 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.57.The CBS census also states that 202 males and 424 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 11,589 in Dhorpatan Municipality with 5,607 (48.38%) of males and 5,982 (51.62%) females. There were total 46 schools. In average, 252 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 Dhorpatan is Nepali, which is spoken by 25,063 people. The Dhorpatan has people who speak other languages, such as Magar, Chhantyal, Kham, Maithili, Thakali, etc.
Out of total population, 13,779 female speaks Nepali language, while 11,284 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), Dhorpatan Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Kami caste with total population of 10,314. There were as little as Terai Others caste with population of as little as 21 in total. People of several other castes who live in Dhorpatan are Magar, Chhetri, Brahmin - Hill, Damai/Dholi, Chhantyal/Chhantel, Kumal, Kayastha, Sarki, Thakali, Muslim, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Gurung, Newar, Dalit Others, Gharti/Bhujel, Thakuri, Tamang, Terai Others, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Dhorpatan Municipality are Kami (10,314), Magar (5,936), Chhetri (4,425), Brahmin - Hill (2,342) and Damai/Dholi (779) with total population of 23,796, which forms 90.77 percent out of total population of 26,215 in Dhorpatan Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 26,215, there were total 506 (1.93%) disabled persons in Dhorpatan Municipality with 283 (55.93%) males and 223 (44.07%) females. The physically disabled persons were 238, while mentally disabled people were 26 and intellectually disabled were 7.
Similarly, there were 55 people who were blind and 77 people were deaf, while 10 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 54 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 39 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 55 people who were blind and 77 people were deaf, while 10 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 54 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 39 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 5706 households in Dhorpatan Municipality, there were 5,399 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 30 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 170 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 49houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 5,289 houses were mud bonded, 240 houses were cement bonded, 91 houses were wood planks bonded, 24 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 874 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 665 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 3,814 houses had roof of tile, 186 houses had RCC roofs, 99 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, 3,122 out of 5,706 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 1,394 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,153 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 5,289 houses were mud bonded, 240 houses were cement bonded, 91 houses were wood planks bonded, 24 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 874 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 665 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 3,814 houses had roof of tile, 186 houses had RCC roofs, 99 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, 3,122 out of 5,706 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 1,394 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,153 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Dhorpatan Municipality, there were total 4,411 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 2 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 16 houses had covered well while 559 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (365) and river stream (298), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 5,211 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 28 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 417 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (2), bio-gas (11), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 4,366 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 952, while 48 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 0.77.
With reference to source of fuel, 5,211 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 28 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 417 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (2), bio-gas (11), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 4,366 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 952, while 48 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 0.77.
Facilities
out of 5,706 households in Dhorpatan Municipality, 1,303 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 4,264 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 3,103, while MobilePhone was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 2,613.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 836 establishments in Dhorpatan Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 2,331 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 1,219 and female engagement of 1,112 persons.In every business, there were an average of 2.79 people engaged with average males are 1.46 and females are 1.33. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.10, which means as many as 1.10 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 52.30 percent while the females are 47.70 percent.
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