Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Helambu Rural Municipality had total 17,671 population with 8,564 males and 9,107 females. Out of total wards, ward number 7 had the largest population 3,007, while ward number 3 had least number of population with 3,007.
With respect to number of households, Helambu Rural Municipality had total 4,203 households. The ward number 2 had most households with total 764, while ward number 5 had least number of households with total 470 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.94, which indicates that Helambu Rural Municipality had 6 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.20, which means that in average 4.20 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.60, while male to female absentee population ratio was 1.06. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.71.
Population by Age Group
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (1,153), between 5 and 9 (882), between 15 and 19 (830), below 4 (690), and between 20 and 24 (604), with total population of 4,159. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (198), between 65 and 69 (248), above 75 (258),between 60 and 64 (338), and between 55 and 59 (394), with total population of 1,436. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (1,247), between 5 and 9 (1,061), between 15 and 19 (939), below 4 (704), and between 20 and 24 (615), with total population of 4,566. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (222), above 75 (258), between 65 and 69 (260),between 55 and 59 (316), and between 60 and 64 (349), with total population of 1,405.
The population with age-group 55 to 59 had male to female ratio of 1.25, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 5 to 9 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.83. The age-groups 55 to 59, 45 to 49, 50 to 54 had majority of male population while age-groups below 4, 20 to 24, 35 to 39, 60 to 64, 40 to 44, 65 to 69, 10 to 14, 70 to 74, 15 to 19, 25 to 29, 30 to 34, 5 to 9 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups above 75 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Helambu 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
There were 59.36 % (10,490 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 32.47 % with total number of 5,737. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 8.17 % with total number of 1,444. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 40.64 with total number of 7,181
There were 4,249 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 1,394. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 328 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
Grade 1-12 Students & Schools
The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.
Population by Language Spoken
Mostly spoken language in Helambu is Tamang, which is spoken by 8,479 people. The Helambu has people who speak other languages, such as Nepali, Hyolmo/Yholmo, Newar, Sherpa, Gurung, Maithili, Magar, etc.
Out of total population, 4,328 female speaks Tamang language, while 4,151 male speaks Tamang 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), Helambu Rural Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Tamang caste with total population of 8,298. There were as little as Sonar caste with population of as little as 21 in total. People of several other castes who live in Helambu are Hyolmo, Chhetri, Brahmin - Hill, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Kami, Newar, Foreigner, Sherpa, Magar, Damai/Dholi, Gharti/Bhujel, Sarki, Gurung, Ghale, Sonar, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Helambu Rural Municipality are Tamang (8,298), Hyolmo (3,270), Chhetri (1,742), Brahmin - Hill (1,400) and Sanyasi/Dashnami (936) with total population of 15,646, which forms 88.54 percent out of total population of 17,671 in Helambu Rural Municipality.Population by Disability
Similarly, there were 54 people who were blind and 41 people were deaf, while 4 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 49 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 12 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
With respect to wall of the houses, 4,037 houses were mud bonded, 121 houses were cement bonded, 4 houses were wood planks bonded, 16 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 126 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 3,760 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 164 houses had roof of tile, 58 houses had RCC roofs, 12 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, 1,144 out of 4,203 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 661 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 2,377 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
With reference to source of fuel, 4,055 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 16 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 82 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (0), bio-gas (27), fuel electricity (1), etc.
Same as, total 2,952 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 549, while 328 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 0.70.
Facilities
Economic Census
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