Lamkichuha is a Municipality, which is located in Kailali district, Sudurpashchim Province of Nepal. Lamkichuha has total 10 wards, which are scattered across 225 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Lamkichuha Municipality had total population of 75,425.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Lamkichuha Municipality had total 75,425 population with 35,408 males and 40,017 females. Out of total wards, ward number 1 had the largest population 14,382, while ward number 10 had least number of population with 14,382.
With respect to number of households, Lamkichuha Municipality had total 14,757 households. The ward number 1 had most households with total 3,048, while ward number 10 had least number of households with total 874 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.88, which indicates that Lamkichuha Municipality had 12 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 5.11, which means that in average 5.11 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 9,014 population in Lamkichuha Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 11.95 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 7,301, which equals to 20.62 percent of total 35,408 males. Same as, 1,712 females were absent, which equals to 4.28 percent of 40,017 females. At least one member of 5,069 (34.35 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 7.37, while male to female absentee population ratio was 4.26. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.91.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 7.37, while male to female absentee population ratio was 4.26. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.91.
Population by Age Group
In terms of age, the largest population in Lamkichuha Municipality were between 10 and 14 years of age with total 11,114. Gender wise, there were 5,655 males and 5,459 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was above 75 with total 905 population, which consistes of 456 males and 449 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 10 and 14 (11,114), between 5 and 9 (10,430), between 15 and 19 (8,871), below 4 (8,196), between 20 and 24 (6,784) with total population of 45,395. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were above 75 (905), between 70 and 74 (928), between 65 and 69 (1,297), between 55 and 59 (1,906), and between 60 and 64 (2,101) with total population of 7,137. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 3,829.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (5,655), between 5 and 9 (5,352), below 4 (4,225), between 15 and 19 (4,081), and between 20 and 24 (2,821), with total population of 22,134. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (456), between 70 and 74 (476), between 65 and 69 (643),between 60 and 64 (910), and between 55 and 59 (929), with total population of 3,414. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (5,459), between 5 and 9 (5,078), between 15 and 19 (4,790), below 4 (3,971), and between 20 and 24 (3,963), with total population of 23,261. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (449), between 70 and 74 (452), between 65 and 69 (654),between 55 and 59 (977), and between 60 and 64 (1,191), with total population of 3,723.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.06, 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 0.70. The age-groups below 4, 5 to 9, 70 to 74, 10 to 14, above 75 had majority of male population while age-groups 65 to 69, 55 to 59, 15 to 19, 50 to 54, 45 to 49, 40 to 44, 35 to 39, 60 to 64, 30 to 34, 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 Lamkichuha 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 (5,655), between 5 and 9 (5,352), below 4 (4,225), between 15 and 19 (4,081), and between 20 and 24 (2,821), with total population of 22,134. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (456), between 70 and 74 (476), between 65 and 69 (643),between 60 and 64 (910), and between 55 and 59 (929), with total population of 3,414. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (5,459), between 5 and 9 (5,078), between 15 and 19 (4,790), below 4 (3,971), and between 20 and 24 (3,963), with total population of 23,261. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (449), between 70 and 74 (452), between 65 and 69 (654),between 55 and 59 (977), and between 60 and 64 (1,191), with total population of 3,723.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.06, 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 0.70. The age-groups below 4, 5 to 9, 70 to 74, 10 to 14, above 75 had majority of male population while age-groups 65 to 69, 55 to 59, 15 to 19, 50 to 54, 45 to 49, 40 to 44, 35 to 39, 60 to 64, 30 to 34, 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 Lamkichuha 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 Lamkichuha Municipality as per 2011 population census was 0.88 with 46.94% (35,408) of males and 53.06% (40,017) of females.
There were 56.42 % (42,555 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 39.43 % with total number of 29,740. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.15 % with total number of 3,130. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.58 with total number of 32,870
There were 20,591 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 8,196. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 398 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 56.42 % (42,555 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 39.43 % with total number of 29,740. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.15 % with total number of 3,130. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.58 with total number of 32,870
There were 20,591 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 8,196. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 398 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 43,194 people fully literate in Lamkichuha Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 1,835 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 25,310 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Lamkichuha Municipality, total 12,631 males and 12,679 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 9,010 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 3,505 male and 5,505 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 1.00 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.64.The CBS census also states that 395 males and 519 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 30,271 in Lamkichuha Municipality with 14,845 (49.04%) of males and 15,426 (50.96%) females. There were total 67 schools. In average, 452 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 Lamkichuha is Nepali, which is spoken by 43,402 people. The Lamkichuha has people who speak other languages, such as Tharu, Achhami, Doteli, Dailekhi, Magar, Maithili, Hindi, Urdu, Dadeldhuri, Bajureli, Jumli, Tamang, Newar, Sign Language, Gurung, Santhali, Sherpa, Bhojpuri, etc.
Out of total population, 23,261 female speaks Nepali language, while 20,141 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), Lamkichuha Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Tharu caste with total population of 21,629. There were as little as Foreigner caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Lamkichuha are Brahmin - Hill, Chhetri, Kami, Thakuri, Magar, Dalit Others, Damai/Dholi, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Badi, Sarki, Lohar, Muslim, Newar, Gurung, Haluwai, Rajbansi, Tamang, Limbu, Hajam/Thakur, Terai Others, Rai, Sherpa, Baraee, Rajput, Gharti/Bhujel, Kumal, Kathbaniyan, Foreigner, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Lamkichuha Municipality are Tharu (21,629), Brahmin - Hill (17,241), Chhetri (16,807), Kami (6,365) and Thakuri (2,994) with total population of 65,036, which forms 86.23 percent out of total population of 75,425 in Lamkichuha Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 75,425, there were total 1,785 (2.37%) disabled persons in Lamkichuha Municipality with 910 (50.98%) males and 875 (49.02%) females. The physically disabled persons were 647, while mentally disabled people were 109 and intellectually disabled were 36.
Similarly, there were 396 people who were blind and 262 people were deaf, while 28 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 178 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 129 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 396 people who were blind and 262 people were deaf, while 28 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 178 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 129 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 14757 households in Lamkichuha Municipality, there were 1,929 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 2,706 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 507 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 9,478houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 1,514 houses were mud bonded, 3,767 houses were cement bonded, 5,620 houses were wood planks bonded, 2,992 houses were bamboo bonded and 83 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 1,802 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 2,464 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 8,079 houses had roof of tile, 1,927 houses had RCC roofs, 159 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, 8,388 out of 14,757 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 4,354 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,934 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 1,514 houses were mud bonded, 3,767 houses were cement bonded, 5,620 houses were wood planks bonded, 2,992 houses were bamboo bonded and 83 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 1,802 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 2,464 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 8,079 houses had roof of tile, 1,927 houses had RCC roofs, 159 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, 8,388 out of 14,757 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 4,354 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,934 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Lamkichuha Municipality, there were total 2,670 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 11,586 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 10 houses had covered well while 7 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (34) and river stream (37), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 13,586 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 16 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 366 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (11), bio-gas (679), fuel electricity (10), etc.
Same as, total 13,283 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 573, while 41 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 0.90.
With reference to source of fuel, 13,586 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 16 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 366 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (11), bio-gas (679), fuel electricity (10), etc.
Same as, total 13,283 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 573, while 41 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 0.90.
Facilities
out of 14,757 households in Lamkichuha Municipality, 1,696 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 12,715 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 9,845, while Bicycle was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 9,222.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 2,062 establishments in Lamkichuha Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 6,476 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 4,178 and female engagement of 2,298 persons.In every business, there were an average of 3.14 people engaged with average males are 2.03 and females are 1.11. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.82, which means as many as 1.82 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 64.52 percent while the females are 35.48 percent.
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