Shitaganga is a Municipality, which is located in Arghakhanchi district, Province No. 5 of Nepal. Shitaganga has total 14 wards, which are scattered across 610 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Shitaganga Municipality had total population of 43,373.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Shitaganga Municipality had total 43,373 population with 19,969 males and 23,404 females. Out of total wards, ward number 2 had the largest population 3,836, while ward number 3 had least number of population with 3,836.
With respect to number of households, Shitaganga Municipality had total 9,201 households. The ward number 2 had most households with total 877, while ward number 11 had least number of households with total 544 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.85, which indicates that Shitaganga Municipality had 15 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.71, which means that in average 4.71 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 6,507 population in Shitaganga Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 15.00 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 5,809, which equals to 29.09 percent of total 19,969 males. Same as, 698 females were absent, which equals to 2.98 percent of 23,404 females. At least one member of 4,407 (47.90 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.67, while male to female absentee population ratio was 8.32. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 1.09.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 5.67, while male to female absentee population ratio was 8.32. 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 Shitaganga Municipality were between 10 and 14 years of age with total 6,526. Gender wise, there were 3,288 males and 3,238 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was between 70 and 74 with total 685 population, which consistes of 379 males and 306 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 10 and 14 (6,526), between 5 and 9 (6,015), below 4 (5,147), between 15 and 19 (4,726), between 20 and 24 (3,134) with total population of 25,548. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were between 70 and 74 (685), above 75 (851), between 65 and 69 (947), between 60 and 64 (1,280), and between 55 and 59 (1,427) with total population of 5,190. The median age-group of total population falls between 30 and 34 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 2,099.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (3,288), between 5 and 9 (3,026), below 4 (2,751), between 15 and 19 (2,020), and between 20 and 24 (1,053), with total population of 12,138. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (379), between 65 and 69 (454), above 75 (476),between 60 and 64 (623), and between 55 and 59 (697), with total population of 2,629. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (3,238), between 5 and 9 (2,989), between 15 and 19 (2,706), below 4 (2,396), and between 20 and 24 (2,081), with total population of 13,410. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (306), above 75 (375), between 65 and 69 (493),between 60 and 64 (657), and between 55 and 59 (730), with total population of 2,561.
The population with age-group above 75 had male to female ratio of 1.27, 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 0.49. The age-groups above 75, 70 to 74, below 4, 50 to 54, 10 to 14, 5 to 9 had majority of male population while age-groups 55 to 59, 60 to 64, 65 to 69, 45 to 49, 40 to 44, 15 to 19, 35 to 39, 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 Shitaganga 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 (3,288), between 5 and 9 (3,026), below 4 (2,751), between 15 and 19 (2,020), and between 20 and 24 (1,053), with total population of 12,138. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (379), between 65 and 69 (454), above 75 (476),between 60 and 64 (623), and between 55 and 59 (697), with total population of 2,629. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (3,238), between 5 and 9 (2,989), between 15 and 19 (2,706), below 4 (2,396), and between 20 and 24 (2,081), with total population of 13,410. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (306), above 75 (375), between 65 and 69 (493),between 60 and 64 (657), and between 55 and 59 (730), with total population of 2,561.
The population with age-group above 75 had male to female ratio of 1.27, 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 0.49. The age-groups above 75, 70 to 74, below 4, 50 to 54, 10 to 14, 5 to 9 had majority of male population while age-groups 55 to 59, 60 to 64, 65 to 69, 45 to 49, 40 to 44, 15 to 19, 35 to 39, 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 Shitaganga 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 Shitaganga Municipality as per 2011 population census was 0.85 with 46.04% (19,969) of males and 53.96% (23,404) of females.
There were 53.49 % (23,202 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 40.78 % with total number of 17,688. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 5.72 % with total number of 2,483. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 46.51 with total number of 20,171
There were 11,398 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 5,147. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 452 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 53.49 % (23,202 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 40.78 % with total number of 17,688. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 5.72 % with total number of 2,483. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 46.51 with total number of 20,171
There were 11,398 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 5,147. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 452 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 26,988 people fully literate in Shitaganga Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 1,014 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 14,039 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Shitaganga Municipality, total 6,922 males and 7,117 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 4,994 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 1,796 male and 3,198 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 0.97 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.56.The CBS census also states that 291 males and 374 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 12,429 in Shitaganga Municipality with 6,170 (49.64%) of males and 6,259 (50.36%) females. There were total 116 schools. In average, 107 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 Shitaganga is Nepali, which is spoken by 40,667 people. The Shitaganga has people who speak other languages, such as Magar, Kham, Newar, Hindi, Avadhi, Tharu, etc.
Out of total population, 21,956 female speaks Nepali language, while 18,711 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), Shitaganga Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Magar caste with total population of 13,932. There were as little as Terai Others caste with population of as little as 14 in total. People of several other castes who live in Shitaganga are Brahmin - Hill, Chhetri, Kami, Sarki, Damai/Dholi, Kumal, Gharti/Bhujel, Gurung, Newar, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Gaine, Thakuri, Badi, Brahmin - Tarai, Muslim, Tharu, Majhi, Kathbaniyan, Haluwai, Terai Others, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Shitaganga Municipality are Magar (13,932), Brahmin - Hill (9,774), Chhetri (7,571), Kami (4,776) and Sarki (2,331) with total population of 38,384, which forms 88.50 percent out of total population of 43,373 in Shitaganga Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 43,373, there were total 1,198 (2.76%) disabled persons in Shitaganga Municipality with 678 (56.59%) males and 520 (43.41%) females. The physically disabled persons were 503, while mentally disabled people were 76 and intellectually disabled were 41.
Similarly, there were 180 people who were blind and 162 people were deaf, while 19 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 149 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 68 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 180 people who were blind and 162 people were deaf, while 19 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 149 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 68 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 9201 households in Shitaganga Municipality, there were 6,218 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 132 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 84 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 2,706houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 7,109 houses were mud bonded, 246 houses were cement bonded, 1,437 houses were wood planks bonded, 308 houses were bamboo bonded and 18 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 5,358 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 3,436 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 129 houses had roof of tile, 181 houses had RCC roofs, 41 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, 4,519 out of 9,201 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 2,028 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 2,615 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 7,109 houses were mud bonded, 246 houses were cement bonded, 1,437 houses were wood planks bonded, 308 houses were bamboo bonded and 18 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 5,358 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 3,436 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 129 houses had roof of tile, 181 houses had RCC roofs, 41 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, 4,519 out of 9,201 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 2,028 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 2,615 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Shitaganga Municipality, there were total 5,671 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 72 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 125 houses had covered well while 1,799 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (925) and river stream (560), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 9,004 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 30 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 105 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (13), bio-gas (5), fuel electricity (1), etc.
Same as, total 2,580 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 2,656, while 2,516 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 0.28.
With reference to source of fuel, 9,004 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 30 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 105 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (13), bio-gas (5), fuel electricity (1), etc.
Same as, total 2,580 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 2,656, while 2,516 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 0.28.
Facilities
out of 9,201 households in Shitaganga Municipality, 1,218 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 7,727 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 6,662, while MobilePhone was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 5,562.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 1,115 establishments in Shitaganga Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 2,584 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 1,582 and female engagement of 1,002 persons.In every business, there were an average of 2.32 people engaged with average males are 1.42 and females are 0.90. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.58, which means as many as 1.58 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 61.22 percent while the females are 38.78 percent.
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