Sinja is a Rural Municipality, which is located in Jumla district, Karnali Province of Nepal. Sinja has total 6 wards, which are scattered across 153 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Sinja Rural Municipality had total population of 12,395.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Sinja Rural Municipality had total 11,993 population with 6,046 males and 5,947 females. Out of total wards, ward number 6 had the largest population 2,279, while ward number 4 had least number of population with 2,279.
With respect to number of households, Sinja Rural Municipality had total 1,996 households. The ward number 3 had most households with total 371, while ward number 4 had least number of households with total 281 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 1.02, which indicates that Sinja Rural Municipality had -2 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 6.01, which means that in average 6.01 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 57 population in Sinja Rural Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 0.46 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 48, which equals to 0.79 percent of total 6,046 males. Same as, 9 females were absent, which equals to 0.15 percent of 5,947 females. At least one member of 40 (2.00 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 216.46, while male to female absentee population ratio was 5.33. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 48.90.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 216.46, while male to female absentee population ratio was 5.33. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 48.90.
Population by Age Group
In terms of age, the largest population in Sinja Rural Municipality were below 4 years of age with total 1,739. However, gender wise largest population age group differs from the total population, such as largest male population falls between 10 and 14 with total 900 while female population falls below 4 with total 846 population. The least populated age group was above 75 with total 62 population, which consistes of 35 males and 27 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were below 4 (1,739), between 5 and 9 (1,704), between 10 and 14 (1,694), between 15 and 19 (1,310), between 20 and 24 (1,058) with total population of 7,505. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were above 75 (62), between 70 and 74 (78), between 65 and 69 (171), between 55 and 59 (312), and between 50 and 54 (374) with total population of 997. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 574.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (900), below 4 (893), between 5 and 9 (865), between 15 and 19 (629), and between 20 and 24 (486), with total population of 3,773. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (35), between 70 and 74 (42), between 65 and 69 (90),between 55 and 59 (163), and between 60 and 64 (186), with total population of 516. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were below 4 (846), between 5 and 9 (839), between 10 and 14 (794), between 15 and 19 (681), and between 20 and 24 (572), with total population of 3,732. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (27), between 70 and 74 (36), between 65 and 69 (81),between 55 and 59 (149), and between 50 and 54 (164), with total population of 457.
The population with age-group above 75 had male to female ratio of 1.30, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 60 to 64 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.82. The age-groups above 75, 50 to 54, 40 to 44, 70 to 74, 10 to 14, 65 to 69, 55 to 59, below 4, 45 to 49, 5 to 9 had majority of male population while age-groups 25 to 29, 15 to 19, 35 to 39, 20 to 24, 60 to 64 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 30 to 34 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Sinja 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 10 and 14 (900), below 4 (893), between 5 and 9 (865), between 15 and 19 (629), and between 20 and 24 (486), with total population of 3,773. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (35), between 70 and 74 (42), between 65 and 69 (90),between 55 and 59 (163), and between 60 and 64 (186), with total population of 516. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were below 4 (846), between 5 and 9 (839), between 10 and 14 (794), between 15 and 19 (681), and between 20 and 24 (572), with total population of 3,732. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (27), between 70 and 74 (36), between 65 and 69 (81),between 55 and 59 (149), and between 50 and 54 (164), with total population of 457.
The population with age-group above 75 had male to female ratio of 1.30, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 60 to 64 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.82. The age-groups above 75, 50 to 54, 40 to 44, 70 to 74, 10 to 14, 65 to 69, 55 to 59, below 4, 45 to 49, 5 to 9 had majority of male population while age-groups 25 to 29, 15 to 19, 35 to 39, 20 to 24, 60 to 64 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 30 to 34 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Sinja 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 Sinja Rural Municipality as per 2011 population census was 1.02 with 48.78% (6,046) of males and 47.98% (5,947) of females.
There were 52.80 % (6,545 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 41.44 % with total number of 5,137. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 2.51 % with total number of 311. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.95 with total number of 5,448
There were 2,785 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 1,739. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 624 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 52.80 % (6,545 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 41.44 % with total number of 5,137. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 2.51 % with total number of 311. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 43.95 with total number of 5,448
There were 2,785 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 1,739. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 624 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 5,683 people fully literate in Sinja Rural Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 455 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 3,897 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Sinja Rural Municipality, total 2,102 males and 1,795 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 1,530 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 498 male and 1,032 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 1.17 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.48.The CBS census also states that 30 males and 56 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 4,635 in Sinja Rural Municipality with 2,260 (48.76%) of males and 2,375 (51.24%) females. There were total 15 schools. In average, 309 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 Sinja is Nepali, which is spoken by 11,987 people. The Sinja has people who speak other languages, such as etc.
Out of total population, 5,944 female speaks Nepali language, while 6,043 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), Sinja Rural Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Chhetri caste with total population of 6,814. There were as little as Others caste with population of as little as 15 in total. People of several other castes who live in Sinja are Brahmin - Hill, Thakuri, Kami, Sarki, Damai/Dholi, Lohar, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Sinja Rural Municipality are Chhetri (6,814), Brahmin - Hill (2,209), Thakuri (903), Kami (646) and Sarki (600) with total population of 11,172, which forms 90.13 percent out of total population of 12,395 in Sinja Rural Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 11,993, there were total 361 (3.01%) disabled persons in Sinja Rural Municipality with 204 (56.51%) males and 157 (43.49%) females. The physically disabled persons were 112, while mentally disabled people were 16 and intellectually disabled were 4.
Similarly, there were 76 people who were blind and 89 people were deaf, while 6 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 36 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 22 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 76 people who were blind and 89 people were deaf, while 6 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 36 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 22 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 1996 households in Sinja Rural Municipality, there were 1,982 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 0 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 0 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 0houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 1,979 houses were mud bonded, 0 houses were cement bonded, 1 houses were wood planks bonded, 0 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 1 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 19 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 15 houses had roof of tile, 1 houses had RCC roofs, 4 houses had roof of woods while 1,937 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, 1,044 out of 1,996 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 608 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 334 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 1,979 houses were mud bonded, 0 houses were cement bonded, 1 houses were wood planks bonded, 0 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 1 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 19 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 15 houses had roof of tile, 1 houses had RCC roofs, 4 houses had roof of woods while 1,937 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, 1,044 out of 1,996 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 608 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 334 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Sinja Rural Municipality, there were total 1,644 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 0 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 14 houses had covered well while 15 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (295) and river stream (18), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 1,985 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 0 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 0 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (0), bio-gas (1), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 148 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, while 1,208 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 0.07.
With reference to source of fuel, 1,985 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 0 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 0 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (0), bio-gas (1), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 148 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, while 1,208 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 0.07.
Facilities
out of 1,996 households in Sinja Rural Municipality, 721 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 1,246 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 1,067, while Radio was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 588.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 292 establishments in Sinja Rural Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 810 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 491 and female engagement of 319 persons.In every business, there were an average of 2.77 people engaged with average males are 1.68 and females are 1.09. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.54, which means as many as 1.54 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 60.62 percent while the females are 39.38 percent.
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