Lalitpur Metropolitan City Profile | Facts & Statistics
Lalitpur is a Metropolitan City located in Lalitpur District of Nepal. It has total 29 wards and 36 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 census, it had total population of 284,922.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Lalitpur Metropolitan City had total 284,922 population with 145,924 males and 138,998 females. Out of total wards, ward number 14 had the largest population 21,232, while ward number 29 had least number of population with 21,232.
With respect to number of households, Lalitpur Metropolitan City had total 70,256 households. The ward number 14 had most households with total 5,438, while ward number 27 had least number of households with total 1,020 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 1.05, which indicates that Lalitpur Metropolitan City had -5 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.06, which means that in average 4.06 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 15.02, while male to female absentee population ratio was 2.20. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 5.16.
Population by Age Group
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 20 and 24 (17,673), between 15 and 19 (16,291), between 25 and 29 (14,695), between 30 and 34 (13,582), and between 10 and 14 (12,769), with total population of 75,010. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (1,936), above 75 (2,411), between 65 and 69 (2,649),between 60 and 64 (3,398), and between 55 and 59 (4,254), with total population of 14,648. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 20 and 24 (16,101), between 25 and 29 (15,961), between 15 and 19 (13,896), between 30 and 34 (13,710), and between 10 and 14 (12,014), with total population of 71,682. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (2,101), between 65 and 69 (2,921), above 75 (3,135),between 60 and 64 (3,629), and between 55 and 59 (4,147), with total population of 15,933.
The population with age-group 15 to 19 had male to female ratio of 1.17, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group above 75 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.77. The age-groups 15 to 19, below 4, 40 to 44, 45 to 49, 5 to 9, 20 to 24, 50 to 54, 10 to 14, 35 to 39, 55 to 59 had majority of male population while age-groups 30 to 34, 60 to 64, 25 to 29, 70 to 74, 65 to 69, above 75 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 Lalitpur Metropolitan City 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 72.48 % (206,525 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 22.20 % with total number of 63,244. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 5.32 % with total number of 15,153. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 27.52 with total number of 78,397
There were 87,546 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 17,135. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 196 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.
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 Lalitpur is Nepali, which is spoken by 128,066 people. The Lalitpur has people who speak other languages, such as Newar, Tamang, Maithili, Magar, Bhojpuri, Rai, Gurung, Tharu, Hindi, Limbu, Tibetan, Urdu, Sunuwar, Sherpa, Bantawa, English, Chamling, Bangla, Rajsthani, Doteli, Avadhi, Majhi, Thulung, Thakali, Punjabi, Kham, Yakkha, Rajbanshi, Danuwar, Bajjika, Sampang, Wambule, Ghale, Thami, Jirel, Bahing, Oriya, Kulung, Khaling, Chepang, Lhomi, Nachhiring, Dhimal, Puma, Dungmali, Uranw/Urau, Mizo, Lapcha, Chinese, French, Dura, Santhali, Baitadeli, Kumal, Darai, Sign Language, Pahari, Bhujel, Achhami, etc.
Out of total population, 63,288 female speaks Nepali language, while 64,778 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), Lalitpur Metropolitan City was inhabitted by mostly the people of Newar caste with total population of 112,721. There were as little as Brahmu/Baramo caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Lalitpur are Chhetri, Brahmin - Hill, Tamang, Magar, Rai, Gurung, Tharu, Limbu, Kami, Thakuri, Muslim, Yadav, Kalwar, Teli, Sarki, Sunuwar, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Damai/Dholi, Majhi, Dalit Others, Marwadi, Kayastha, Brahmin - Tarai, Sherpa, Foreigner, Koiri/Kushwaha, Hajam/Thakur, Kathbaniyan, Gharti/Bhujel, Terai Others, Lohar, Sudhi, Rajput, Bangali, Dhanuk, Thakali, Haluwai, Danuwar, Kurmi, Punjabi/Shikh, Kanu, Kumal, Dhobi, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Badi, Ghale, Baraee, Rajbansi, Yakkha, Thami, Chamling, Chepang/Praja, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Bhote, Nuniya, Sonar, Jirel, Kumhar, Tatma/Tatwa, Dura, Lepcha, Khatwe, Kewat, Dhimal, Mallaha, Pahari, Undefined Others, Bantar/Sardar, Bantaba, Thulung, Musahar, Badhaee, Lhomi, Samgpang, Kahar, Satar/Santhal, Gaine, Rajdhob, Jhangad/Dhagar, Munda, Darai, Mali, Bote, Kulung, Dev, Bahing, Bin, Natuwa, Janajati Others, Kamar, Byasi/Sanka, Chhantyal/Chhantel, Brahmu/Baramo, Tajpuriya, Koche, Nachhiring, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Lalitpur Metropolitan City are Newar (112,721), Chhetri (45,202), Brahmin - Hill (33,812), Tamang (23,514) and Magar (15,274) with total population of 230,523, which forms 80.91 percent out of total population of 284,922 in Lalitpur Metropolitan City.Population by Disability
Similarly, there were 362 people who were blind and 414 people were deaf, while 38 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 316 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 154 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, 12,212 houses were mud bonded, 53,713 houses were cement bonded, 450 houses were wood planks bonded, 488 houses were bamboo bonded and 330 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 346 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 10,366 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 2,536 houses had roof of tile, 53,733 houses had RCC roofs, 176 houses had roof of woods while 23 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, 338 out of 70,256 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 64,825 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 4,539 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
With reference to source of fuel, 3,237 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 2,401 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 63,627 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (38), bio-gas (24), fuel electricity (183), etc.
Same as, total 69,042 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 354, while 28 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 0.98.
Facilities
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 18,357 establishments in Lalitpur Metropolitan City that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 97,588 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 60,311 and female engagement of 37,277 persons.In every business, there were an average of 5.32 people engaged with average males are 3.29 and females are 2.03. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.62, which means as many as 1.62 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 61.80 percent while the females are 38.20 percent.
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Milan Karki is a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), Management Consultant, Legal Analyst, Software Developer, Researcher & Writer based in New York, USA. He is operating investment advisory and management consulting firm in USA. He holds MBA from Canada, and currently studying Ph.D. in finance in USA. He has written several books in English and Nepali languages. He is originally from Nepal.
