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District · Bagmati Province

Bhaktapur District

4 local governments · P-code NP0326
Population
432k
2021 census · NSO
Area
123
km²
Density
3,511
people per km²
Share of Bagmati
7.1%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.48%
by population

Population & Demographics

How many people live in Nepal, where, and how the population is structured by age and sex. All Population & Demographics indicators →

Population

432,132

2021 census

By sex

Female213,714
Male218,418

4704 higher for men

Also published for Bhaktapur

Households
108,503
What these measure
Population
Resident population. Figures for years after the last census are projections, not counts.
Households
Number of households enumerated. An institutional facility counts as one household.

Education

Literacy, schooling and educational attainment. All Education indicators →

Literacy rate

88.0%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female81.7%
Male94.1%

12.4 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Bhaktapur, compared with its province and Nepal
Bhaktapur88.0%
Bagmati82.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 11.7 pp above the national figure · 3 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Bhaktapur

Literate population
355,473
Population aged 5 and over
404,125
What these measure
Literacy rate
Share of the population aged 5 and over who can read and write. The denominator is the 5-plus population, not the total population.
Literate population
People aged 5 and over who can read and write.
Population aged 5 and over
The denominator for literacy. Published because a rate without its base cannot be recomputed or aggregated.
Literacy status of the population aged 5 and over

The four categories the census reports, which together account for everyone counted.

Can read and write 88.0%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 11.9%Not stated 0.0%

404,125 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write355,473
Can read only633
Cannot read or write48,015
Not stated4
Where this district sits

Every district's literacy rate, with the median marked.

57.8%89.2%

Bhaktapur 88.0% · median 76.9% across 77 districts

Age and sex structure

Five-year age bands from the UNFPA 2023 projection, the only source that publishes age detail at this level. Both sides share one scale, so bar lengths are directly comparable.

FemaleMale2023 · hover a band for exact counts
5k5k10k10k15k15k2,39680+1,8732,63675-792,1533,25070-742,7355,08565-694,5096,96360-646,1489,82555-598,43712,52750-5411,57815,84645-4915,00718,72540-4415,57620,90835-3919,69626,31330-3427,06527,26925-2930,60822,42220-2426,94017,31015-1920,41914,29310-1416,60713,8695-916,22214,6580-416,044
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,3961,8734,269
75-792,6362,1534,789
70-743,2502,7355,985
65-695,0854,5099,594
60-646,9636,14813,111
55-599,8258,43718,262
50-5412,52711,57824,105
45-4915,84615,00730,853
40-4418,72515,57634,301
35-3920,90819,69640,604
30-3426,31327,06553,378
25-2927,26930,60857,877
20-2422,42226,94049,362
15-1917,31020,41937,729
10-1414,29316,60730,900
5-913,86916,22230,091
0-414,65816,04430,702

Local governments

4 in this district, with 2021 census population. Each has its own page.

Madhyapur Thimi — 119,756Changunarayan — 88,083Bhaktapur — 79,136Suryabinayak — 140,085Madhyapur ThimiChangunarayanBhaktapurSuryabinayak
79,13691,326103,516115,705127,895140,085

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Population · five classes, each holding about 1 of 4 areas. 4 local governments of Bhaktapur, 2021 census.

View all 4 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Suryabinayak140,08535,86588.6%115,727130,581
Madhyapur Thimi119,75631,96690.2%101,308112,285
Changunarayan88,08321,58884.3%69,11582,011
Bhaktapur79,13618,98786.9%64,50374,188

Municipality · 4

Compare the local governments of Bhaktapur

Every published census measure, side by side. Rank by any column, or select rows to compare a few.

4 local governments · tick rows to pin and compare
local governments compared on Population, Households, Literacy rate, Literate population, Population aged 5 and over, ranked by Population
local governments
Suryabinayak140,08535,86588.6%115,727130,581
Madhyapur Thimi119,75631,96690.2%101,308112,285
Changunarayan88,08321,58884.3%69,11582,011
Bhaktapur79,13618,98786.9%64,50374,188

Bars are scaled within each column, so columns compare places and rows compare measures. A dash means the figure is not published for that place, which is not the same as zero. Rates are not additive across places and are never totalled.

Sources & methodology

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2024) · United Nations Population Fund (2023) · National Statistics Office (2021) · Wikidata (2026) · World Bank (1960-2024)

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