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District · Bagmati Province

Chitawan District

7 local governments · P-code NP0335
Population
720k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,240
km²
Density
321
people per km²
Share of Bagmati
11.8%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.47%
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

719,859

2021 census

By sex

Female368,070
Male351,789

16281 higher for women

Also published for Chitawan

Households
179,345
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

83.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female78.7%
Male88.9%

10.2 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Chitawan, compared with its province and Nepal
Chitawan83.7%
Bagmati82.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 7.4 pp above the national figure · 5 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Chitawan

Literate population
560,119
Population aged 5 and over
669,392
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 83.7%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 16.0%Not stated 0.0%

669,392 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write560,119
Can read only2,188
Cannot read or write107,052
Not stated33
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Chitawan 83.7% · 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
10k10k20k20k30k30k4,48780+4,3734,74575-794,5806,58470-746,2589,86565-699,19613,36960-6412,16016,88555-5914,53521,05550-5418,14224,89245-4921,53129,09340-4421,66832,80735-3925,15439,23630-3433,75942,08525-2940,94038,27920-2440,89932,84915-1936,72827,70410-1430,98826,6055-930,15226,2320-428,509
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+4,4874,3738,860
75-794,7454,5809,325
70-746,5846,25812,842
65-699,8659,19619,061
60-6413,36912,16025,529
55-5916,88514,53531,420
50-5421,05518,14239,197
45-4924,89221,53146,423
40-4429,09321,66850,761
35-3932,80725,15457,961
30-3439,23633,75972,995
25-2942,08540,94083,025
20-2438,27940,89979,178
15-1932,84936,72869,577
10-1427,70430,98858,692
5-926,60530,15256,757
0-426,23228,50954,741

Local governments

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

Bharatpur — 369,268Kalika — 52,164Ratnanagar — 89,905Khairahani — 67,385Rapti — 66,617Madi — 38,295Ichchha Kamana — 27,643BharatpurKalikaRatnanagarKhairahaniRaptiMadiIchchha Kamana
27,64338,29552,16467,38589,905369,268

Choose a measure above; hover or focus an area for its value.

Population · five classes, each holding about 1 of 7 areas. 7 local governments of Chitawan, 2021 census.

View all 7 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Bharatpur369,26896,59187.2%301,215345,434
Ratnanagar89,90522,40383.1%69,57983,754
Khairahani67,38516,39580.5%50,37462,597
Rapti66,61715,21577.3%47,05160,896
Kalika52,16412,25879.1%37,88747,919
Madi38,29510,12078.5%27,66335,240
Ichchha Kamana27,6436,18574.2%18,56125,021

Metropolitan city · 1

Municipality · 5

Rural municipality · 1

Compare the local governments of Chitawan

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

7 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
Bharatpur369,26896,59187.2%301,215345,434
Ratnanagar89,90522,40383.1%69,57983,754
Khairahani67,38516,39580.5%50,37462,597
Rapti66,61715,21577.3%47,05160,896
Kalika52,16412,25879.1%37,88747,919
Madi38,29510,12078.5%27,66335,240
Ichchha Kamana27,6436,18574.2%18,56125,021

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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