Municipality · Dhading District

Nilkhantha

Bagmati Province · P-code NP0330301

Population: 58,828; 2021 census · NSO
Share of district: 18.1%; of Dhading
Rank among municipalities: 89 of 276; nationally, by population
Local governments here: 13; in Dhading

Population & Demographics

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

Householdsघरपरिवार: 16,391
Households; —
Populationजनसंख्या: 58,828
Persons; female 31,463male 27,365

2 indicators published for Nilkhantha under population & demographics.

Education

Literacy, schooling and educational attainment. All Education indicators →

Literacy rateसाक्षरता दर: 75.8%; female 69.8%male 82.9%
13.2 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या: 41,462
Persons; female 20,576male 20,886
Population aged 5 and over५ वर्ष र माथिको जनसंख्या: 54,676
Persons; female 29,490male 25,186

3 indicators published for Nilkhantha under education.

In context

Where Nilkhantha sits among the 13 local governments of Dhading.

Nilkhantha
Other units of Dhading

View all 13 names

Benighat Rorang · बेनीघाट रोराङ
Dhunibenshi
Gajuri · गजुरी
Galchhi · गल्छी
Ganga Jamuna · गङ्गाजमुना गाउँपालिका
Jwalamukhi · ज्वालामुखी गाउँपालिका
Khaniyabas · खनियाबास
Netrawati Dabjong · नेत्रावती डबजोङ
Nilkhantha
Rubi Valley · रूबीभ्याली गाउँपालिका
Siddhalek · सिद्धलेक गाउँपालिका
Thakre · थाक्रे
Tripurasundari

13 local governments of Dhading. 13 of 13 named on the map.

By population, 2021

Nilkhantha58,828
Benighat Rorang33,854
Thakre32,374
Dhunibenshi29,149
Gajuri28,634
Galchhi23,733
Siddhalek22,214
Tripurasundari21,937
Jwalamukhi21,338
Ganga Jamuna19,265
Netrawati Dabjong11,310
Rubi Valley10,781
Khaniyabas10,287

Dhading District overview →

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Ward-level detail, local government budgets and expenditure, school and health facility counts, and election results. The census publishes ward tables and the model already supports the grain; nothing is ingested there yet, so no section for it appears above.

Compare with the rest of Dhading

Every published census measure, side by side. This unit is highlighted; rank by any column, or select rows to compare a few.

Rank by13 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
Nilkhantha	58,828	16,391	75.8%	41,462	54,676
Benighat Rorang	33,854	7,601	74.4%	22,856	30,706
Thakre	32,374	7,847	74.3%	22,339	30,059
Dhunibenshi	29,149	7,246	75.4%	20,535	27,230
Gajuri	28,634	6,839	72.9%	19,089	26,183
Galchhi	23,733	5,975	73.0%	16,011	21,930
Siddhalek	22,214	5,836	71.9%	14,911	20,744
Tripurasundari	21,937	5,947	74.1%	15,106	20,392
Jwalamukhi	21,338	6,079	67.3%	13,350	19,848
Ganga Jamuna	19,265	5,264	67.8%	12,139	17,906
Netrawati Dabjong	11,310	3,263	67.6%	7,183	10,632
Rubi Valley	10,781	2,649	58.7%	5,822	9,922
Khaniyabas	10,287	2,685	59.6%	5,636	9,463

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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