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District · Bagmati Province

Dolakha District

9 local governments · P-code NP0322
Population
173k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,147
km²
Density
80
people per km²
Share of Bagmati
2.8%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.59%
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

172,767

2021 census

By sex

Female89,047
Male83,720

5327 higher for women

Also published for Dolakha

Households
49,538
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

72.3%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female64.2%
Male81.1%

16.9 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Dolakha, compared with its province and Nepal
Dolakha72.3%
Bagmati82.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 3.9 pp below the national figure · 56 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Dolakha

Literate population
116,312
Population aged 5 and over
160,858
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 72.3%Can read only 0.4%Cannot read or write 27.3%Not stated 0.0%

160,858 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write116,312
Can read only688
Cannot read or write43,848
Not stated10
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Dolakha 72.3% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,66880+1,4131,70075-791,5722,32370-742,1593,51265-693,1674,39960-643,8845,16255-593,9295,66850-544,2315,43545-494,2535,51240-444,1065,76735-395,0556,97530-347,3027,87525-298,9897,63720-248,3197,95015-197,9587,26810-147,2136,5385-96,5496,1450-46,305
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,6681,4133,081
75-791,7001,5723,272
70-742,3232,1594,482
65-693,5123,1676,679
60-644,3993,8848,283
55-595,1623,9299,091
50-545,6684,2319,899
45-495,4354,2539,688
40-445,5124,1069,618
35-395,7675,05510,822
30-346,9757,30214,277
25-297,8758,98916,864
20-247,6378,31915,956
15-197,9507,95815,908
10-147,2687,21314,481
5-96,5386,54913,087
0-46,1456,30512,450

Local governments

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

Bhimeshwor — 34,712Jiri — 16,109Bigu — 16,490Gaurishankar — 15,995Kalinchowk — 21,097Baiteshwor — 17,896Shailung — 17,923Melung — 15,893Tamakoshi — 15,163BhimeshworJiriBiguGaurishankarKalinchowkBaiteshworShailungMelungTamakoshi
15,16315,89316,10917,89621,09734,712

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 9 areas. 9 local governments of Dolakha, 2021 census.

View all 9 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Bhimeshwor34,71210,16478.1%25,13332,170
Kalinchowk21,0976,15172.0%13,96919,402
Shailung17,9235,13469.2%11,67516,860
Baiteshwor17,8965,37372.8%12,18516,733
Bigu16,4904,74768.1%10,35915,205
Jiri16,1094,24472.4%10,84814,975
Gaurishankar15,9954,39970.4%10,45714,854
Melung15,8934,79665.2%9,75814,973
Tamakoshi15,1634,48574.0%10,51414,201

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Dolakha

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

9 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
Bhimeshwor34,71210,16478.1%25,13332,170
Kalinchowk21,0976,15172.0%13,96919,402
Shailung17,9235,13469.2%11,67516,860
Baiteshwor17,8965,37372.8%12,18516,733
Bigu16,4904,74768.1%10,35915,205
Jiri16,1094,24472.4%10,84814,975
Gaurishankar15,9954,39970.4%10,45714,854
Melung15,8934,79665.2%9,75814,973
Tamakoshi15,1634,48574.0%10,51414,201

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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