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District · Bagmati Province

Kathmandu District

11 local governments · P-code NP0327
Population
2.0M
2021 census · NSO
Area
414
km²
Density
4,937
people per km²
Share of Bagmati
33.4%
by population
Share of Nepal
7.00%
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

2,041,587

2021 census

By sex

Female1,005,861
Male1,035,726

29865 higher for men

Also published for Kathmandu

Households
544,867
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

89.2%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female84.2%
Male94.2%

10.0 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Kathmandu, compared with its province and Nepal
Kathmandu89.2%
Bagmati82.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 13.0 pp above the national figure · 1 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Kathmandu

Literate population
1,718,672
Population aged 5 and over
1,926,174
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 89.2%Can read only 0.5%Cannot read or write 10.2%Not stated 0.0%

1,926,174 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write1,718,672
Can read only10,097
Cannot read or write197,347
Not stated58
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Kathmandu 89.2% · 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
20k20k40k40k60k60k10,93280+8,21210,93975-798,78314,28770-7412,90121,78665-6920,33430,63360-6428,19741,46155-5937,34253,65050-5451,04968,37745-4966,56383,21640-4471,00595,42535-3987,972120,73530-34121,937128,34125-29144,052114,33120-24135,78587,94615-19106,15065,65410-1477,27861,9035-971,67858,5900-464,131
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+10,9328,21219,144
75-7910,9398,78319,722
70-7414,28712,90127,188
65-6921,78620,33442,120
60-6430,63328,19758,830
55-5941,46137,34278,803
50-5453,65051,049104,699
45-4968,37766,563134,940
40-4483,21671,005154,221
35-3995,42587,972183,397
30-34120,735121,937242,672
25-29128,341144,052272,393
20-24114,331135,785250,116
15-1987,946106,150194,096
10-1465,65477,278142,932
5-961,90371,678133,581
0-458,59064,131122,721

Local governments

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

Kathmandu — 862,400Tarakeshwor — 151,479Tokha — 133,755Budhanilkhantha — 177,557Gokarneshwor — 149,366Nagarjun — 115,437Kageshwori Manahara — 130,433Shankharapur — 29,318Chandragiri — 136,860Kirtipur — 81,578Dakshinkali — 26,372KathmanduTarakeshworTokhaBudhanilkhanthaGokarneshworNagarjunKageshwori ManaharaShankharapurChandragiriKirtipurDakshinkali
26,37281,578130,433136,860151,479862,400

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 11 areas. 11 local governments of Kathmandu, 2021 census.

View all 11 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Kathmandu862,400238,96690.5%741,742819,859
Budhanilkhantha177,55746,93089.7%149,543166,674
Tarakeshwor151,47941,36287.8%124,179141,376
Gokarneshwor149,36639,77185.5%119,009139,144
Chandragiri136,86035,99487.3%111,666127,959
Tokha133,75537,02591.0%114,382125,626
Kageshwori Manahara130,43333,76488.4%107,224121,280
Nagarjun115,43731,30189.2%96,472108,209
Kirtipur81,57824,15088.8%68,46777,141
Shankharapur29,3187,14079.9%21,94327,446
Dakshinkali26,3726,48980.0%19,81524,773

Metropolitan city · 1

Municipality · 10

Compare the local governments of Kathmandu

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

11 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
Kathmandu862,400238,96690.5%741,742819,859
Budhanilkhantha177,55746,93089.7%149,543166,674
Tarakeshwor151,47941,36287.8%124,179141,376
Gokarneshwor149,36639,77185.5%119,009139,144
Chandragiri136,86035,99487.3%111,666127,959
Tokha133,75537,02591.0%114,382125,626
Kageshwori Manahara130,43333,76488.4%107,224121,280
Nagarjun115,43731,30189.2%96,472108,209
Kirtipur81,57824,15088.8%68,46777,141
Shankharapur29,3187,14079.9%21,94327,446
Dakshinkali26,3726,48980.0%19,81524,773

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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