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District · Bagmati Province

Kavrepalanchok District

13 local governments · P-code NP0324
Population
364k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,394
km²
Density
261
people per km²
Share of Bagmati
6.0%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.25%
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

364,039

2021 census

By sex

Female185,130
Male178,909

6221 higher for women

Also published for Kavrepalanchok

Households
91,428
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

75.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female67.6%
Male84.1%

16.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Kavrepalanchok, compared with its province and Nepal
Kavrepalanchok75.7%
Bagmati82.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 0.6 pp below the national figure · 44 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Kavrepalanchok

Literate population
256,899
Population aged 5 and over
339,440
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 75.7%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 24.0%Not stated 0.0%

339,440 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write256,899
Can read only984
Cannot read or write81,552
Not stated5
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Kavrepalanchok 75.7% · 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
5k5k10k10k15k15k2,48780+2,1732,88575-792,5423,90270-743,5315,69765-695,0978,12560-646,9769,92455-597,88111,60950-549,43112,80645-4910,67813,39440-4410,53714,15035-3913,70416,58230-3418,11418,13625-2920,12216,59220-2417,67515,85815-1916,11014,00410-1414,38012,5635-913,31512,4450-413,203
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,4872,1734,660
75-792,8852,5425,427
70-743,9023,5317,433
65-695,6975,09710,794
60-648,1256,97615,101
55-599,9247,88117,805
50-5411,6099,43121,040
45-4912,80610,67823,484
40-4413,39410,53723,931
35-3914,15013,70427,854
30-3416,58218,11434,696
25-2918,13620,12238,258
20-2416,59217,67534,267
15-1915,85816,11031,968
10-1414,00414,38028,384
5-912,56313,31525,878
0-412,44513,20325,648

Local governments

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

Mandan Deupur — 30,381Banepa — 67,690Dhulikhel — 33,726Panchkhal — 35,521Panauti — 51,504Namobuddha — 26,160Bhumlu — 15,678Chauri Deurali — 14,076Bethanchowk — 14,959Roshi — 23,790Temal — 16,957Khanikhola — 12,201Mahabharat — 16,079Mandan DeupurBanepaDhulikhelPanchkhalPanautiNamobuddhaBhumluChauri DeuraliBethanchowkRoshiTemalKhanikholaMahabharat
12,20114,95916,95726,16035,52167,690

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Population · five classes, each holding about 3 of 13 areas. 13 local governments of Kavrepalanchok, 2021 census.

View all 13 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Banepa67,69016,69884.8%53,55163,145
Panauti51,50412,80681.0%39,01248,136
Panchkhal35,5219,13375.1%24,94033,189
Dhulikhel33,7268,57080.1%25,20331,452
Mandan Deupur30,3817,92472.6%20,56628,311
Namobuddha26,1607,14871.0%17,35624,436
Roshi23,7906,07569.5%15,40422,159
Temal16,9574,86961.2%9,72115,874
Mahabharat16,0793,17470.3%10,29914,653
Bhumlu15,6784,51867.0%9,88214,739
Bethanchowk14,9593,86171.7%9,88713,798
Chauri Deurali14,0764,15657.8%7,66313,269
Khanikhola12,2012,39875.2%8,25610,981

Municipality · 6

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Kavrepalanchok

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

13 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
Banepa67,69016,69884.8%53,55163,145
Panauti51,50412,80681.0%39,01248,136
Panchkhal35,5219,13375.1%24,94033,189
Dhulikhel33,7268,57080.1%25,20331,452
Mandan Deupur30,3817,92472.6%20,56628,311
Namobuddha26,1607,14871.0%17,35624,436
Roshi23,7906,07569.5%15,40422,159
Temal16,9574,86961.2%9,72115,874
Mahabharat16,0793,17470.3%10,29914,653
Bhumlu15,6784,51867.0%9,88214,739
Bethanchowk14,9593,86171.7%9,88713,798
Chauri Deurali14,0764,15657.8%7,66313,269
Khanikhola12,2012,39875.2%8,25610,981

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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