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District · Bagmati Province

Makwanpur District

10 local governments · P-code NP0331
Population
466k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,443
km²
Density
191
people per km²
Share of Bagmati
7.6%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.60%
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

466,073

2021 census

By sex

Female232,257
Male233,816

1559 higher for men

Also published for Makwanpur

Households
105,792
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

77.8%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female71.6%
Male84.0%

12.4 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Makwanpur, compared with its province and Nepal
Makwanpur77.8%
Bagmati82.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 1.6 pp above the national figure · 33 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Makwanpur

Literate population
334,161
Population aged 5 and over
429,414
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 77.8%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 21.9%Not stated 0.0%

429,414 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write334,161
Can read only1,112
Cannot read or write94,136
Not stated5
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Makwanpur 77.8% · 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
5k5k10k10k15k15k2,43580+2,2202,79175-792,6333,77570-743,5345,87365-695,6447,92960-647,49810,06855-598,60912,23250-5410,69413,73945-4912,43915,58540-4413,23717,60935-3917,36822,39630-3424,35725,08725-2928,97223,90320-2427,49722,43415-1923,90220,42910-1420,94919,1235-919,77119,3560-419,702
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,4352,2204,655
75-792,7912,6335,424
70-743,7753,5347,309
65-695,8735,64411,517
60-647,9297,49815,427
55-5910,0688,60918,677
50-5412,23210,69422,926
45-4913,73912,43926,178
40-4415,58513,23728,822
35-3917,60917,36834,977
30-3422,39624,35746,753
25-2925,08728,97254,059
20-2423,90327,49751,400
15-1922,43423,90246,336
10-1420,42920,94941,378
5-919,12319,77138,894
0-419,35619,70239,058

Local governments

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

Hetauda — 193,576Thaha — 38,870Manahari — 47,353Raksirang — 25,996Kailash — 21,856Bhimphedi — 21,516Indrasarowar — 13,534Makawanpurgadhi — 24,461Bakaiya — 40,907Bagmati — 30,425HetaudaThahaManahariRaksirangKailashBhimphediIndrasarowarMakawanpurgadhiBakaiyaBagmati
13,53421,85625,99638,87047,353193,576

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 10 areas. 10 local governments of Makwanpur, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Hetauda193,57646,56684.0%150,594179,380
Manahari47,35310,72477.7%33,52843,124
Bakaiya40,9078,91369.0%25,80637,381
Thaha38,8709,74974.1%26,81936,198
Bagmati30,4256,46068.9%19,16427,808
Raksirang25,9965,04470.2%16,33423,267
Makawanpurgadhi24,4615,28577.7%17,39722,398
Kailash21,8564,39167.8%13,48619,878
Bhimphedi21,5165,08575.3%14,89219,790
Indrasarowar13,5343,40371.4%9,01412,617

Sub-metropolitan city · 1

Municipality · 1

Rural municipality · 8

Compare the local governments of Makwanpur

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

10 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
Hetauda193,57646,56684.0%150,594179,380
Manahari47,35310,72477.7%33,52843,124
Bakaiya40,9078,91369.0%25,80637,381
Thaha38,8709,74974.1%26,81936,198
Bagmati30,4256,46068.9%19,16427,808
Raksirang25,9965,04470.2%16,33423,267
Makawanpurgadhi24,4615,28577.7%17,39722,398
Kailash21,8564,39167.8%13,48619,878
Bhimphedi21,5165,08575.3%14,89219,790
Indrasarowar13,5343,40371.4%9,01412,617

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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