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District · Bagmati Province

Rasuwa District

5 local governments · P-code NP0329
Population
47k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,501
km²
Density
31
people per km²
Share of Bagmati
0.8%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.16%
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

46,689

2021 census

By sex

Female22,654
Male24,035

1381 higher for men

Also published for Rasuwa

Households
11,140
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

69.6%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female62.6%
Male76.2%

13.6 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Rasuwa, compared with its province and Nepal
Rasuwa69.6%
Bagmati82.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 6.7 pp below the national figure · 63 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Rasuwa

Literate population
29,732
Population aged 5 and over
42,719
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 69.6%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 30.1%Not stated 0.0%

42,719 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write29,732
Can read only125
Cannot read or write12,857
Not stated5
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Rasuwa 69.6% · 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
5005001k1k1.5k1.5k32180+34332675-7933045770-7449471465-6973887160-6490798155-598851,18750-541,0071,39445-491,3051,45040-441,2801,46235-391,8781,99330-342,4812,25125-292,9762,14820-242,8362,13315-192,1131,95110-141,9341,9485-91,9402,1460-42,073
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+321343664
75-79326330656
70-74457494951
65-697147381,452
60-648719071,778
55-599818851,866
50-541,1871,0072,194
45-491,3941,3052,699
40-441,4501,2802,730
35-391,4621,8783,340
30-341,9932,4814,474
25-292,2512,9765,227
20-242,1482,8364,984
15-192,1332,1134,246
10-141,9511,9343,885
5-91,9481,9403,888
0-42,1462,0734,219

Local governments

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

Aamachhodingmo — 6,673Gosaikunda — 7,788Uttargaya — 8,555Kalika — 10,115Naukunda — 12,344AamachhodingmoGosaikundaUttargayaKalikaNaukunda
6,6737,7888,55510,11512,34412,344

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 1 of 5 areas. 5 local governments of Rasuwa, 2021 census.

View all 5 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Naukunda12,3442,79461.5%6,87111,165
Kalika10,1152,44771.9%6,7129,341
Uttargaya8,5552,18871.8%5,6407,858
Gosaikunda7,7882,03868.9%4,9367,166
Aamachhodingmo6,6731,66473.2%4,3765,979

Rural municipality · 5

Compare the local governments of Rasuwa

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

5 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
Naukunda12,3442,79461.5%6,87111,165
Kalika10,1152,44771.9%6,7129,341
Uttargaya8,5552,18871.8%5,6407,858
Gosaikunda7,7882,03868.9%4,9367,166
Aamachhodingmo6,6731,66473.2%4,3765,979

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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