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District · Bagmati Province

Sindhuli District

9 local governments · P-code NP0320
Population
300k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,484
km²
Density
121
people per km²
Share of Bagmati
4.9%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.03%
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

300,026

2021 census

By sex

Female152,961
Male147,065

5896 higher for women

Also published for Sindhuli

Households
69,364
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

72.6%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female65.5%
Male80.0%

14.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Sindhuli, compared with its province and Nepal
Sindhuli72.6%
Bagmati82.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 3.7 pp below the national figure · 53 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Sindhuli

Literate population
200,269
Population aged 5 and over
275,899
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 72.6%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 27.2%Not stated 0.0%

275,899 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write200,269
Can read only658
Cannot read or write74,931
Not stated41
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Sindhuli 72.6% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,58880+1,4251,95675-791,8622,74370-742,6204,15965-693,7995,31160-644,8166,83555-595,6578,09450-547,1548,88645-497,9289,47540-447,13610,61235-399,25112,36830-3412,47214,37525-2915,57215,27420-2416,59716,45015-1916,55515,17610-1415,33313,2415-913,12412,7590-412,794
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,5881,4253,013
75-791,9561,8623,818
70-742,7432,6205,363
65-694,1593,7997,958
60-645,3114,81610,127
55-596,8355,65712,492
50-548,0947,15415,248
45-498,8867,92816,814
40-449,4757,13616,611
35-3910,6129,25119,863
30-3412,36812,47224,840
25-2914,37515,57229,947
20-2415,27416,59731,871
15-1916,45016,55533,005
10-1415,17615,33330,509
5-913,24113,12426,365
0-412,75912,79425,553

Local governments

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

Kamalamai — 71,016Dudhouli — 70,207Hariharpurgaghi — 26,505Marin — 28,808Ghyanglekha — 12,652Sunkoshi — 18,375Golanjor — 18,737Tinpatan — 34,889Phikkal — 15,910KamalamaiDudhouliHariharpurgaghiMarinGhyanglekhaSunkoshiGolanjorTinpatanPhikkal
12,65215,91018,73728,80870,20771,016

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 Sindhuli, 2021 census.

View all 9 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Kamalamai71,01618,13577.8%51,06265,607
Dudhouli70,20716,11070.7%45,51164,355
Tinpatan34,8897,91871.7%23,01132,080
Marin28,8086,04468.3%17,85326,140
Hariharpurgaghi26,5055,29267.4%16,14823,942
Golanjor18,7374,52771.7%12,50217,436
Sunkoshi18,3754,98770.7%12,16017,197
Phikkal15,9103,43675.2%11,03614,666
Ghyanglekha12,6522,86871.0%8,19811,551

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Sindhuli

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
Kamalamai71,01618,13577.8%51,06265,607
Dudhouli70,20716,11070.7%45,51164,355
Tinpatan34,8897,91871.7%23,01132,080
Marin28,8086,04468.3%17,85326,140
Hariharpurgaghi26,5055,29267.4%16,14823,942
Golanjor18,7374,52771.7%12,50217,436
Sunkoshi18,3754,98770.7%12,16017,197
Phikkal15,9103,43675.2%11,03614,666
Ghyanglekha12,6522,86871.0%8,19811,551

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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