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Province

Gandaki Province

गण्डकी प्रदेश

11 districts · 85 local governments · P-code NP04
Population
2.5M
2021 census · NSO
Area
21,977
km²
Density
112
people per km²
Share of Nepal
8.5%
by population
Working age
69%
aged 15–64

Population & Demographics

How many people live in Nepal, where, and how the population is structured by age and sex. All Population & Demographics indicators →

Householdsघरपरिवार

Number of households enumerated. An institutional facility counts as one household.

2021 census

662,480
Households
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Populationजनसंख्या

Resident population. Figures for years after the last census are projections, not counts.

2021 census

2,466,427
Persons
2,584,846 · 2023 projection
female 1,295,594male 1,170,833

2 indicators published for Gandaki under population & demographics.

Education

Literacy, schooling and educational attainment. All Education indicators →

Literacy rateसाक्षरता दर

Share of the population aged 5 and over who can read and write. The denominator is the 5-plus population, not the total population.

2021 census · not additive across places

81.7%
female 75.3%male 88.8%
13.4 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

1,875,910
Persons
female 916,621male 959,289
Population aged 5 and over५ वर्ष र माथिको जनसंख्या

The denominator for literacy. Published because a rate without its base cannot be recomputed or aggregated.

2021 census

2,297,497
Persons
female 1,216,773male 1,080,724

3 indicators published for Gandaki under education.

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
20k20k40k40k60k60k18,51480+17,60820,38775-7918,35329,74370-7426,25443,36365-6937,04455,96760-6446,12167,51755-5950,63574,44850-5457,43183,68645-4964,79091,55540-4461,879101,01635-3975,672122,61430-34103,409134,62625-29121,881122,74520-24123,268112,24615-19119,442100,84210-14108,07692,9275-9101,81086,2570-492,720
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+18,51417,60836,122
75-7920,38718,35338,740
70-7429,74326,25455,997
65-6943,36337,04480,407
60-6455,96746,121102,088
55-5967,51750,635118,152
50-5474,44857,431131,879
45-4983,68664,790148,476
40-4491,55561,879153,434
35-39101,01675,672176,688
30-34122,614103,409226,023
25-29134,626121,881256,507
20-24122,745123,268246,013
15-19112,246119,442231,688
10-14100,842108,076208,918
5-992,927101,810194,737
0-486,25792,720178,977

Districts by population

11 districts, 2021. The map answers where; the ranking answers how much.

Kaski — 600,051Nawalparasi East — 378,079Tanahu — 321,153Syangja — 253,024Gorkha — 251,027Baglung — 249,211Lamjung — 155,852Parbat — 130,887Myagdi — 107,033Mustang — 14,452Manang — 5,658GorkhaMustangBaglungMyagdiManangNawalparasi EastKaskiTanahuLamjungSyangjaParbat
5.7k107k156k251k321k600k

Population, 2021 · five classes, each holding about 2 of 11 areas · 11 of 11 named on the map.

View data table
Population by district, Gandaki
AreaPopulation
Kaski600,051
Nawalparasi East378,079
Tanahu321,153
Syangja253,024
Gorkha251,027
Baglung249,211
Lamjung155,852
Parbat130,887
Myagdi107,033
Mustang14,452
Manang5,658

Not yet covered

Architecturally supported, no provincial data published yet.

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Compare the districts of Gandaki

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

11 districts · tick rows to pin and compare
districts compared on Population, Households, Literacy rate, Literate population, Population aged 5 and over, ranked by Population
districts
Kaski600,051160,65187.7%493,776562,838
Nawalparasi East378,07993,92582.4%287,893349,586
Tanahu321,15388,58381.6%244,178299,248
Syangja253,02468,95981.7%193,051236,382
Gorkha251,02771,82672.4%169,477234,195
Baglung249,21164,15380.0%183,115228,978
Lamjung155,85244,17077.5%113,561146,546
Parbat130,88736,13780.1%97,452121,631
Myagdi107,03328,83079.7%78,91899,025
Mustang14,4523,67475.1%10,27413,689
Manang5,6581,57278.4%4,2155,379

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)

Reusable under CC BY-IGO 3.0 and nso-official-statistics and CC0 1.0 and CC BY 4.0 with attribution. Retrieved 2026-08-23. Full metadata, caveats and revision history →

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