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District · Gandaki Province

Baglung District

10 local governments · P-code NP0443
Population
249k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,836
km²
Density
136
people per km²
Share of Gandaki
10.1%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.85%
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

249,211

2021 census

By sex

Female133,017
Male116,194

16823 higher for women

Also published for Baglung

Households
64,153
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

80.0%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female73.7%
Male87.3%

13.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Baglung, compared with its province and Nepal
Baglung80.0%
Gandaki81.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 3.7 pp above the national figure · 23 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Baglung

Literate population
183,115
Population aged 5 and over
228,978
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 80.0%Can read only 1.1%Cannot read or write 18.9%Not stated 0.1%

228,978 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write183,115
Can read only2,458
Cannot read or write43,169
Not stated236
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Baglung 80.0% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,58380+1,6762,05675-791,9813,04370-742,7014,35565-693,6335,65060-644,4756,54655-594,6357,08050-545,0738,06045-495,4308,40540-445,1178,97135-396,34611,00630-349,26912,86725-2910,81112,53020-2411,36712,18515-1911,99711,63810-1412,26111,0405-911,77510,2500-410,929
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,5831,6763,259
75-792,0561,9814,037
70-743,0432,7015,744
65-694,3553,6337,988
60-645,6504,47510,125
55-596,5464,63511,181
50-547,0805,07312,153
45-498,0605,43013,490
40-448,4055,11713,522
35-398,9716,34615,317
30-3411,0069,26920,275
25-2912,86710,81123,678
20-2412,53011,36723,897
15-1912,18511,99724,182
10-1411,63812,26123,899
5-911,04011,77522,815
0-410,25010,92921,179

Local governments

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

Dhorpatan — 30,068Galkot — 30,588Baglung — 56,102Jaimuni — 24,628Nisikhola — 23,119Tamankhola — 9,982Badigad — 28,839Tarakhola — 10,120Kathekhola — 22,526Bareng — 11,158DhorpatanGalkotBaglungJaimuniNisikholaTamankholaBadigadTarakholaKathekholaBareng
9,98211,15823,11928,83930,58856,102

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 Baglung, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Baglung56,10215,92483.5%43,78952,425
Galkot30,5887,71480.5%22,81628,337
Dhorpatan30,0687,48580.0%21,48726,865
Badigad28,8396,74581.5%21,32126,165
Jaimuni24,6286,82878.8%17,95522,774
Nisikhola23,1195,63572.0%14,89220,694
Kathekhola22,5265,89278.4%16,34520,846
Bareng11,1582,92576.9%7,95110,340
Tarakhola10,1202,33782.1%7,6789,347
Tamankhola9,9822,61175.5%6,8849,114

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Baglung

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
Baglung56,10215,92483.5%43,78952,425
Galkot30,5887,71480.5%22,81628,337
Dhorpatan30,0687,48580.0%21,48726,865
Badigad28,8396,74581.5%21,32126,165
Jaimuni24,6286,82878.8%17,95522,774
Nisikhola23,1195,63572.0%14,89220,694
Kathekhola22,5265,89278.4%16,34520,846
Bareng11,1582,92576.9%7,95110,340
Tarakhola10,1202,33782.1%7,6789,347
Tamankhola9,9822,61175.5%6,8849,114

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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