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District · Gandaki Province

Gorkha District

11 local governments · P-code NP0436
Population
251k
2021 census · NSO
Area
3,646
km²
Density
69
people per km²
Share of Gandaki
10.2%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.86%
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

251,027

2021 census

By sex

Female132,872
Male118,155

14717 higher for women

Also published for Gorkha

Households
71,826
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

72.4%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female65.2%
Male80.5%

15.3 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Gorkha, compared with its province and Nepal
Gorkha72.4%
Gandaki81.7%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 3.9 pp below the national figure · 55 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Gorkha

Literate population
169,477
Population aged 5 and over
234,195
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 72.4%Can read only 1.2%Cannot read or write 26.3%Not stated 0.1%

234,195 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write169,477
Can read only2,803
Cannot read or write61,598
Not stated317
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Gorkha 72.4% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k2,59280+2,6442,62175-792,4023,76570-743,4525,37165-694,9206,93060-645,8277,87455-595,9118,46350-546,3298,56045-496,2498,99240-445,9139,06035-396,79510,65230-349,00611,84625-2911,13810,92320-2410,29611,11015-1911,13610,55510-1410,8329,2495-99,4608,6940-48,971
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,5922,6445,236
75-792,6212,4025,023
70-743,7653,4527,217
65-695,3714,92010,291
60-646,9305,82712,757
55-597,8745,91113,785
50-548,4636,32914,792
45-498,5606,24914,809
40-448,9925,91314,905
35-399,0606,79515,855
30-3410,6529,00619,658
25-2911,84611,13822,984
20-2410,92310,29621,219
15-1911,11011,13622,246
10-1410,55510,83221,387
5-99,2499,46018,709
0-48,6948,97117,665

Local governments

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

Palungtar — 37,409Gorkha — 52,468Chumanubri — 5,932Ajirkot — 12,832Barpak Sulikot — 22,636Dharche — 14,263Siranchowk — 19,719Aarughat — 21,572Bhimsenthapa — 16,986Shahid Lakhan — 23,076Gandaki — 21,394PalungtarGorkhaChumanubriAjirkotBarpak SulikotDharcheSiranchowkAarughatBhimsenthapaShahid LakhanGandaki
5,93214,26319,71921,57223,07652,468

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 11 areas. 11 local governments of Gorkha, 2021 census.

View all 11 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Gorkha52,46814,98880.8%39,46648,846
Palungtar37,40911,07275.4%26,40035,009
Shahid Lakhan23,0766,85671.2%15,39821,634
Barpak Sulikot22,6366,28369.2%14,63821,156
Aarughat21,5726,17668.5%13,68219,987
Gandaki21,3945,65972.1%14,41120,001
Siranchowk19,7195,95871.4%13,24518,555
Bhimsenthapa16,9865,23967.4%10,77415,976
Dharche14,2633,80862.5%8,09412,941
Ajirkot12,8323,62272.4%8,75512,085
Chumanubri5,9322,06839.2%2,0675,279

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 9

Compare the local governments of Gorkha

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

11 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
Gorkha52,46814,98880.8%39,46648,846
Palungtar37,40911,07275.4%26,40035,009
Shahid Lakhan23,0766,85671.2%15,39821,634
Barpak Sulikot22,6366,28369.2%14,63821,156
Aarughat21,5726,17668.5%13,68219,987
Gandaki21,3945,65972.1%14,41120,001
Siranchowk19,7195,95871.4%13,24518,555
Bhimsenthapa16,9865,23967.4%10,77415,976
Dharche14,2633,80862.5%8,09412,941
Ajirkot12,8323,62272.4%8,75512,085
Chumanubri5,9322,06839.2%2,0675,279

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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