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District · Gandaki Province

Lamjung District

8 local governments · P-code NP0437
Population
156k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,663
km²
Density
94
people per km²
Share of Gandaki
6.3%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.53%
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

155,852

2021 census

By sex

Female81,775
Male74,077

7698 higher for women

Also published for Lamjung

Households
44,170
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

77.5%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female70.2%
Male85.6%

15.4 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Lamjung, compared with its province and Nepal
Lamjung77.5%
Gandaki81.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 1.2 pp above the national figure · 36 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Lamjung

Literate population
113,561
Population aged 5 and over
146,546
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 77.5%Can read only 0.9%Cannot read or write 21.6%Not stated 0.1%

146,546 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write113,561
Can read only1,252
Cannot read or write31,632
Not stated101
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Lamjung 77.5% · 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
1k1k2k2k3k3k1,47180+1,4851,40375-791,4692,42270-742,1323,39365-692,9334,29760-643,5935,09055-593,9385,43850-544,0575,34645-494,0245,23840-443,5576,03435-394,4876,99830-345,9787,68025-297,2896,91120-247,0866,33815-196,9296,35210-146,4295,3805-95,6944,6500-45,085
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,4711,4852,956
75-791,4031,4692,872
70-742,4222,1324,554
65-693,3932,9336,326
60-644,2973,5937,890
55-595,0903,9389,028
50-545,4384,0579,495
45-495,3464,0249,370
40-445,2383,5578,795
35-396,0344,48710,521
30-346,9985,97812,976
25-297,6807,28914,969
20-246,9117,08613,997
15-196,3386,92913,267
10-146,3526,42912,781
5-95,3805,69411,074
0-44,6505,0859,735

Local governments

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

Madhya Nepal — 21,971Bensishahar — 38,232Sundarbazar — 27,043Rainas — 17,402Kwhola Sothar — 7,960Marshyangdi — 17,080Dordi — 16,050Dudhapokhari — 8,592Madhya NepalBensishaharSundarbazarRainasKwhola SotharMarshyangdiDordiDudhapokhari
7,9608,59217,08017,40227,04338,232

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 8 areas. 8 local governments of Lamjung, 2021 census.

View all 8 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Bensishahar38,23211,03881.1%29,17235,956
Sundarbazar27,0437,82981.4%20,72025,453
Madhya Nepal21,9716,42778.9%16,25120,587
Rainas17,4024,96176.1%12,44316,357
Marshyangdi17,0804,55072.2%11,63616,115
Dordi16,0504,52474.5%11,23015,075
Dudhapokhari8,5922,46969.7%5,6038,037
Kwhola Sothar7,9602,27667.6%5,0417,452

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 4

Compare the local governments of Lamjung

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

8 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
Bensishahar38,23211,03881.1%29,17235,956
Sundarbazar27,0437,82981.4%20,72025,453
Madhya Nepal21,9716,42778.9%16,25120,587
Rainas17,4024,96176.1%12,44316,357
Marshyangdi17,0804,55072.2%11,63616,115
Dordi16,0504,52474.5%11,23015,075
Dudhapokhari8,5922,46969.7%5,6038,037
Kwhola Sothar7,9602,27667.6%5,0417,452

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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