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District · Gandaki Province

Manang District

4 local governments · P-code NP0438
Population
5.7k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,321
km²
Density
2
people per km²
Share of Gandaki
0.2%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.02%
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

5,658

2021 census

By sex

Female2,466
Male3,192

726 higher for men

Also published for Manang

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

78.4%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female67.3%
Male86.7%

19.4 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Manang, compared with its province and Nepal
Manang78.4%
Gandaki81.7%
Nepal76.2%

2.1 pp above the national figure · 29 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Manang

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 78.4%Can read only 2.7%Cannot read or write 19.0%

5,379 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write4,215
Can read only143
Cannot read or write1,021
Not stated0
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Manang 78.4% · 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
1001002002003003004280+334475-79357470-745311565-698811360-649415055-5912813250-5416718445-4919819440-4421717735-3935124930-3450625925-2953719120-2436212415-1915413110-141181405-91271470-4134
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+423375
75-79443579
70-747453127
65-6911588203
60-6411394207
55-59150128278
50-54132167299
45-49184198382
40-44194217411
35-39177351528
30-34249506755
25-29259537796
20-24191362553
15-19124154278
10-14131118249
5-9140127267
0-4147134281

Local governments

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

Ngisyang — 1,595Narpa Bhumi — 396Chame — 1,276Nason — 1,671NgisyangNarpa BhumiChameNason
3966519061,1611,4161,671

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 1 of 4 areas. 4 local governments of Manang, 2021 census.

View all 4 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Nason1,67147178.0%1,2311,579
Ngisyang1,59556167.9%1,0271,512
Chame1,27638986.3%1,0311,195
Narpa Bhumi39612656.2%212377

Rural municipality · 4

Compare the local governments of Manang

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

4 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
Nason1,67147178.0%1,2311,579
Ngisyang1,59556167.9%1,0271,512
Chame1,27638986.3%1,0311,195
Narpa Bhumi39612656.2%212377

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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