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District · Gandaki Province

Nawalparasi East District

8 local governments · P-code NP0447
Population
378k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,426
km²
Density
265
people per km²
Share of Gandaki
15.3%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.30%
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

378,079

2021 census

By sex

Female200,192
Male177,887

22305 higher for women

Also published for Nawalparasi East

Households
93,925
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

82.4%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female76.8%
Male88.7%

11.9 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Nawalparasi East, compared with its province and Nepal
Nawalparasi East82.4%
Gandaki81.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 6.1 pp above the national figure · 10 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Nawalparasi East

Literate population
287,893
Population aged 5 and over
349,586
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 82.4%Can read only 0.8%Cannot read or write 16.7%Not stated 0.2%

349,586 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write287,893
Can read only2,898
Cannot read or write58,262
Not stated533
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Nawalparasi East 82.4% · 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
5k5k10k10k15k15k1,97680+2,0342,46475-792,3403,47870-743,4185,44765-694,8567,15760-645,9459,14155-597,10311,15550-548,82812,49945-4910,28115,10840-4410,19617,32635-3912,22721,60330-3416,36923,13025-2918,46820,40120-2418,85818,11915-1919,02015,96210-1417,32415,3365-916,96414,7910-416,026
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,9762,0344,010
75-792,4642,3404,804
70-743,4783,4186,896
65-695,4474,85610,303
60-647,1575,94513,102
55-599,1417,10316,244
50-5411,1558,82819,983
45-4912,49910,28122,780
40-4415,10810,19625,304
35-3917,32612,22729,553
30-3421,60316,36937,972
25-2923,13018,46841,598
20-2420,40118,85839,259
15-1918,11919,02037,139
10-1415,96217,32433,286
5-915,33616,96432,300
0-414,79116,02630,817

Local governments

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

Madhya Bindu — 61,091Kawasoti — 86,821Devchuli — 58,003Gaidakot — 79,349Baudikali — 11,338Bulingtar — 14,637Hupsekot — 26,583Binayi Tribeni — 38,370Madhya BinduKawasotiDevchuliGaidakotBaudikaliBulingtarHupsekotBinayi Tribeni
11,33814,63738,37058,00379,34986,821

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

View all 8 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Kawasoti86,82122,16684.7%67,87680,137
Gaidakot79,34920,19184.8%62,63073,832
Madhya Bindu61,09115,43079.9%44,97856,296
Devchuli58,00314,49384.3%45,19253,603
Binayi Tribeni38,3709,07682.0%28,89535,251
Hupsekot26,5836,17976.2%18,70524,555
Bulingtar14,6373,40272.9%9,90813,594
Baudikali11,3382,91375.5%7,89110,446

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 4

Compare the local governments of Nawalparasi East

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
Kawasoti86,82122,16684.7%67,87680,137
Gaidakot79,34920,19184.8%62,63073,832
Madhya Bindu61,09115,43079.9%44,97856,296
Devchuli58,00314,49384.3%45,19253,603
Binayi Tribeni38,3709,07682.0%28,89535,251
Hupsekot26,5836,17976.2%18,70524,555
Bulingtar14,6373,40272.9%9,90813,594
Baudikali11,3382,91375.5%7,89110,446

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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