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District · Gandaki Province

Syangja District

11 local governments · P-code NP0441
Population
253k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,038
km²
Density
244
people per km²
Share of Gandaki
10.3%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.87%
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

253,024

2021 census

By sex

Female136,346
Male116,678

19668 higher for women

Also published for Syangja

Households
68,959
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

81.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female74.8%
Male89.8%

15.0 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Syangja, compared with its province and Nepal
Syangja81.7%
Gandaki81.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 5.4 pp above the national figure · 14 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Syangja

Literate population
193,051
Population aged 5 and over
236,382
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 81.7%Can read only 0.6%Cannot read or write 17.6%Not stated 0.1%

236,382 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write193,051
Can read only1,481
Cannot read or write41,615
Not stated235
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Syangja 81.7% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k2,21280+2,1632,51675-792,3183,84270-743,2345,61865-694,5136,82860-645,3398,20155-595,4948,48350-545,8289,37245-496,2699,18340-445,4959,42635-396,64811,44530-349,29012,94925-2910,89311,65320-2411,08711,11015-1911,4709,58810-1410,1058,7915-99,6738,3490-48,892
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,2122,1634,375
75-792,5162,3184,834
70-743,8423,2347,076
65-695,6184,51310,131
60-646,8285,33912,167
55-598,2015,49413,695
50-548,4835,82814,311
45-499,3726,26915,641
40-449,1835,49514,678
35-399,4266,64816,074
30-3411,4459,29020,735
25-2912,94910,89323,842
20-2411,65311,08722,740
15-1911,11011,47022,580
10-149,58810,10519,693
5-98,7919,67318,464
0-48,3498,89217,241

Local governments

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

Putalibazar — 41,743Bhirkot — 22,645Galyang — 31,034Walling — 50,488Chapakot — 22,969Aandhikhola — 13,094Phedikhola — 10,899Arjun Choupari — 14,045Biruwa — 14,001Harinas — 13,191Kaligandaki — 17,955PutalibazarBhirkotGalyangWallingChapakotAandhikholaPhedikholaArjun ChoupariBiruwaHarinasKaligandaki
10,89913,19114,04522,64531,03450,488

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 Syangja, 2021 census.

View all 11 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Walling50,48813,42483.4%39,33447,175
Putalibazar41,74311,88182.8%32,43639,169
Galyang31,0347,93383.4%23,96228,725
Chapakot22,9696,25179.9%17,08221,387
Bhirkot22,6456,17182.9%17,56121,190
Kaligandaki17,9554,76282.2%13,74316,729
Arjun Choupari14,0453,80879.2%10,35813,077
Biruwa14,0013,95479.1%10,46913,236
Harinas13,1913,58278.3%9,64012,310
Aandhikhola13,0943,99276.2%9,31012,212
Phedikhola10,8993,16580.7%8,24410,216

Municipality · 5

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Syangja

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
Walling50,48813,42483.4%39,33447,175
Putalibazar41,74311,88182.8%32,43639,169
Galyang31,0347,93383.4%23,96228,725
Chapakot22,9696,25179.9%17,08221,387
Bhirkot22,6456,17182.9%17,56121,190
Kaligandaki17,9554,76282.2%13,74316,729
Arjun Choupari14,0453,80879.2%10,35813,077
Biruwa14,0013,95479.1%10,46913,236
Harinas13,1913,58278.3%9,64012,310
Aandhikhola13,0943,99276.2%9,31012,212
Phedikhola10,8993,16580.7%8,24410,216

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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