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District · Gandaki Province

Tanahu District

10 local governments · P-code NP0440
Population
321k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,572
km²
Density
204
people per km²
Share of Gandaki
13.0%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.10%
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

321,153

2021 census

By sex

Female171,059
Male150,094

20965 higher for women

Also published for Tanahu

Households
88,583
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

81.6%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female75.2%
Male89.0%

13.8 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Tanahu, compared with its province and Nepal
Tanahu81.6%
Gandaki81.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 5.3 pp above the national figure · 15 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Tanahu

Literate population
244,178
Population aged 5 and over
299,248
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 81.6%Can read only 0.7%Cannot read or write 17.5%Not stated 0.2%

299,248 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write244,178
Can read only2,048
Cannot read or write52,457
Not stated565
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Tanahu 81.6% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k2,25180+2,0512,56775-792,2263,86770-743,4295,71465-694,9557,45760-646,0568,84855-596,6799,67750-547,41411,16645-498,29611,74940-447,64413,35235-399,27416,30130-3412,90217,82325-2915,09415,91020-2415,09415,01915-1915,67613,42510-1414,12012,1405-913,17311,1650-411,917
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,2512,0514,302
75-792,5672,2264,793
70-743,8673,4297,296
65-695,7144,95510,669
60-647,4576,05613,513
55-598,8486,67915,527
50-549,6777,41417,091
45-4911,1668,29619,462
40-4411,7497,64419,393
35-3913,3529,27422,626
30-3416,30112,90229,203
25-2917,82315,09432,917
20-2415,91015,09431,004
15-1915,01915,67630,695
10-1413,42514,12027,545
5-912,14013,17325,313
0-411,16511,91723,082

Local governments

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

Shuklagandaki — 55,620Byas — 78,939Bhanu — 42,794Bhimad — 29,248Myagde — 23,578Ghiring — 14,334Rhishing — 17,918Bandipur — 18,532Aanbu Khaireni — 22,252Devghat — 14,584ShuklagandakiByasBhanuBhimadMyagdeGhiringRhishingBandipurAanbu KhaireniDevghat
14,33417,91822,25229,24855,62078,939

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 10 areas. 10 local governments of Tanahu, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Byas78,93922,58585.3%62,82273,665
Shuklagandaki55,62015,27286.8%44,96251,820
Bhanu42,79412,70577.5%30,99839,979
Bhimad29,2487,97079.7%21,56827,047
Myagde23,5786,51582.2%18,06321,986
Aanbu Khaireni22,2526,13682.1%16,95420,652
Bandipur18,5325,20879.5%13,75317,289
Rhishing17,9184,66971.6%11,96616,715
Devghat14,5843,67075.4%10,20113,525
Ghiring14,3343,78373.0%9,64713,219

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Tanahu

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

10 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
Byas78,93922,58585.3%62,82273,665
Shuklagandaki55,62015,27286.8%44,96251,820
Bhanu42,79412,70577.5%30,99839,979
Bhimad29,2487,97079.7%21,56827,047
Myagde23,5786,51582.2%18,06321,986
Aanbu Khaireni22,2526,13682.1%16,95420,652
Bandipur18,5325,20879.5%13,75317,289
Rhishing17,9184,66971.6%11,96616,715
Devghat14,5843,67075.4%10,20113,525
Ghiring14,3343,78373.0%9,64713,219

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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