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District · Karnali Province

Dailekh District

11 local governments · P-code NP0661
Population
252k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,484
km²
Density
170
people per km²
Share of Karnali
14.9%
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

252,313

2021 census

By sex

Female131,539
Male120,774

10765 higher for women

Also published for Dailekh

Households
54,610
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

75.5%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female68.7%
Male83.0%

14.3 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Dailekh, compared with its province and Nepal
Dailekh75.5%
Karnali76.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 0.8 pp below the national figure · 46 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Dailekh

Literate population
170,256
Population aged 5 and over
225,508
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 75.5%Can read only 0.5%Cannot read or write 23.9%Not stated 0.1%

225,508 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write170,256
Can read only1,156
Cannot read or write53,895
Not stated201
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Dailekh 75.5% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k64480+6841,28275-791,1962,36570-741,9742,82065-692,7633,93160-643,6284,77055-594,0546,03050-544,7886,88145-495,1827,14140-444,9578,02135-395,7589,11530-348,67411,62025-2911,88113,99120-2413,01514,76615-1914,00215,29610-1415,33913,3765-913,27114,0150-414,274
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+6446841,328
75-791,2821,1962,478
70-742,3651,9744,339
65-692,8202,7635,583
60-643,9313,6287,559
55-594,7704,0548,824
50-546,0304,78810,818
45-496,8815,18212,063
40-447,1414,95712,098
35-398,0215,75813,779
30-349,1158,67417,789
25-2911,62011,88123,501
20-2413,99113,01527,006
15-1914,76614,00228,768
10-1415,29615,33930,635
5-913,37613,27126,647
0-414,01514,27428,289

Local governments

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

Aathbis — 31,092Chamunda Bindrasaini — 26,559Dullu — 39,143Narayan — 26,111Thantikandh — 18,301Bhairabi — 18,767Mahabu — 18,059Naumule — 19,687Gurans — 21,189Dungeshwor — 14,533Bhagawatimai — 18,206AathbisChamunda BindrasainiDulluNarayanThantikandhBhairabiMahabuNaumuleGuransDungeshworBhagawatimai
14,53318,20618,76721,18926,55939,143

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 Dailekh, 2021 census.

View all 11 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Dullu39,1439,05374.3%25,85934,799
Aathbis31,0926,13473.2%20,08427,424
Chamunda Bindrasaini26,5595,11374.9%17,53323,423
Narayan26,1116,50478.0%18,53623,775
Gurans21,1894,54179.1%15,24519,265
Naumule19,6874,22376.3%13,60717,823
Bhairabi18,7674,26973.9%12,25016,568
Thantikandh18,3013,84070.5%11,28116,008
Bhagawatimai18,2063,55075.8%12,42516,392
Mahabu18,0593,96876.4%12,32216,121
Dungeshwor14,5333,39979.1%10,47613,249

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Dailekh

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
Dullu39,1439,05374.3%25,85934,799
Aathbis31,0926,13473.2%20,08427,424
Chamunda Bindrasaini26,5595,11374.9%17,53323,423
Narayan26,1116,50478.0%18,53623,775
Gurans21,1894,54179.1%15,24519,265
Naumule19,6874,22376.3%13,60717,823
Bhairabi18,7674,26973.9%12,25016,568
Thantikandh18,3013,84070.5%11,28116,008
Bhagawatimai18,2063,55075.8%12,42516,392
Mahabu18,0593,96876.4%12,32216,121
Dungeshwor14,5333,39979.1%10,47613,249

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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