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District · Karnali Province

Dolpa District

8 local governments · P-code NP0662
Population
43k
2021 census · NSO
Area
7,945
km²
Density
5
people per km²
Share of Karnali
2.5%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.15%
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

42,774

2021 census

By sex

Female21,403
Male21,371

32 higher for women

Also published for Dolpa

Households
9,398
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

67.0%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female58.7%
Male75.4%

16.7 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Dolpa, compared with its province and Nepal
Dolpa67.0%
Karnali76.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 9.2 pp below the national figure · 70 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Dolpa

Literate population
26,229
Population aged 5 and over
39,136
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 67.0%Can read only 1.2%Cannot read or write 31.6%Not stated 0.1%

39,136 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write26,229
Can read only486
Cannot read or write12,379
Not stated42
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Dolpa 67.0% · 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
5005001k1k1.5k1.5k3780+4211775-798423470-7420836165-6935563860-6451584155-5968379250-547891,16645-491,1301,26440-441,0571,47135-391,5641,85930-342,2092,30525-292,8012,28020-242,5392,39815-192,3582,54510-142,4422,3455-92,3322,0170-41,897
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+374279
75-7911784201
70-74234208442
65-69361355716
60-646385151,153
55-598416831,524
50-547927891,581
45-491,1661,1302,296
40-441,2641,0572,321
35-391,4711,5643,035
30-341,8592,2094,068
25-292,3052,8015,106
20-242,2802,5394,819
15-192,3982,3584,756
10-142,5452,4424,987
5-92,3452,3324,677
0-42,0171,8973,914

Local governments

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

Tripurasundari — 12,233Thulibheri — 9,861Shey Phoksundo — 3,635Jagadulla — 2,575Dolpo Buddha — 2,420Mudkechula — 5,803Kaike — 3,965Chharka Tangsong — 1,672TripurasundariThulibheriShey PhoksundoJagadullaDolpo BuddhaMudkechulaKaikeChharka Tangsong
1,6722,4203,6353,9659,86112,233

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

View all 8 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Tripurasundari12,2332,62270.9%7,80211,001
Thulibheri9,8612,32773.7%6,6919,082
Mudkechula5,8031,19077.0%4,0395,248
Kaike3,96591658.8%2,0913,558
Shey Phoksundo3,63586145.0%1,5603,464
Jagadulla2,57560173.0%1,6802,300
Dolpo Buddha2,42054345.3%1,0342,285
Chharka Tangsong1,67232045.9%7291,589

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Dolpa

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
Tripurasundari12,2332,62270.9%7,80211,001
Thulibheri9,8612,32773.7%6,6919,082
Mudkechula5,8031,19077.0%4,0395,248
Kaike3,96591658.8%2,0913,558
Shey Phoksundo3,63586145.0%1,5603,464
Jagadulla2,57560173.0%1,6802,300
Dolpo Buddha2,42054345.3%1,0342,285
Chharka Tangsong1,67232045.9%7291,589

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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