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District · Karnali Province

Kalikot District

9 local governments · P-code NP0664
Population
145k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,640
km²
Density
89
people per km²
Share of Karnali
8.6%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.50%
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

145,292

2021 census

By sex

Female73,047
Male72,245

802 higher for women

Also published for Kalikot

Households
26,779
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

72.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female65.8%
Male79.8%

14.0 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Kalikot, compared with its province and Nepal
Kalikot72.7%
Karnali76.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 3.5 pp below the national figure · 51 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Kalikot

Literate population
93,570
Population aged 5 and over
128,678
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 72.7%Can read only 0.6%Cannot read or write 26.5%Not stated 0.1%

128,678 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write93,570
Can read only801
Cannot read or write34,135
Not stated172
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Kalikot 72.7% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k28080+29552675-794921,09770-741,0511,36665-691,3742,38060-642,0832,57055-592,4182,76150-542,4603,44045-493,1103,55440-442,6353,94035-393,6774,94330-345,1865,95825-297,3108,09320-248,2438,97215-198,5849,66610-1410,0408,2495-98,3238,7360-49,065
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+280295575
75-795264921,018
70-741,0971,0512,148
65-691,3661,3742,740
60-642,3802,0834,463
55-592,5702,4184,988
50-542,7612,4605,221
45-493,4403,1106,550
40-443,5542,6356,189
35-393,9403,6777,617
30-344,9435,18610,129
25-295,9587,31013,268
20-248,0938,24316,336
15-198,9728,58417,556
10-149,66610,04019,706
5-98,2498,32316,572
0-48,7369,06517,801

Local governments

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

Raskot — 17,425Khandachakra — 22,274Tilagupha — 16,197Naraharinath — 22,458Sanni Tribeni — 13,491Pachal Jharana — 13,687Palata — 17,346Shuva Kalika — 13,773Mahawai — 8,177RaskotKhandachakraTilaguphaNaraharinathSanni TribeniPachal JharanaPalataShuva KalikaMahawai
8,17713,49113,77317,34622,27422,458

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 9 areas. 9 local governments of Kalikot, 2021 census.

View all 9 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Naraharinath22,4584,29075.1%14,95119,902
Khandachakra22,2744,10174.0%14,61419,762
Raskot17,4253,19472.0%11,07215,375
Palata17,3462,83470.7%10,68415,116
Tilagupha16,1973,15471.3%10,21614,325
Shuva Kalika13,7732,76274.4%9,08412,210
Pachal Jharana13,6872,39871.5%8,72912,214
Sanni Tribeni13,4912,42270.2%8,44712,029
Mahawai8,1771,61573.1%5,3207,281

Municipality · 3

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Kalikot

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

9 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
Naraharinath22,4584,29075.1%14,95119,902
Khandachakra22,2744,10174.0%14,61419,762
Raskot17,4253,19472.0%11,07215,375
Palata17,3462,83470.7%10,68415,116
Tilagupha16,1973,15471.3%10,21614,325
Shuva Kalika13,7732,76274.4%9,08412,210
Pachal Jharana13,6872,39871.5%8,72912,214
Sanni Tribeni13,4912,42270.2%8,44712,029
Mahawai8,1771,61573.1%5,3207,281

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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