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District · Karnali Province

Surkhet District

9 local governments · P-code NP0659
Population
415k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,486
km²
Density
167
people per km²
Share of Karnali
24.6%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.42%
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

415,126

2021 census

By sex

Female215,386
Male199,740

15646 higher for women

Also published for Surkhet

Households
97,893
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

82.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female76.8%
Male89.3%

12.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Surkhet, compared with its province and Nepal
Surkhet82.7%
Karnali76.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 6.5 pp above the national figure · 9 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Surkhet

Literate population
312,939
Population aged 5 and over
378,340
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 82.7%Can read only 0.6%Cannot read or write 16.6%Not stated 0.1%

378,340 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write312,939
Can read only2,140
Cannot read or write62,958
Not stated303
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Surkhet 82.7% · 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
5k5k10k10k15k15k1,33280+1,2251,96875-791,7393,26270-742,9904,66765-693,9996,15460-645,3177,82555-596,2619,82150-547,93611,68845-499,82813,81140-4410,18116,67535-3913,16920,80930-3417,89823,18925-2921,70724,25020-2422,67023,59015-1923,82322,40310-1423,96019,5335-920,89219,1140-420,679
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,3321,2252,557
75-791,9681,7393,707
70-743,2622,9906,252
65-694,6673,9998,666
60-646,1545,31711,471
55-597,8256,26114,086
50-549,8217,93617,757
45-4911,6889,82821,516
40-4413,81110,18123,992
35-3916,67513,16929,844
30-3420,80917,89838,707
25-2923,18921,70744,896
20-2424,25022,67046,920
15-1923,59023,82347,413
10-1422,40323,96046,363
5-919,53320,89240,425
0-419,11420,67939,793

Local governments

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

Panchapuri — 35,839Bheriganga — 48,203Birendranagar — 153,863Lekabeshi — 31,710Gurbhakot — 48,216Chaukune — 26,950Barahatal — 25,943Chingad — 15,600Simta — 24,083PanchapuriBherigangaBirendranagarLekabeshiGurbhakotChaukuneBarahatalChingadSimta
15,60024,08326,95035,83948,216153,863

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 Surkhet, 2021 census.

View all 9 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Birendranagar153,86338,37787.2%123,503141,704
Gurbhakot48,21611,79882.8%36,31043,838
Bheriganga48,20311,53981.1%35,47543,718
Panchapuri35,8397,80378.5%25,35432,294
Lekabeshi31,7107,44182.2%23,83428,993
Chaukune26,9505,33678.1%18,73623,986
Barahatal25,9436,16977.7%18,36323,620
Simta24,0836,06276.5%16,48521,550
Chingad15,6003,29774.2%10,34613,939

Municipality · 5

Rural municipality · 4

Compare the local governments of Surkhet

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
Birendranagar153,86338,37787.2%123,503141,704
Gurbhakot48,21611,79882.8%36,31043,838
Bheriganga48,20311,53981.1%35,47543,718
Panchapuri35,8397,80378.5%25,35432,294
Lekabeshi31,7107,44182.2%23,83428,993
Chaukune26,9505,33678.1%18,73623,986
Barahatal25,9436,16977.7%18,36323,620
Simta24,0836,06276.5%16,48521,550
Chingad15,6003,29774.2%10,34613,939

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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