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District · Koshi Province

Bhojpur District

9 local governments · P-code NP0110
Population
158k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,524
km²
Density
104
people per km²
Share of Koshi
3.2%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.54%
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

157,923

2021 census

By sex

Female79,712
Male78,211

1501 higher for women

Also published for Bhojpur

Households
38,631
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

78.9%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female71.8%
Male86.1%

14.2 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Bhojpur, compared with its province and Nepal
Bhojpur78.9%
Koshi79.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 2.6 pp above the national figure · 27 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Bhojpur

Literate population
114,914
Population aged 5 and over
145,695
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 78.9%Can read only 0.6%Cannot read or write 20.5%Not stated 0.0%

145,695 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write114,914
Can read only886
Cannot read or write29,890
Not stated5
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Bhojpur 78.9% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,09180+1,0881,15075-791,2471,73770-741,6512,48765-692,2933,52760-643,2054,41255-593,5224,65750-543,7684,61645-494,0354,68040-443,6084,92735-394,5455,97530-346,5776,86625-298,4296,98720-247,6297,43415-197,9557,24510-147,3496,9175-96,6696,3240-46,322
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,0911,0882,179
75-791,1501,2472,397
70-741,7371,6513,388
65-692,4872,2934,780
60-643,5273,2056,732
55-594,4123,5227,934
50-544,6573,7688,425
45-494,6164,0358,651
40-444,6803,6088,288
35-394,9274,5459,472
30-345,9756,57712,552
25-296,8668,42915,295
20-246,9877,62914,616
15-197,4347,95515,389
10-147,2457,34914,594
5-96,9176,66913,586
0-46,3246,32212,646

Local governments

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

Shadananda — 29,342Bhojpur — 26,007Salpa Silichho — 12,284Temkemaiyum — 15,464Arun — 14,591Ramprasad Rai — 15,673Pauwa Dunma — 12,107Aamchowk — 14,968Hatuwagadhi — 16,175ShadanandaBhojpurSalpa SilichhoTemkemaiyumArunRamprasad RaiPauwa DunmaAamchowkHatuwagadhi
12,10712,28414,96815,67326,00729,342

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 Bhojpur, 2021 census.

View all 9 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Shadananda29,3427,31178.8%21,19626,885
Bhojpur26,0076,74482.8%19,89824,032
Hatuwagadhi16,1754,03476.4%11,47815,019
Ramprasad Rai15,6733,70978.4%11,31814,439
Temkemaiyum15,4643,85479.1%11,26214,241
Aamchowk14,9683,47976.1%10,53113,840
Arun14,5913,53876.5%10,28213,449
Salpa Silichho12,2842,99879.3%8,97911,316
Pauwa Dunma12,1072,91377.8%8,68411,164

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Bhojpur

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
Shadananda29,3427,31178.8%21,19626,885
Bhojpur26,0076,74482.8%19,89824,032
Hatuwagadhi16,1754,03476.4%11,47815,019
Ramprasad Rai15,6733,70978.4%11,31814,439
Temkemaiyum15,4643,85479.1%11,26214,241
Aamchowk14,9683,47976.1%10,53113,840
Arun14,5913,53876.5%10,28213,449
Salpa Silichho12,2842,99879.3%8,97911,316
Pauwa Dunma12,1072,91377.8%8,68411,164

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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