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District · Koshi Province

Dhankuta District

7 local governments · P-code NP0107
Population
151k
2021 census · NSO
Area
899
km²
Density
168
people per km²
Share of Koshi
3.0%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.52%
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

150,599

2021 census

By sex

Female76,775
Male73,824

2951 higher for women

Also published for Dhankuta

Households
37,648
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

81.4%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female74.8%
Male88.2%

13.3 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Dhankuta, compared with its province and Nepal
Dhankuta81.4%
Koshi79.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 5.1 pp above the national figure · 17 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Dhankuta

Literate population
113,816
Population aged 5 and over
139,893
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 81.4%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 18.3%Not stated 0.0%

139,893 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write113,816
Can read only474
Cannot read or write25,596
Not stated7
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Dhankuta 81.4% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k92280+9191,08575-791,0231,45770-741,5412,46065-692,2743,25160-643,0264,33055-593,3174,54250-543,7984,89945-494,1155,29640-443,8765,44635-394,9536,61430-346,5537,12625-298,0366,98420-247,5226,77415-197,0226,18810-146,3555,9895-96,1495,5930-45,552
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+9229191,841
75-791,0851,0232,108
70-741,4571,5412,998
65-692,4602,2744,734
60-643,2513,0266,277
55-594,3303,3177,647
50-544,5423,7988,340
45-494,8994,1159,014
40-445,2963,8769,172
35-395,4464,95310,399
30-346,6146,55313,167
25-297,1268,03615,162
20-246,9847,52214,506
15-196,7747,02213,796
10-146,1886,35512,543
5-95,9896,14912,138
0-45,5935,55211,145

Local governments

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

Mahalaxmi — 22,182Pakhribas — 19,104Dhankuta — 35,983Shahidbhumi — 17,767Chhathar Jorpati — 16,456Sangurigadhi — 19,561Chaubise — 17,677MahalaxmiPakhribasDhankutaShahidbhumiChhathar JorpatiSangurigadhiChaubise
16,45617,67717,76719,56122,18235,983

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 1 of 7 areas. 7 local governments of Dhankuta, 2021 census.

View all 7 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Dhankuta35,9839,63784.5%28,31833,527
Mahalaxmi22,1825,41280.0%16,38620,490
Sangurigadhi19,5615,00580.8%14,77418,284
Pakhribas19,1044,84478.8%14,04117,817
Shahidbhumi17,7674,09078.5%12,84916,376
Chaubise17,6774,48081.4%13,28516,311
Chhathar Jorpati16,4564,14881.0%12,33815,227

Municipality · 3

Rural municipality · 4

Compare the local governments of Dhankuta

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

7 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
Dhankuta35,9839,63784.5%28,31833,527
Mahalaxmi22,1825,41280.0%16,38620,490
Sangurigadhi19,5615,00580.8%14,77418,284
Pakhribas19,1044,84478.8%14,04117,817
Shahidbhumi17,7674,09078.5%12,84916,376
Chaubise17,6774,48081.4%13,28516,311
Chhathar Jorpati16,4564,14881.0%12,33815,227

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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