District · Koshi Province

Morang District

17 local governments · P-code NP0105

Population: 1.1M; 2021 census · NSO
Area: 1,822; km²
Density: 630; people per km²
Share of Koshi: 23.1%; by population
Share of Nepal: 3.94%; 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

1,148,156

2021 census

By sex

Female		590,644
Male		557,512

33132 higher for women

Also published for Morang

Households: 272,283

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

78.6%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female		72.6%
Male		85.1%

12.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021

Literacy rate for Morang, compared with its province and Nepal
Morang		78.6%
Koshi		79.7%
Nepal		76.2%

▲ 2.4 pp above the national figure · 28 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Morang

Literate population: 833,733
Population aged 5 and over: 1,060,535

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 78.6%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 21.2%Not stated 0.0%

1,060,535 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers

Status	People
Can read and write	833,733
Can read only	2,143
Cannot read or write	224,566
Not stated	93

Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Morang 78.6% · 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

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Age	Female	Male	Total
80+	5,760	5,139	10,899
75-79	6,294	6,488	12,782
70-74	10,753	11,169	21,922
65-69	16,905	16,228	33,133
60-64	22,361	19,788	42,149
55-59	27,856	23,321	51,177
50-54	32,391	27,471	59,862
45-49	37,542	34,625	72,167
40-44	42,998	34,872	77,870
35-39	50,656	40,710	91,366
30-34	57,132	50,811	107,943
25-29	63,325	60,279	123,604
20-24	58,753	58,517	117,270
15-19	52,972	56,165	109,137
10-14	49,597	51,939	101,536
5-9	50,714	51,587	102,301
0-4	47,128	47,733	94,861

Local governments

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

33,16738,15247,63957,49472,451243,927

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Population · five classes, each holding about 3 of 17 areas. 17 local governments of Morang, 2021 census.

View all 17 values

Area	Population	Households	Literacy rate	Literate population	Population aged 5 and over
Biratnagar	243,927	56,919	83.6%	189,846	227,073
Sundarharaicha	120,213	29,826	82.9%	92,341	111,421
Belbari	81,771	20,459	79.6%	60,495	75,979
Pathari Shanishchare	72,451	17,980	81.5%	54,662	67,106
Urlabari	70,908	17,650	84.8%	55,854	65,881
Ratuwamai	61,139	14,508	75.2%	42,074	55,919
Rangeli	57,494	13,206	71.7%	37,772	52,668
Sunwarshi	56,034	12,684	68.0%	34,492	50,725
Budhiganga	51,497	12,360	75.9%	36,194	47,668
Katahari	48,510	10,495	71.2%	31,684	44,514
Jahada	47,639	9,869	67.2%	28,886	42,969
Dhanapalthan	45,348	9,925	67.9%	27,882	41,058
Kanepokhari	43,193	10,663	77.8%	31,083	39,958
Letang	38,152	9,357	82.5%	29,190	35,397
Gramthan	36,024	9,377	72.6%	24,315	33,477
Kerabari	34,504	8,573	81.1%	25,870	31,894
Miklajung	33,167	8,309	82.9%	25,415	30,661

Compare the local governments of Morang

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

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local governments compared on Population, Households, Literacy rate, Literate population, Population aged 5 and over, ranked by Population
local governments
Biratnagar	243,927	56,919	83.6%	189,846	227,073
Sundarharaicha	120,213	29,826	82.9%	92,341	111,421
Belbari	81,771	20,459	79.6%	60,495	75,979
Pathari Shanishchare	72,451	17,980	81.5%	54,662	67,106
Urlabari	70,908	17,650	84.8%	55,854	65,881
Ratuwamai	61,139	14,508	75.2%	42,074	55,919
Rangeli	57,494	13,206	71.7%	37,772	52,668
Sunwarshi	56,034	12,684	68.0%	34,492	50,725
Budhiganga	51,497	12,360	75.9%	36,194	47,668
Katahari	48,510	10,495	71.2%	31,684	44,514
Jahada	47,639	9,869	67.2%	28,886	42,969
Dhanapalthan	45,348	9,925	67.9%	27,882	41,058
Kanepokhari	43,193	10,663	77.8%	31,083	39,958
Letang	38,152	9,357	82.5%	29,190	35,397
Gramthan	36,024	9,377	72.6%	24,315	33,477
Kerabari	34,504	8,573	81.1%	25,870	31,894
Miklajung	33,167	8,309	82.9%	25,415	30,661

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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Population & Demographics

Education

Literacy rate

Age and sex structure

Local governments

Metropolitan city · 1

Municipality · 8

Rural municipality · 8

Compare the local governments of Morang

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