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District · Koshi Province

Sankhuwasabha District

10 local governments · P-code NP0109
Population
158k
2021 census · NSO
Area
3,470
km²
Density
46
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

158,041

2021 census

By sex

Female78,462
Male79,579

1117 higher for men

Also published for Sankhuwasabha

Households
39,173
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

79.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female72.9%
Male86.4%

13.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Sankhuwasabha, compared with its province and Nepal
Sankhuwasabha79.7%
Koshi79.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 3.5 pp above the national figure · 24 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Sankhuwasabha

Literate population
116,449
Population aged 5 and over
146,105
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 79.7%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 20.1%Not stated 0.0%

146,105 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write116,449
Can read only279
Cannot read or write29,368
Not stated9
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Sankhuwasabha 79.7% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k91880+8891,06475-799851,60370-741,5712,44465-692,3493,40060-643,0353,83255-593,1064,07350-543,6564,38745-494,0764,87440-444,1935,41635-395,3406,56230-347,5747,48425-299,1667,13020-248,0017,50915-197,9987,30610-147,4977,1785-97,4336,2430-46,342
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+9188891,807
75-791,0649852,049
70-741,6031,5713,174
65-692,4442,3494,793
60-643,4003,0356,435
55-593,8323,1066,938
50-544,0733,6567,729
45-494,3874,0768,463
40-444,8744,1939,067
35-395,4165,34010,756
30-346,5627,57414,136
25-297,4849,16616,650
20-247,1308,00115,131
15-197,5097,99815,507
10-147,3067,49714,803
5-97,1787,43314,611
0-46,2436,34212,585

Local governments

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

Khandabari — 35,565Panchakhapan — 16,348Chainapur — 26,799Dharmadevi — 16,053Madi — 13,273Makalu — 13,424Bhotkhola — 6,438Silichong — 10,296Chichila — 6,577Sabhapokhari — 9,970KhandabariPanchakhapanChainapurDharmadeviMadiMakaluBhotkholaSilichongChichilaSabhapokhari
6,4389,97013,27316,05326,79935,565

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 10 areas. 10 local governments of Sankhuwasabha, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Khandabari35,5659,30983.6%27,57932,989
Chainapur26,7996,64879.5%19,65924,725
Panchakhapan16,3484,00078.4%11,76415,001
Dharmadevi16,0534,05979.1%11,74714,853
Makalu13,4243,47675.5%9,25912,265
Madi13,2733,28179.2%9,70612,256
Silichong10,2962,49080.9%7,7329,561
Sabhapokhari9,9702,50779.4%7,2669,150
Chichila6,5771,66480.4%4,8966,088
Bhotkhola6,4381,68461.1%3,6185,922

Municipality · 5

Rural municipality · 5

Compare the local governments of Sankhuwasabha

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

10 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
Khandabari35,5659,30983.6%27,57932,989
Chainapur26,7996,64879.5%19,65924,725
Panchakhapan16,3484,00078.4%11,76415,001
Dharmadevi16,0534,05979.1%11,74714,853
Makalu13,4243,47675.5%9,25912,265
Madi13,2733,28179.2%9,70612,256
Silichong10,2962,49080.9%7,7329,561
Sabhapokhari9,9702,50779.4%7,2669,150
Chichila6,5771,66480.4%4,8966,088
Bhotkhola6,4381,68461.1%3,6185,922

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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