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District · Koshi Province

Sunsari District

12 local governments · P-code NP0106
Population
927k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,192
km²
Density
778
people per km²
Share of Koshi
18.7%
by population
Share of Nepal
3.18%
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

926,962

2021 census

By sex

Female477,939
Male449,023

28916 higher for women

Also published for Sunsari

Households
212,545
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

78.1%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female72.1%
Male84.6%

12.6 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Sunsari, compared with its province and Nepal
Sunsari78.1%
Koshi79.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 1.8 pp above the national figure · 31 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Sunsari

Literate population
662,997
Population aged 5 and over
848,936
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 78.1%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 21.7%Not stated 0.0%

848,936 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write662,997
Can read only1,631
Cannot read or write184,286
Not stated22
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Sunsari 78.1% · 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
10k10k20k20k30k30k3,90580+3,4604,75275-794,2867,99170-747,80912,20265-6911,52316,27460-6414,39720,07155-5917,38024,24450-5421,08829,55445-4926,12533,72240-4427,00440,28935-3932,51548,16830-3442,47254,12925-2950,49050,03120-2448,55542,14715-1945,32640,69310-1442,81543,6775-944,58141,6930-442,875
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+3,9053,4607,365
75-794,7524,2869,038
70-747,9917,80915,800
65-6912,20211,52323,725
60-6416,27414,39730,671
55-5920,07117,38037,451
50-5424,24421,08845,332
45-4929,55426,12555,679
40-4433,72227,00460,726
35-3940,28932,51572,804
30-3448,16842,47290,640
25-2954,12950,490104,619
20-2450,03148,55598,586
15-1942,14745,32687,473
10-1440,69342,81583,508
5-943,67744,58188,258
0-441,69342,87584,568

Local governments

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

Dharan — 166,531Itahari — 197,241Barahachhetra — 91,087Ramdhuni — 63,452Inaruwa — 74,914Duhabi — 66,074Koshi — 48,804Bhokraha Narsingh — 49,280Gadhi — 38,739Harinagar — 49,845Dewangunj — 39,030Barju — 36,249DharanItahariBarahachhetraRamdhuniInaruwaDuhabiKoshiBhokrahaNarsinghGadhiHarinagarDewangunjBarju
36,24939,03049,28066,07491,087197,241

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 12 areas. 12 local governments of Sunsari, 2021 census.

View all 12 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Itahari197,24150,35085.3%156,223183,143
Dharan166,53142,39687.4%136,767156,442
Barahachhetra91,08721,82777.9%65,38583,888
Inaruwa74,91416,02975.3%51,09767,853
Duhabi66,07415,03073.2%44,20160,381
Ramdhuni63,45215,64477.4%45,28658,523
Harinagar49,8458,73870.3%30,44043,270
Bhokraha Narsingh49,2808,93267.0%29,07143,414
Koshi48,8049,16966.0%28,47243,152
Dewangunj39,0307,80566.7%23,23734,842
Gadhi38,7398,56570.8%25,09435,453
Barju36,2497,92268.5%22,52632,890

Sub-metropolitan city · 2

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Sunsari

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

12 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
Itahari197,24150,35085.3%156,223183,143
Dharan166,53142,39687.4%136,767156,442
Barahachhetra91,08721,82777.9%65,38583,888
Inaruwa74,91416,02975.3%51,09767,853
Duhabi66,07415,03073.2%44,20160,381
Ramdhuni63,45215,64477.4%45,28658,523
Harinagar49,8458,73870.3%30,44043,270
Bhokraha Narsingh49,2808,93267.0%29,07143,414
Koshi48,8049,16966.0%28,47243,152
Dewangunj39,0307,80566.7%23,23734,842
Gadhi38,7398,56570.8%25,09435,453
Barju36,2497,92268.5%22,52632,890

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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