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District · Koshi Province

Udayapur District

8 local governments · P-code NP0114
Population
341k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,297
km²
Density
148
people per km²
Share of Koshi
6.9%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.17%
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

340,721

2021 census

By sex

Female176,983
Male163,738

13245 higher for women

Also published for Udayapur

Households
81,089
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

77.2%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female70.9%
Male84.1%

13.2 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Udayapur, compared with its province and Nepal
Udayapur77.2%
Koshi79.7%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 0.9 pp above the national figure · 38 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Udayapur

Literate population
241,542
Population aged 5 and over
312,990
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 77.2%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 22.6%Not stated 0.0%

312,990 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write241,542
Can read only769
Cannot read or write70,672
Not stated7
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Udayapur 77.2% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,64580+1,6662,13875-792,0623,27270-743,0434,69665-694,3536,24960-645,3777,67455-596,3379,51950-547,91810,25545-498,75111,33040-448,16913,13935-3910,63316,34630-3414,21318,03725-2916,82217,54720-2417,14917,47015-1918,05616,80910-1416,95515,6705-916,22214,7150-414,909
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,6451,6663,311
75-792,1382,0624,200
70-743,2723,0436,315
65-694,6964,3539,049
60-646,2495,37711,626
55-597,6746,33714,011
50-549,5197,91817,437
45-4910,2558,75119,006
40-4411,3308,16919,499
35-3913,13910,63323,772
30-3416,34614,21330,559
25-2918,03716,82234,859
20-2417,54717,14934,696
15-1917,47018,05635,526
10-1416,80916,95533,764
5-915,67016,22231,892
0-414,71514,90929,624

Local governments

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

Katari — 59,507Triyuga — 102,725Chaudandigadhi — 53,631Belaka — 51,043Tapli — 13,344Limchunbung — 9,689Udayapurgadhi — 28,926Rautamai — 20,324KatariTriyugaChaudandigadhiBelakaTapliLimchunbungUdayapurgadhiRautamai
9,68913,34428,92651,04359,507102,725

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 8 areas. 8 local governments of Udayapur, 2021 census.

View all 8 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Triyuga102,72525,62380.0%75,64394,523
Katari59,50714,10674.6%40,76454,670
Chaudandigadhi53,63112,70377.7%38,44549,477
Belaka51,04312,15877.5%36,32046,878
Udayapurgadhi28,9266,80074.0%19,49626,348
Rautamai20,3244,57274.6%13,80918,507
Tapli13,3442,86274.7%9,16912,273
Limchunbung9,6892,22773.0%6,4178,794

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 4

Compare the local governments of Udayapur

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

8 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
Triyuga102,72525,62380.0%75,64394,523
Katari59,50714,10674.6%40,76454,670
Chaudandigadhi53,63112,70377.7%38,44549,477
Belaka51,04312,15877.5%36,32046,878
Udayapurgadhi28,9266,80074.0%19,49626,348
Rautamai20,3244,57274.6%13,80918,507
Tapli13,3442,86274.7%9,16912,273
Limchunbung9,6892,22773.0%6,4178,794

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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