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District · Lumbini Province

Banke District

8 local governments · P-code NP0557
Population
603k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,881
km²
Density
321
people per km²
Share of Lumbini
11.8%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.07%
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

603,194

2021 census

By sex

Female306,449
Male296,745

9704 higher for women

Also published for Banke

Households
129,307
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

73.4%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female67.5%
Male79.6%

12.1 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Banke, compared with its province and Nepal
Banke73.4%
Lumbini78.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 2.9 pp below the national figure · 50 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Banke

Literate population
402,832
Population aged 5 and over
548,821
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 73.4%Can read only 0.5%Cannot read or write 26.0%Not stated 0.1%

548,821 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write402,832
Can read only2,874
Cannot read or write142,819
Not stated296
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Banke 73.4% · 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
5k5k10k10k15k15k1,69580+1,6202,50475-792,7274,90170-744,8836,37265-696,0477,89360-647,30210,66955-599,34513,22750-5411,53516,30345-4914,94619,75640-4416,63224,64635-3921,27730,90030-3427,78135,35725-2934,14934,55420-2433,90531,51515-1933,10130,01510-1432,21930,1665-932,42428,6870-430,366
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,6951,6203,315
75-792,5042,7275,231
70-744,9014,8839,784
65-696,3726,04712,419
60-647,8937,30215,195
55-5910,6699,34520,014
50-5413,22711,53524,762
45-4916,30314,94631,249
40-4419,75616,63236,388
35-3924,64621,27745,923
30-3430,90027,78158,681
25-2935,35734,14969,506
20-2434,55433,90568,459
15-1931,51533,10164,616
10-1430,01532,21962,234
5-930,16632,42462,590
0-428,68730,36659,053

Local governments

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

Nepalganj — 164,444Kohalpur — 101,667Khajura — 62,789Baijanath — 69,472Janaki — 46,141Duduwa — 43,135Rapti Sonari — 66,445Narainapur — 43,206NepalganjKohalpurKhajuraBaijanathJanakiDuduwaRapti SonariNarainapur
43,13543,20662,78966,445101,667164,444

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 Banke, 2021 census.

View all 8 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Nepalganj164,44434,56576.2%114,709150,450
Kohalpur101,66724,18382.6%77,60493,943
Baijanath69,47216,46977.9%49,79763,884
Rapti Sonari66,44514,94675.0%45,34460,478
Khajura62,78913,70675.3%42,62356,630
Janaki46,1418,82667.1%27,86741,521
Narainapur43,2068,48847.9%18,07537,744
Duduwa43,1358,05155.4%21,21738,308

Sub-metropolitan city · 1

Municipality · 1

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Banke

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
Nepalganj164,44434,56576.2%114,709150,450
Kohalpur101,66724,18382.6%77,60493,943
Baijanath69,47216,46977.9%49,79763,884
Rapti Sonari66,44514,94675.0%45,34460,478
Khajura62,78913,70675.3%42,62356,630
Janaki46,1418,82667.1%27,86741,521
Narainapur43,2068,48847.9%18,07537,744
Duduwa43,1358,05155.4%21,21738,308

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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