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District · Lumbini Province

Bardiya District

8 local governments · P-code NP0558
Population
460k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,001
km²
Density
230
people per km²
Share of Lumbini
9.0%
by population
Share of Nepal
1.58%
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

459,900

2021 census

By sex

Female243,134
Male216,766

26368 higher for women

Also published for Bardiya

Households
106,326
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

76.9%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female71.5%
Male82.9%

11.4 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Bardiya, compared with its province and Nepal
Bardiya76.9%
Lumbini78.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 0.6 pp above the national figure · 40 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Bardiya

Literate population
324,806
Population aged 5 and over
422,648
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 76.9%Can read only 1.1%Cannot read or write 22.0%Not stated 0.0%

422,648 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write324,806
Can read only4,677
Cannot read or write93,031
Not stated134
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Bardiya 76.9% · 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
5k5k10k10k15k15k1,44380+1,4512,14475-792,4304,16470-744,3065,96165-695,3347,28860-646,26010,11455-598,68913,50450-5410,34914,14445-4912,17616,17340-4411,84619,82735-3915,08223,94030-3420,29228,82925-2925,25126,75720-2422,61223,15515-1921,68120,47410-1421,16818,9795-919,72519,3580-420,228
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,4431,4512,894
75-792,1442,4304,574
70-744,1644,3068,470
65-695,9615,33411,295
60-647,2886,26013,548
55-5910,1148,68918,803
50-5413,50410,34923,853
45-4914,14412,17626,320
40-4416,17311,84628,019
35-3919,82715,08234,909
30-3423,94020,29244,232
25-2928,82925,25154,080
20-2426,75722,61249,369
15-1923,15521,68144,836
10-1420,47421,16841,642
5-918,97919,72538,704
0-419,35820,22839,586

Local governments

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

Rajapur — 60,831Madhuwan — 50,739Thakurbaba — 49,420Gulariya — 74,505Barbardiya — 72,533Bansgadhi — 63,252Geruwa — 33,514Badhaiyatal — 52,818RajapurMadhuwanThakurbabaGulariyaBarbardiyaBansgadhiGeruwaBadhaiyatal
33,51449,42052,81860,83172,53374,505

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 Bardiya, 2021 census.

View all 8 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Gulariya74,50516,00270.1%47,49967,803
Barbardiya72,53316,89779.1%52,79366,776
Bansgadhi63,25215,09179.3%45,95557,942
Rajapur60,83113,65977.1%43,52256,457
Badhaiyatal52,81812,96176.7%37,10448,371
Madhuwan50,73912,44476.5%35,71646,674
Thakurbaba49,42011,46978.0%35,41345,424
Geruwa33,5147,76279.5%24,59330,921

Municipality · 6

Rural municipality · 2

Compare the local governments of Bardiya

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
Gulariya74,50516,00270.1%47,49967,803
Barbardiya72,53316,89779.1%52,79366,776
Bansgadhi63,25215,09179.3%45,95557,942
Rajapur60,83113,65977.1%43,52256,457
Badhaiyatal52,81812,96176.7%37,10448,371
Madhuwan50,73912,44476.5%35,71646,674
Thakurbaba49,42011,46978.0%35,41345,424
Geruwa33,5147,76279.5%24,59330,921

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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