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District · Lumbini Province

Dang District

10 local governments · P-code NP0556
Population
675k
2021 census · NSO
Area
3,059
km²
Density
221
people per km²
Share of Lumbini
13.2%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.31%
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

674,993

2021 census

By sex

Female354,420
Male320,573

33847 higher for women

Also published for Dang

Households
162,316
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

81.4%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female75.7%
Male87.9%

12.2 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Dang, compared with its province and Nepal
Dang81.4%
Lumbini78.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 5.2 pp above the national figure · 16 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Dang

Literate population
506,028
Population aged 5 and over
621,657
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 81.4%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 18.2%Not stated 0.0%

621,657 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write506,028
Can read only2,164
Cannot read or write113,198
Not stated267
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Dang 81.4% · 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
10k10k20k20k30k30k1,88180+1,8493,07775-793,0495,38970-745,2848,34865-697,47011,10660-649,86913,44555-5910,99417,46450-5414,33721,13245-4918,33624,50240-4418,18228,72435-3922,03136,41730-3430,48041,91325-2937,03240,25820-2434,96336,91615-1936,37832,21510-1433,98829,8215-931,45328,2160-429,618
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,8811,8493,730
75-793,0773,0496,126
70-745,3895,28410,673
65-698,3487,47015,818
60-6411,1069,86920,975
55-5913,44510,99424,439
50-5417,46414,33731,801
45-4921,13218,33639,468
40-4424,50218,18242,684
35-3928,72422,03150,755
30-3436,41730,48066,897
25-2941,91337,03278,945
20-2440,25834,96375,221
15-1936,91636,37873,294
10-1432,21533,98866,203
5-929,82131,45361,274
0-428,21629,61857,834

Local governments

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

Tulsipur — 179,755Ghorahi — 200,530Lamahi — 59,050Babai — 30,968Dangisharan — 23,668Shantinagar — 27,641Rajpur — 28,346Bangalachuli — 22,373Gadhawa — 45,898Rapti — 52,123TulsipurGhorahiLamahiBabaiDangisharanShantinagarRajpurBangalachuliGadhawaRapti
22,37327,64130,96852,123179,755200,530

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 Dang, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Ghorahi200,53049,76183.0%153,591184,949
Tulsipur179,75546,01883.1%137,874165,843
Lamahi59,05013,45880.9%44,29154,759
Rapti52,12311,82679.4%38,25648,197
Gadhawa45,8989,96477.7%32,80342,223
Babai30,9687,52778.0%21,93028,110
Rajpur28,3465,82976.8%19,84125,841
Shantinagar27,6416,91979.9%20,27225,360
Dangisharan23,6685,82579.0%17,26321,863
Bangalachuli22,3735,13977.9%15,50119,896

Sub-metropolitan city · 2

Municipality · 1

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Dang

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
Ghorahi200,53049,76183.0%153,591184,949
Tulsipur179,75546,01883.1%137,874165,843
Lamahi59,05013,45880.9%44,29154,759
Rapti52,12311,82679.4%38,25648,197
Gadhawa45,8989,96477.7%32,80342,223
Babai30,9687,52778.0%21,93028,110
Rajpur28,3465,82976.8%19,84125,841
Shantinagar27,6416,91979.9%20,27225,360
Dangisharan23,6685,82579.0%17,26321,863
Bangalachuli22,3735,13977.9%15,50119,896

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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