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District · Lumbini Province

Gulmi District

12 local governments · P-code NP0551
Population
246k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,108
km²
Density
222
people per km²
Share of Lumbini
4.8%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.85%
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

246,494

2021 census

By sex

Female134,469
Male112,025

22444 higher for women

Also published for Gulmi

Households
66,125
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

80.3%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female74.1%
Male88.0%

13.9 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Gulmi, compared with its province and Nepal
Gulmi80.3%
Lumbini78.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 4.1 pp above the national figure · 19 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Gulmi

Literate population
182,112
Population aged 5 and over
226,675
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 80.3%Can read only 0.7%Cannot read or write 19.0%Not stated 0.0%

226,675 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write182,112
Can read only1,495
Cannot read or write43,004
Not stated64
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Gulmi 80.3% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,64980+1,7512,11375-792,1443,32270-742,9314,61765-693,9406,33960-645,1147,23655-595,0877,89350-545,2158,30745-495,3858,11740-444,6158,90835-395,53510,86130-348,35212,64825-299,81111,82220-248,99412,26815-1911,17611,19010-1411,78810,6035-911,46110,0880-410,544
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,6491,7513,400
75-792,1132,1444,257
70-743,3222,9316,253
65-694,6173,9408,557
60-646,3395,11411,453
55-597,2365,08712,323
50-547,8935,21513,108
45-498,3075,38513,692
40-448,1174,61512,732
35-398,9085,53514,443
30-3410,8618,35219,213
25-2912,6489,81122,459
20-2411,8228,99420,816
15-1912,26811,17623,444
10-1411,19011,78822,978
5-910,60311,46122,064
0-410,08810,54420,632

Local governments

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

Musikot — 28,454Resunga — 31,551Madane — 20,022Malika — 20,075Dhurkot — 18,814Isma — 18,529Gulmi Durbar — 19,296Chandrakot — 18,662Chhatrakot — 19,357Ruruchhetra — 16,597Satyawoti — 19,473Kali Gandaki — 15,044MusikotResungaMadaneMalikaDhurkotIsmaGulmi DurbarChandrakotChhatrakotRuruchhetraSatyawotiKali Gandaki
15,04418,52918,81419,47320,07531,551

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 Gulmi, 2021 census.

View all 12 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Resunga31,5519,01585.4%24,97529,255
Musikot28,4547,09980.6%20,94625,989
Malika20,0755,24178.6%14,33818,240
Madane20,0225,25377.0%14,02718,212
Satyawoti19,4735,16981.9%14,66917,919
Chhatrakot19,3575,30779.2%14,18717,916
Gulmi Durbar19,2965,25382.1%14,63217,822
Dhurkot18,8145,38278.8%13,64417,305
Chandrakot18,6625,02979.6%13,63917,128
Isma18,5295,00974.6%12,66516,984
Ruruchhetra16,5974,60782.7%12,79415,465
Kali Gandaki15,0443,73679.7%11,01213,822

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 10

Compare the local governments of Gulmi

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
Resunga31,5519,01585.4%24,97529,255
Musikot28,4547,09980.6%20,94625,989
Malika20,0755,24178.6%14,33818,240
Madane20,0225,25377.0%14,02718,212
Satyawoti19,4735,16981.9%14,66917,919
Chhatrakot19,3575,30779.2%14,18717,916
Gulmi Durbar19,2965,25382.1%14,63217,822
Dhurkot18,8145,38278.8%13,64417,305
Chandrakot18,6625,02979.6%13,63917,128
Isma18,5295,00974.6%12,66516,984
Ruruchhetra16,5974,60782.7%12,79415,465
Kali Gandaki15,0443,73679.7%11,01213,822

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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