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District · Lumbini Province

Palpa District

10 local governments · P-code NP0546
Population
245k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,462
km²
Density
168
people per km²
Share of Lumbini
4.8%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.84%
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

245,027

2021 census

By sex

Female132,266
Male112,761

19505 higher for women

Also published for Palpa

Households
65,049
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

83.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female78.0%
Male90.5%

12.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Palpa, compared with its province and Nepal
Palpa83.7%
Lumbini78.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 7.4 pp above the national figure · 6 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Palpa

Literate population
190,041
Population aged 5 and over
227,126
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 83.7%Can read only 0.6%Cannot read or write 15.7%Not stated 0.0%

227,126 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write190,041
Can read only1,411
Cannot read or write35,586
Not stated88
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Palpa 83.7% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,47080+1,4001,93675-791,6152,78770-742,3634,29565-693,5615,42460-644,4496,75655-594,8517,70350-545,5158,58445-496,1058,80840-445,4899,80735-396,95312,28830-349,72613,67825-2911,21312,44420-2410,86211,81015-1911,67010,19910-1410,6479,6655-910,1059,0830-49,609
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,4701,4002,870
75-791,9361,6153,551
70-742,7872,3635,150
65-694,2953,5617,856
60-645,4244,4499,873
55-596,7564,85111,607
50-547,7035,51513,218
45-498,5846,10514,689
40-448,8085,48914,297
35-399,8076,95316,760
30-3412,2889,72622,014
25-2913,67811,21324,891
20-2412,44410,86223,306
15-1911,81011,67023,480
10-1410,19910,64720,846
5-99,66510,10519,770
0-49,0839,60918,692

Local governments

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

Tansen — 50,792Rampur — 40,883Rainadevi Chhahara — 23,149Tinau — 17,777Ribdikot — 15,473Mathagadhi — 24,053Baganaskali — 18,497Purbakhola — 16,052Rambha — 17,155Nisdi — 18,120TansenRampurRainadevi ChhaharaTinauRibdikotMathagadhiBaganaskaliPurbakholaRambhaNisdi
15,47317,15518,12023,14940,88350,792

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 Palpa, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Tansen50,79214,78289.0%42,25947,458
Rampur40,88311,36384.9%32,02537,732
Mathagadhi24,0535,82383.3%18,60022,318
Rainadevi Chhahara23,1496,33082.6%17,55421,253
Baganaskali18,4975,11581.7%14,00517,134
Nisdi18,1204,16578.5%13,14816,743
Tinau17,7774,20181.9%13,38616,341
Rambha17,1554,68978.7%12,50415,892
Purbakhola16,0524,12181.0%11,99214,799
Ribdikot15,4734,40280.6%11,59614,390

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 8

Compare the local governments of Palpa

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
Tansen50,79214,78289.0%42,25947,458
Rampur40,88311,36384.9%32,02537,732
Mathagadhi24,0535,82383.3%18,60022,318
Rainadevi Chhahara23,1496,33082.6%17,55421,253
Baganaskali18,4975,11581.7%14,00517,134
Nisdi18,1204,16578.5%13,14816,743
Tinau17,7774,20181.9%13,38616,341
Rambha17,1554,68978.7%12,50415,892
Purbakhola16,0524,12181.0%11,99214,799
Ribdikot15,4734,40280.6%11,59614,390

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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