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District · Lumbini Province

Pyuthan District

9 local governments · P-code NP0555
Population
232k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,321
km²
Density
176
people per km²
Share of Lumbini
4.5%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.80%
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

232,019

2021 census

By sex

Female127,887
Male104,132

23755 higher for women

Also published for Pyuthan

Households
56,203
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

80.1%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female74.0%
Male87.9%

13.9 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Pyuthan, compared with its province and Nepal
Pyuthan80.1%
Lumbini78.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 3.9 pp above the national figure · 20 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Pyuthan

Literate population
168,663
Population aged 5 and over
210,494
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 80.1%Can read only 0.5%Cannot read or write 19.4%Not stated 0.0%

210,494 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write168,663
Can read only997
Cannot read or write40,758
Not stated76
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Pyuthan 80.1% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k91080+8571,42675-791,2082,18070-741,9413,33865-692,7584,40260-643,4935,14155-593,6846,12350-544,0936,85145-494,4387,52040-444,2758,55035-395,34910,83430-347,63612,49025-299,33413,20320-249,73613,53715-1911,60513,79810-1413,77712,3925-912,71011,2990-411,632
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+9108571,767
75-791,4261,2082,634
70-742,1801,9414,121
65-693,3382,7586,096
60-644,4023,4937,895
55-595,1413,6848,825
50-546,1234,09310,216
45-496,8514,43811,289
40-447,5204,27511,795
35-398,5505,34913,899
30-3410,8347,63618,470
25-2912,4909,33421,824
20-2413,2039,73622,939
15-1913,53711,60525,142
10-1413,79813,77727,575
5-912,39212,71025,102
0-411,29911,63222,931

Local governments

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

Sworgadwari — 32,037Pyuthan — 42,130Naubahini — 32,682Gaumukhi — 25,980Jhimaruk — 26,130Mandavi — 15,863Mallarani — 15,646Sarumarani — 19,783Aairawati — 20,428SworgadwariPyuthanNaubahiniGaumukhiJhimarukMandaviMallaraniSarumaraniAairawati
15,64615,86320,42826,13032,68242,130

Choose a measure above; hover or focus an area for its value.

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 9 areas. 9 local governments of Pyuthan, 2021 census.

View all 9 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Pyuthan42,13011,23584.5%32,60438,605
Naubahini32,6827,13374.1%21,63529,181
Sworgadwari32,0378,21881.0%23,51729,051
Jhimaruk26,1306,53481.8%19,24223,530
Gaumukhi25,9805,57878.2%18,34623,460
Aairawati20,4285,11278.2%14,59718,669
Sarumarani19,7834,45379.1%14,17417,908
Mandavi15,8633,79481.6%11,77814,442
Mallarani15,6464,13880.0%11,44714,308

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Pyuthan

Every published census measure, side by side. Rank by any column, or select rows to compare a few.

9 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
Pyuthan42,13011,23584.5%32,60438,605
Naubahini32,6827,13374.1%21,63529,181
Sworgadwari32,0378,21881.0%23,51729,051
Jhimaruk26,1306,53481.8%19,24223,530
Gaumukhi25,9805,57878.2%18,34623,460
Aairawati20,4285,11278.2%14,59718,669
Sarumarani19,7834,45379.1%14,17417,908
Mandavi15,8633,79481.6%11,77814,442
Mallarani15,6464,13880.0%11,44714,308

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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