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District · Lumbini Province

Rolpa District

10 local governments · P-code NP0554
Population
235k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,885
km²
Density
125
people per km²
Share of Lumbini
4.6%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.81%
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

234,793

2021 census

By sex

Female124,922
Male109,871

15051 higher for women

Also published for Rolpa

Households
52,221
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

75.6%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female68.4%
Male84.0%

15.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Rolpa, compared with its province and Nepal
Rolpa75.6%
Lumbini78.1%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 0.6 pp below the national figure · 45 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Rolpa

Literate population
159,372
Population aged 5 and over
210,714
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 75.6%Can read only 0.8%Cannot read or write 23.5%Not stated 0.1%

210,714 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write159,372
Can read only1,597
Cannot read or write49,614
Not stated131
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Rolpa 75.6% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k80380+6571,33575-791,1562,18970-741,8362,88965-692,5813,96960-643,2484,99255-593,7045,82150-544,3546,53445-494,8967,18740-444,5837,72435-395,65010,56330-348,87611,94525-2910,87513,78120-2412,33413,44715-1912,58513,34910-1413,48311,6155-911,86412,8250-412,839
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+8036571,460
75-791,3351,1562,491
70-742,1891,8364,025
65-692,8892,5815,470
60-643,9693,2487,217
55-594,9923,7048,696
50-545,8214,35410,175
45-496,5344,89611,430
40-447,1874,58311,770
35-397,7245,65013,374
30-3410,5638,87619,439
25-2911,94510,87522,820
20-2413,78112,33426,115
15-1913,44712,58526,032
10-1413,34913,48326,832
5-911,61511,86423,479
0-412,82512,83925,664

Local governments

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

Rolpa — 35,376Gangadev — 21,503Pariwartan — 21,671Thawang — 10,851Madi — 18,056Sunchhahari — 17,241Tribeni — 23,412Sunil Smriti — 30,617Lungri — 26,325Runtigadhi — 28,291RolpaGangadevPariwartanThawangMadiSunchhahariTribeniSunil SmritiLungriRuntigadhi
10,85118,05621,67126,32530,61735,376

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 Rolpa, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Rolpa35,3768,74579.0%25,44432,197
Sunil Smriti30,6177,00974.5%20,37127,359
Runtigadhi28,2916,22478.6%19,87725,273
Lungri26,3255,48669.0%16,08223,318
Tribeni23,4125,35776.9%16,19821,073
Pariwartan21,6714,68273.9%14,46819,580
Gangadev21,5034,43377.3%14,59018,884
Madi18,0564,13377.1%12,49816,210
Sunchhahari17,2413,58672.1%11,21315,555
Thawang10,8512,55173.3%7,2029,821

Municipality · 1

Rural municipality · 9

Compare the local governments of Rolpa

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
Rolpa35,3768,74579.0%25,44432,197
Sunil Smriti30,6177,00974.5%20,37127,359
Runtigadhi28,2916,22478.6%19,87725,273
Lungri26,3255,48669.0%16,08223,318
Tribeni23,4125,35776.9%16,19821,073
Pariwartan21,6714,68273.9%14,46819,580
Gangadev21,5034,43377.3%14,59018,884
Madi18,0564,13377.1%12,49816,210
Sunchhahari17,2413,58672.1%11,21315,555
Thawang10,8512,55173.3%7,2029,821

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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