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District · Lumbini Province

Rupandehi District

16 local governments · P-code NP0548
Population
1.1M
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,305
km²
Density
860
people per km²
Share of Lumbini
21.9%
by population
Share of Nepal
3.85%
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

1,121,957

2021 census

By sex

Female571,479
Male550,478

21001 higher for women

Also published for Rupandehi

Households
238,320
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

81.2%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female74.4%
Male88.4%

13.9 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Rupandehi, compared with its province and Nepal
Rupandehi81.2%
Lumbini78.1%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 5.0 pp above the national figure · 18 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Rupandehi

Literate population
836,866
Population aged 5 and over
1,030,270
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 81.2%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 18.4%Not stated 0.1%

1,030,270 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write836,866
Can read only3,508
Cannot read or write189,222
Not stated674
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Rupandehi 81.2% · 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
10k10k20k20k30k30k4,24580+4,3345,13475-795,5359,07370-749,31314,07065-6913,33117,85060-6415,86322,09255-5918,78727,18850-5422,89932,82645-4929,63040,51240-4431,72650,32535-3940,85459,93930-3452,58865,48825-2963,03862,11020-2466,16857,33515-1962,23451,12410-1455,94749,7555-953,68248,6570-451,368
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+4,2454,3348,579
75-795,1345,53510,669
70-749,0739,31318,386
65-6914,07013,33127,401
60-6417,85015,86333,713
55-5922,09218,78740,879
50-5427,18822,89950,087
45-4932,82629,63062,456
40-4440,51231,72672,238
35-3950,32540,85491,179
30-3459,93952,588112,527
25-2965,48863,038128,526
20-2462,11066,168128,278
15-1957,33562,234119,569
10-1451,12455,947107,071
5-949,75553,682103,437
0-448,65751,368100,025

Local governments

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

Butwal — 194,335Sainamaina — 78,393Devdaha — 72,457Tilottama — 149,479Lumbini Sanskritik — 87,383Siddharthanagar — 74,436Kanchan — 42,528Suddhodhan — 41,907Gaidahawa — 56,149Siyari — 44,985Mayadevi — 56,170Om Satiya — 41,141Rohini — 43,327Kotahimai — 45,975Sammarimai — 43,044Marchawari — 40,880ButwalSainamainaDevdahaTilottamaLumbini SanskritikSiddharthanagarKanchanSuddhodhanGaidahawaSiyariMayadeviOm SatiyaRohiniKotahimaiSammarimaiMarchawari
40,88042,52844,98556,17078,393194,335

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 3 of 16 areas. 16 local governments of Rupandehi, 2021 census.

View all 16 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Butwal194,33550,56591.3%165,744181,508
Tilottama149,47935,99188.1%122,685139,270
Lumbini Sanskritik87,38313,62171.1%55,13377,497
Sainamaina78,39319,44584.9%61,57672,528
Siddharthanagar74,43615,87186.1%59,68869,311
Devdaha72,45717,30083.1%55,71567,025
Mayadevi56,1709,99073.0%36,94350,614
Gaidahawa56,1499,94771.3%35,98550,470
Kotahimai45,9757,53568.7%28,47341,424
Siyari44,9859,01978.8%32,38141,081
Rohini43,3277,52672.3%28,42339,307
Sammarimai43,0447,24269.3%26,72438,543
Kanchan42,52810,44083.0%32,46239,088
Suddhodhan41,9078,67681.2%31,28138,500
Om Satiya41,1418,08278.2%29,57937,804
Marchawari40,8806,92168.7%25,45137,051

Sub-metropolitan city · 1

Municipality · 5

Rural municipality · 10

Compare the local governments of Rupandehi

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

16 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
Butwal194,33550,56591.3%165,744181,508
Tilottama149,47935,99188.1%122,685139,270
Lumbini Sanskritik87,38313,62171.1%55,13377,497
Sainamaina78,39319,44584.9%61,57672,528
Siddharthanagar74,43615,87186.1%59,68869,311
Devdaha72,45717,30083.1%55,71567,025
Mayadevi56,1709,99073.0%36,94350,614
Gaidahawa56,1499,94771.3%35,98550,470
Kotahimai45,9757,53568.7%28,47341,424
Siyari44,9859,01978.8%32,38141,081
Rohini43,3277,52672.3%28,42339,307
Sammarimai43,0447,24269.3%26,72438,543
Kanchan42,52810,44083.0%32,46239,088
Suddhodhan41,9078,67681.2%31,28138,500
Om Satiya41,1418,08278.2%29,57937,804
Marchawari40,8806,92168.7%25,45137,051

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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