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District · Madhesh Province

Bara District

16 local governments · P-code NP0233
Population
763k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,273
km²
Density
600
people per km²
Share of Madhesh
12.5%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.62%
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

763,137

2021 census

By sex

Female373,350
Male389,787

16437 higher for men

Also published for Bara

Households
131,240
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

64.5%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female55.6%
Male73.1%

17.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Bara, compared with its province and Nepal
Bara64.5%
Madhesh63.5%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 11.7 pp below the national figure · 73 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Bara

Literate population
442,431
Population aged 5 and over
685,509
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 64.5%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 35.2%Not stated 0.0%

685,509 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write442,431
Can read only1,565
Cannot read or write241,491
Not stated22
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Bara 64.5% · 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
10k10k20k20k30k30k1,93880+2,2733,31575-793,8956,30170-746,7558,51765-699,03410,32260-649,63512,46555-5911,86515,42250-5415,46520,25245-4919,66021,88840-4420,68728,39935-3925,71232,72530-3432,95636,45625-2941,95736,76620-2442,63137,52415-1942,83940,40910-1442,84241,3025-943,15340,6920-442,620
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,9382,2734,211
75-793,3153,8957,210
70-746,3016,75513,056
65-698,5179,03417,551
60-6410,3229,63519,957
55-5912,46511,86524,330
50-5415,42215,46530,887
45-4920,25219,66039,912
40-4421,88820,68742,575
35-3928,39925,71254,111
30-3432,72532,95665,681
25-2936,45641,95778,413
20-2436,76642,63179,397
15-1937,52442,83980,363
10-1440,40942,84283,251
5-941,30243,15384,455
0-440,69242,62083,312

Local governments

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

Jitpur Simara — 127,307Kalaiya — 136,222Nijagadh — 37,687Kolhabi — 51,182Mahagadhimai — 59,424Pacharauta — 40,524Simroungadh — 54,878Parawanipur — 24,745Prasauni — 25,414Karaiyamai — 29,165Bishrampur — 24,892Pheta — 28,395Baragadhi — 29,555Devtal — 25,361Subarna — 35,141Aadarsha Kotwal — 31,364Jitpur SimaraKalaiyaNijagadhKolhabiMahagadhimaiPacharautaSimroungadhParawanipurPrasauniKaraiyamaiBishrampurPhetaBaragadhiDevtalSubarnaAadarsha Kotwal
24,74525,41429,55537,68754,878136,222

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 Bara, 2021 census.

View all 16 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Kalaiya136,22222,12568.1%83,396122,453
Jitpur Simara127,30725,65071.7%82,990115,788
Mahagadhimai59,4249,76161.5%32,60853,057
Simroungadh54,8788,53157.5%28,04448,755
Kolhabi51,18210,56165.7%30,87446,961
Pacharauta40,5246,16759.2%21,10135,651
Nijagadh37,6878,42473.8%25,70834,828
Subarna35,1415,07347.3%14,57630,819
Aadarsha Kotwal31,3644,88851.9%14,34327,631
Baragadhi29,5554,94060.1%15,85126,388
Karaiyamai29,1655,05165.2%17,10826,246
Pheta28,3954,20264.4%16,25425,237
Prasauni25,4143,96867.3%15,26722,682
Devtal25,3613,98059.1%13,28322,493
Bishrampur24,8923,88664.6%14,37922,275
Parawanipur24,7453,97266.1%14,79722,373

Sub-metropolitan city · 2

Municipality · 5

Rural municipality · 9

Compare the local governments of Bara

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
Kalaiya136,22222,12568.1%83,396122,453
Jitpur Simara127,30725,65071.7%82,990115,788
Mahagadhimai59,4249,76161.5%32,60853,057
Simroungadh54,8788,53157.5%28,04448,755
Kolhabi51,18210,56165.7%30,87446,961
Pacharauta40,5246,16759.2%21,10135,651
Nijagadh37,6878,42473.8%25,70834,828
Subarna35,1415,07347.3%14,57630,819
Aadarsha Kotwal31,3644,88851.9%14,34327,631
Baragadhi29,5554,94060.1%15,85126,388
Karaiyamai29,1655,05165.2%17,10826,246
Pheta28,3954,20264.4%16,25425,237
Prasauni25,4143,96867.3%15,26722,682
Devtal25,3613,98059.1%13,28322,493
Bishrampur24,8923,88664.6%14,37922,275
Parawanipur24,7453,97266.1%14,79722,373

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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