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District · Madhesh Province

Rautahat District

18 local governments · P-code NP0232
Population
814k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,038
km²
Density
784
people per km²
Share of Madhesh
13.3%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.79%
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

813,573

2021 census

By sex

Female405,170
Male408,403

3233 higher for men

Also published for Rautahat

Households
137,032
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

57.8%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female49.5%
Male66.0%

16.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Rautahat, compared with its province and Nepal
Rautahat57.8%
Madhesh63.5%
Nepal76.2%

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

Also published for Rautahat

Literate population
413,631
Population aged 5 and over
716,200
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 57.8%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 41.9%Not stated 0.0%

716,200 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write413,631
Can read only2,387
Cannot read or write300,155
Not stated27
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Rautahat 57.8% · 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
10k10k20k20k30k30k2,31080+2,4333,73675-794,4207,10270-747,3658,97165-698,99410,08360-649,42112,23855-5912,07015,01050-5415,07520,37445-4919,15922,18540-4420,01028,38735-3924,10132,17730-3430,55337,28125-2940,87840,13320-2444,65941,31915-1945,27347,22810-1448,77951,4865-951,70853,1880-452,921
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,3102,4334,743
75-793,7364,4208,156
70-747,1027,36514,467
65-698,9718,99417,965
60-6410,0839,42119,504
55-5912,23812,07024,308
50-5415,01015,07530,085
45-4920,37419,15939,533
40-4422,18520,01042,195
35-3928,38724,10152,488
30-3432,17730,55362,730
25-2937,28140,87878,159
20-2440,13344,65984,792
15-1941,31945,27386,592
10-1447,22848,77996,007
5-951,48651,708103,194
0-453,18852,921106,109

Local governments

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

Gujara — 54,033Chandrapur — 81,807Phatuwa Bijayapur — 42,218Katahariya — 45,821Brindaban — 49,742Maulapur — 32,325Dewahi Gonahi — 38,690Garuda — 60,857Gadhimai — 49,135Boudhimai — 39,325Madhav Narayan — 40,894Paroha — 45,702Ishanath — 51,855Rajpur — 54,083Gaur — 39,846Rajdevi — 35,658Yamunamai — 28,414Durga Bhagawati — 22,864GujaraChandrapurPhatuwa BijayapurKatahariyaBrindabanMaulapurDewahi GonahiGarudaGadhimaiBoudhimaiMadhav NarayanParohaIshanathRajpurGaurRajdeviYamunamaiDurgaBhagawati
22,86435,65840,89445,82154,03381,807

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 4 of 18 areas. 18 local governments of Rautahat, 2021 census.

View all 18 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Chandrapur81,80716,82070.9%52,80674,530
Garuda60,8579,86257.6%31,02853,823
Rajpur54,0838,07846.9%21,67146,234
Gujara54,0339,57561.8%29,50247,710
Ishanath51,8557,93756.5%25,45045,069
Brindaban49,7428,14254.3%23,62843,553
Gadhimai49,1357,78753.2%23,16843,510
Katahariya45,8217,64255.9%22,49140,217
Paroha45,7027,02455.0%21,78639,608
Phatuwa Bijayapur42,2187,35454.7%20,39537,298
Madhav Narayan40,8947,02056.4%20,21935,827
Gaur39,8467,23569.5%24,83635,757
Boudhimai39,3256,07854.9%19,10134,810
Dewahi Gonahi38,6906,22250.7%16,98433,518
Rajdevi35,6586,14661.3%19,08631,143
Maulapur32,3255,26856.4%16,02328,421
Yamunamai28,4144,71151.9%12,75724,584
Durga Bhagawati22,8644,12461.1%12,41220,300

Municipality · 16

Rural municipality · 2

Compare the local governments of Rautahat

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

18 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
Chandrapur81,80716,82070.9%52,80674,530
Garuda60,8579,86257.6%31,02853,823
Rajpur54,0838,07846.9%21,67146,234
Gujara54,0339,57561.8%29,50247,710
Ishanath51,8557,93756.5%25,45045,069
Brindaban49,7428,14254.3%23,62843,553
Gadhimai49,1357,78753.2%23,16843,510
Katahariya45,8217,64255.9%22,49140,217
Paroha45,7027,02455.0%21,78639,608
Phatuwa Bijayapur42,2187,35454.7%20,39537,298
Madhav Narayan40,8947,02056.4%20,21935,827
Gaur39,8467,23569.5%24,83635,757
Boudhimai39,3256,07854.9%19,10134,810
Dewahi Gonahi38,6906,22250.7%16,98433,518
Rajdevi35,6586,14661.3%19,08631,143
Maulapur32,3255,26856.4%16,02328,421
Yamunamai28,4144,71151.9%12,75724,584
Durga Bhagawati22,8644,12461.1%12,41220,300

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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