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District · Madhesh Province

Saptari District

18 local governments · P-code NP0215
Population
706k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,281
km²
Density
551
people per km²
Share of Madhesh
11.6%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.42%
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

706,255

2021 census

By sex

Female354,887
Male351,368

3519 higher for women

Also published for Saptari

Households
146,854
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

67.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female57.5%
Male78.2%

20.7 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Saptari, compared with its province and Nepal
Saptari67.7%
Madhesh63.5%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 8.6 pp below the national figure · 69 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Saptari

Literate population
432,802
Population aged 5 and over
639,351
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 67.7%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 32.0%Not stated 0.0%

639,351 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write432,802
Can read only1,621
Cannot read or write204,885
Not stated43
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Saptari 67.7% · 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
5k5k10k10k15k15k2,26080+2,3073,80875-794,4637,97170-748,21410,14465-699,79911,60160-6410,52013,95955-5913,08916,87850-5414,88420,20245-4918,52822,07540-4418,34428,93235-3923,00931,16530-3428,56035,99225-2936,91936,73820-2437,54832,45015-1936,11333,21610-1435,67334,2325-936,56134,0030-437,718
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,2602,3074,567
75-793,8084,4638,271
70-747,9718,21416,185
65-6910,1449,79919,943
60-6411,60110,52022,121
55-5913,95913,08927,048
50-5416,87814,88431,762
45-4920,20218,52838,730
40-4422,07518,34440,419
35-3928,93223,00951,941
30-3431,16528,56059,725
25-2935,99236,91972,911
20-2436,73837,54874,286
15-1932,45036,11368,563
10-1433,21635,67368,889
5-934,23236,56170,793
0-434,00337,71871,721

Local governments

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

Surunga — 49,460Khadak — 52,778Shambhunath — 39,634Saptakoshi — 23,510Kanchanrup — 58,466Bode Barsain — 46,017Dakneshwori — 47,739Rajbiraj — 70,803Hanumannagar Kankalini — 52,796Rupani — 29,877Agnisair Krishna Sabaran — 31,634Tirahut — 24,034Balan-Bihul — 23,527Mahadewa — 30,315Rajgadh — 32,462Bishnupur — 27,703Chhinnamasta — 29,946Tilathi Koiladi — 33,658SurungaKhadakShambhunathSaptakoshiKanchanrupBode BarsainDakneshworiRajbirajHanumannagar KankaliniRupaniAgnisair Krishna SabaranTirahutBalan-BihulMahadewaRajgadhBishnupurChhinnamastaTilathi Koiladi
23,51027,70331,63439,63452,77870,803

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 Saptari, 2021 census.

View all 18 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Rajbiraj70,80314,13376.6%49,75164,983
Kanchanrup58,46612,53567.3%35,59052,849
Hanumannagar Kankalini52,79610,64565.3%31,14947,693
Khadak52,77811,06969.6%32,95747,349
Surunga49,46010,48767.7%30,37644,872
Dakneshwori47,73910,00267.9%29,15842,953
Bode Barsain46,0179,72268.0%28,22641,521
Shambhunath39,6348,67967.1%23,95935,698
Tilathi Koiladi33,6586,76864.9%19,69830,369
Rajgadh32,4626,67562.2%18,17729,215
Agnisair Krishna Sabaran31,6346,58169.1%19,89328,770
Mahadewa30,3156,27959.9%16,42927,448
Chhinnamasta29,9466,17064.0%17,37327,159
Rupani29,8776,32466.4%17,80726,807
Bishnupur27,7035,46568.4%17,19925,133
Tirahut24,0345,11662.4%13,64121,846
Balan-Bihul23,5274,94863.8%13,50721,177
Saptakoshi23,5105,21874.2%16,03021,614

Municipality · 9

Rural municipality · 9

Compare the local governments of Saptari

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
Rajbiraj70,80314,13376.6%49,75164,983
Kanchanrup58,46612,53567.3%35,59052,849
Hanumannagar Kankalini52,79610,64565.3%31,14947,693
Khadak52,77811,06969.6%32,95747,349
Surunga49,46010,48767.7%30,37644,872
Dakneshwori47,73910,00267.9%29,15842,953
Bode Barsain46,0179,72268.0%28,22641,521
Shambhunath39,6348,67967.1%23,95935,698
Tilathi Koiladi33,6586,76864.9%19,69830,369
Rajgadh32,4626,67562.2%18,17729,215
Agnisair Krishna Sabaran31,6346,58169.1%19,89328,770
Mahadewa30,3156,27959.9%16,42927,448
Chhinnamasta29,9466,17064.0%17,37327,159
Rupani29,8776,32466.4%17,80726,807
Bishnupur27,7035,46568.4%17,19925,133
Tirahut24,0345,11662.4%13,64121,846
Balan-Bihul23,5274,94863.8%13,50721,177
Saptakoshi23,5105,21874.2%16,03021,614

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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