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District · Madhesh Province

Sarlahi District

20 local governments · P-code NP0219
Population
862k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,263
km²
Density
683
people per km²
Share of Madhesh
14.1%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.96%
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

862,470

2021 census

By sex

Female427,339
Male435,131

7792 higher for men

Also published for Sarlahi

Households
164,893
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

60.3%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female52.3%
Male68.2%

15.9 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Sarlahi, compared with its province and Nepal
Sarlahi60.3%
Madhesh63.5%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 15.9 pp below the national figure · 75 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Sarlahi

Literate population
467,669
Population aged 5 and over
775,410
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 60.3%Can read only 0.2%Cannot read or write 39.5%Not stated 0.0%

775,410 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write467,669
Can read only1,477
Cannot read or write306,128
Not stated136
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Sarlahi 60.3% · 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
10k10k20k20k30k30k2,59880+2,8344,05975-794,6037,72470-748,2229,86565-6910,50112,56060-6412,24115,14155-5913,92917,36150-5417,13422,81145-4921,43224,96740-4422,34432,07535-3926,80035,90030-3434,74341,80825-2945,45543,15620-2447,94542,81415-1948,19047,28110-1449,24346,9905-948,85945,6730-448,062
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,5982,8345,432
75-794,0594,6038,662
70-747,7248,22215,946
65-699,86510,50120,366
60-6412,56012,24124,801
55-5915,14113,92929,070
50-5417,36117,13434,495
45-4922,81121,43244,243
40-4424,96722,34447,311
35-3932,07526,80058,875
30-3435,90034,74370,643
25-2941,80845,45587,263
20-2443,15647,94591,101
15-1942,81448,19091,004
10-1447,28149,24396,524
5-946,99048,85995,849
0-445,67348,06293,735

Local governments

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

Bagmati — 47,106Hariwan — 49,988Lalbandi — 66,419Barahathawa — 81,120Haripur — 43,233Ishworpur — 68,377Kabilashi — 44,204Godaita — 54,270Malangawa — 54,550Haripurwa — 38,714Balara — 47,912Basbariya — 25,905Chandranagar — 36,908Dhanakaul — 27,974Chakraghatta — 29,550Ramnagar — 31,366Kaudena — 28,702Brahmapuri — 31,378Bishnu — 28,570Parsa — 24,005BagmatiHariwanLalbandiBarahathawaHaripurIshworpurKabilashiGodaitaMalangawaHaripurwaBalaraBasbariyaChandranagarDhanakaulChakraghattaRamnagarKaudenaBrahmapuriBishnuParsa
24,00528,70236,90847,10654,55081,120

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 4 of 20 areas. 20 local governments of Sarlahi, 2021 census.

View all 20 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Barahathawa81,12015,34360.8%44,18972,687
Ishworpur68,37713,52163.7%39,56062,069
Lalbandi66,41914,87373.7%45,03561,100
Malangawa54,55010,03368.2%33,57649,207
Godaita54,2709,30360.1%29,31648,741
Hariwan49,98810,74071.0%32,45045,673
Balara47,9128,62254.5%23,22342,624
Bagmati47,10610,76868.6%29,53843,070
Kabilashi44,2048,13053.2%21,07639,612
Haripur43,2338,35060.3%23,36838,751
Haripurwa38,7147,14053.9%18,60134,501
Chandranagar36,9086,71354.6%18,05333,053
Brahmapuri31,3785,93954.3%15,09327,814
Ramnagar31,3665,37754.2%15,00227,668
Chakraghatta29,5505,03955.4%14,71926,559
Kaudena28,7025,47651.3%12,98125,288
Bishnu28,5705,27253.7%13,62925,381
Dhanakaul27,9745,11248.1%11,92324,803
Basbariya25,9054,58651.0%11,84523,219
Parsa24,0054,48758.2%12,45421,401

Municipality · 11

Rural municipality · 9

Compare the local governments of Sarlahi

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

20 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
Barahathawa81,12015,34360.8%44,18972,687
Ishworpur68,37713,52163.7%39,56062,069
Lalbandi66,41914,87373.7%45,03561,100
Malangawa54,55010,03368.2%33,57649,207
Godaita54,2709,30360.1%29,31648,741
Hariwan49,98810,74071.0%32,45045,673
Balara47,9128,62254.5%23,22342,624
Bagmati47,10610,76868.6%29,53843,070
Kabilashi44,2048,13053.2%21,07639,612
Haripur43,2338,35060.3%23,36838,751
Haripurwa38,7147,14053.9%18,60134,501
Chandranagar36,9086,71354.6%18,05333,053
Brahmapuri31,3785,93954.3%15,09327,814
Ramnagar31,3665,37754.2%15,00227,668
Chakraghatta29,5505,03955.4%14,71926,559
Kaudena28,7025,47651.3%12,98125,288
Bishnu28,5705,27253.7%13,62925,381
Dhanakaul27,9745,11248.1%11,92324,803
Basbariya25,9054,58651.0%11,84523,219
Parsa24,0054,48758.2%12,45421,401

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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