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District · Madhesh Province

Siraha District

17 local governments · P-code NP0216
Population
740k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,139
km²
Density
649
people per km²
Share of Madhesh
12.1%
by population
Share of Nepal
2.54%
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

739,953

2021 census

By sex

Female376,229
Male363,724

12505 higher for women

Also published for Siraha

Households
148,571
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

65.1%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female56.0%
Male74.8%

18.8 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Siraha, compared with its province and Nepal
Siraha65.1%
Madhesh63.5%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 11.1 pp below the national figure · 72 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Siraha

Literate population
430,205
Population aged 5 and over
660,735
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 65.1%Can read only 0.3%Cannot read or write 34.6%Not stated 0.0%

660,735 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write430,205
Can read only1,976
Cannot read or write228,444
Not stated110
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Siraha 65.1% · 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
10k10k20k20k30k30k2,23180+2,2783,16475-793,8087,06970-747,72910,10565-6910,26111,96560-6410,79614,00255-5912,98416,22550-5414,32121,36245-4917,19622,21240-4417,15830,37435-3921,54033,40930-3426,84938,85325-2934,77239,66220-2437,12834,65615-1938,77537,30710-1440,93540,0205-944,79339,9290-445,828
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+2,2312,2784,509
75-793,1643,8086,972
70-747,0697,72914,798
65-6910,10510,26120,366
60-6411,96510,79622,761
55-5914,00212,98426,986
50-5416,22514,32130,546
45-4921,36217,19638,558
40-4422,21217,15839,370
35-3930,37421,54051,914
30-3433,40926,84960,258
25-2938,85334,77273,625
20-2439,66237,12876,790
15-1934,65638,77573,431
10-1437,30740,93578,242
5-940,02044,79384,813
0-439,92945,82885,757

Local governments

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

Karjanha — 38,557Mirchaiya — 59,425Golbazar — 63,885Dhangadhimai — 53,355Lahan — 102,031Kalyanpur — 58,872Sukhipur — 42,033Siraha — 95,410Naraha — 22,760Bishnupur — 22,781Arnama — 27,899Aurahi — 26,478Bariyarpatti — 29,712Laxmipur Patari — 31,118Nawarajpur — 20,788Sakhuwa Nankarkatti — 20,844Bhagawanpur — 23,380KarjanhaMirchaiyaGolbazarDhangadhimaiLahanKalyanpurSukhipurSirahaNarahaBishnupurArnamaAurahiBariyarpattiLaxmipur PatariNawarajpurSakhuwa NankarkattiBhagawanpur
20,78822,78127,89942,03359,425102,031

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 3 of 17 areas. 17 local governments of Siraha, 2021 census.

View all 17 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Lahan102,03120,57769.2%63,99992,547
Siraha95,41018,91763.0%53,24684,467
Golbazar63,88513,13367.5%38,73357,386
Mirchaiya59,42512,25066.1%35,15853,223
Kalyanpur58,87211,83561.0%31,35751,423
Dhangadhimai53,35510,84269.3%33,31848,065
Sukhipur42,0338,32163.5%23,83737,528
Karjanha38,5578,28961.8%21,14534,220
Laxmipur Patari31,1186,04464.8%18,05427,866
Bariyarpatti29,7125,68667.1%17,79926,512
Arnama27,8995,17966.1%16,25724,579
Aurahi26,4785,46961.0%14,31423,451
Bhagawanpur23,3804,60665.2%13,75421,083
Bishnupur22,7814,56665.1%13,13620,185
Naraha22,7604,37360.9%12,33320,261
Sakhuwa Nankarkatti20,8444,23666.5%12,49618,798
Nawarajpur20,7884,22657.7%10,69218,546

Municipality · 8

Rural municipality · 9

Compare the local governments of Siraha

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

17 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
Lahan102,03120,57769.2%63,99992,547
Siraha95,41018,91763.0%53,24684,467
Golbazar63,88513,13367.5%38,73357,386
Mirchaiya59,42512,25066.1%35,15853,223
Kalyanpur58,87211,83561.0%31,35751,423
Dhangadhimai53,35510,84269.3%33,31848,065
Sukhipur42,0338,32163.5%23,83737,528
Karjanha38,5578,28961.8%21,14534,220
Laxmipur Patari31,1186,04464.8%18,05427,866
Bariyarpatti29,7125,68667.1%17,79926,512
Arnama27,8995,17966.1%16,25724,579
Aurahi26,4785,46961.0%14,31423,451
Bhagawanpur23,3804,60665.2%13,75421,083
Bishnupur22,7814,56665.1%13,13620,185
Naraha22,7604,37360.9%12,33320,261
Sakhuwa Nankarkatti20,8444,23666.5%12,49618,798
Nawarajpur20,7884,22657.7%10,69218,546

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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