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District · Sudur Paschim Province

Achham District

10 local governments · P-code NP0769
Population
229k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,700
km²
Density
135
people per km²
Share of Sudur Paschim
8.5%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.78%
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

228,852

2021 census

By sex

Female123,533
Male105,319

18214 higher for women

Also published for Achham

Households
49,595
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

72.6%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female64.2%
Male82.8%

18.5 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Achham, compared with its province and Nepal
Achham72.6%
Sudur Paschim76.2%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 3.6 pp below the national figure · 52 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Achham

Literate population
148,014
Population aged 5 and over
203,771
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 72.6%Can read only 0.6%Cannot read or write 26.7%Not stated 0.1%

203,771 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write148,014
Can read only1,311
Cannot read or write54,316
Not stated130
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Achham 72.6% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,17280+7491,87075-791,2752,89370-741,9292,65065-692,2143,52760-642,7734,24655-593,1615,35150-543,5475,81845-494,1036,42540-443,8596,97635-395,1238,22830-346,7969,17325-298,75611,54520-249,64813,75915-1911,67315,95610-1415,56313,6005-913,47913,1410-413,197
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,1727491,921
75-791,8701,2753,145
70-742,8931,9294,822
65-692,6502,2144,864
60-643,5272,7736,300
55-594,2463,1617,407
50-545,3513,5478,898
45-495,8184,1039,921
40-446,4253,85910,284
35-396,9765,12312,099
30-348,2286,79615,024
25-299,1738,75617,929
20-2411,5459,64821,193
15-1913,75911,67325,432
10-1415,95615,56331,519
5-913,60013,47927,079
0-413,14113,19726,338

Local governments

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

Sanphebagar — 25,891Mangalsen — 26,557Kamal bazar — 21,032Panchdebal Binayak — 26,088Chaurpati — 21,681Mellekh — 22,785Bannigadhi Jayagadh — 13,519Ramaroshan — 23,600Dhakari — 21,998Turmakhand — 24,574SanphebagarMangalsenKamal bazarPanchdebal BinayakChaurpatiMellekhBannigadhi JayagadhRamaroshanDhakariTurmakhand
13,51921,68122,78524,57426,08826,557

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 10 areas. 10 local governments of Achham, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Mangalsen26,5576,22272.8%17,46923,984
Panchdebal Binayak26,0885,41269.8%16,06323,006
Sanphebagar25,8916,31174.4%17,45823,457
Turmakhand24,5745,24973.6%15,97721,702
Ramaroshan23,6004,83271.1%14,79820,809
Mellekh22,7854,72276.1%15,50620,373
Dhakari21,9984,30572.8%14,07719,336
Chaurpati21,6814,81170.3%13,37319,035
Kamal bazar21,0324,56970.3%13,11118,642
Bannigadhi Jayagadh13,5193,13473.7%9,07012,307

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Achham

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

10 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
Mangalsen26,5576,22272.8%17,46923,984
Panchdebal Binayak26,0885,41269.8%16,06323,006
Sanphebagar25,8916,31174.4%17,45823,457
Turmakhand24,5745,24973.6%15,97721,702
Ramaroshan23,6004,83271.1%14,79820,809
Mellekh22,7854,72276.1%15,50620,373
Dhakari21,9984,30572.8%14,07719,336
Chaurpati21,6814,81170.3%13,37319,035
Kamal bazar21,0324,56970.3%13,11118,642
Bannigadhi Jayagadh13,5193,13473.7%9,07012,307

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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