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District · Sudur Paschim Province

Baitadi District

10 local governments · P-code NP0774
Population
242k
2021 census · NSO
Area
1,493
km²
Density
162
people per km²
Share of Sudur Paschim
9.0%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.83%
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

242,157

2021 census

By sex

Female128,293
Male113,864

14429 higher for women

Also published for Baitadi

Households
49,428
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

76.8%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female67.4%
Male87.7%

20.3 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Baitadi, compared with its province and Nepal
Baitadi76.8%
Sudur Paschim76.2%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 0.5 pp above the national figure · 41 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Baitadi

Literate population
168,167
Population aged 5 and over
219,006
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 76.8%Can read only 0.6%Cannot read or write 22.6%Not stated 0.1%

219,006 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write168,167
Can read only1,232
Cannot read or write49,462
Not stated145
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Baitadi 76.8% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k1,34480+9721,96075-791,2492,66270-742,0603,18665-692,8354,10860-643,4345,08655-594,2406,14750-544,6757,15745-495,3617,42340-445,1817,99435-395,9539,56730-348,49610,84625-2910,18813,47720-2410,83813,69215-1912,96314,71610-1414,95811,8225-911,96211,7700-412,709
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+1,3449722,316
75-791,9601,2493,209
70-742,6622,0604,722
65-693,1862,8356,021
60-644,1083,4347,542
55-595,0864,2409,326
50-546,1474,67510,822
45-497,1575,36112,518
40-447,4235,18112,604
35-397,9945,95313,947
30-349,5678,49618,063
25-2910,84610,18821,034
20-2413,47710,83824,315
15-1913,69212,96326,655
10-1414,71614,95829,674
5-911,82211,96223,784
0-411,77012,70924,479

Local governments

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

Dasharathchand — 31,567Puchaundi — 38,281Melauli — 20,658Patan — 29,230Dilasaini — 22,966Dogada Kedar — 23,104Surnaya — 17,945Pancheshwor — 17,796Shivanath — 18,064Sigas — 21,814DasharathchandPuchaundiMelauliPatanDilasainiDogada KedarSurnayaPancheshworShivanathSigas
17,79618,06421,81423,10431,56738,281

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 Baitadi, 2021 census.

View all 10 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Puchaundi38,2817,14571.4%24,82234,774
Dasharathchand31,5677,19880.4%23,28228,945
Patan29,2306,44280.5%21,38726,558
Dogada Kedar23,1044,67277.9%16,36921,012
Dilasaini22,9664,50976.7%15,97820,834
Sigas21,8144,11474.3%14,37619,356
Melauli20,6584,53679.3%14,86718,742
Shivanath18,0643,43475.9%12,08315,923
Surnaya17,9453,78374.8%12,06016,113
Pancheshwor17,7963,57476.3%12,21716,020

Municipality · 4

Rural municipality · 6

Compare the local governments of Baitadi

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
Puchaundi38,2817,14571.4%24,82234,774
Dasharathchand31,5677,19880.4%23,28228,945
Patan29,2306,44280.5%21,38726,558
Dogada Kedar23,1044,67277.9%16,36921,012
Dilasaini22,9664,50976.7%15,97820,834
Sigas21,8144,11474.3%14,37619,356
Melauli20,6584,53679.3%14,86718,742
Shivanath18,0643,43475.9%12,08315,923
Surnaya17,9453,78374.8%12,06016,113
Pancheshwor17,7963,57476.3%12,21716,020

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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