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District · Sudur Paschim Province

Darchula District

9 local governments · P-code NP0775
Population
133k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,340
km²
Density
57
people per km²
Share of Sudur Paschim
4.9%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.46%
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

133,310

2021 census

By sex

Female68,886
Male64,424

4462 higher for women

Also published for Darchula

Households
28,417
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

77.8%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female69.0%
Male87.3%

18.3 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Darchula, compared with its province and Nepal
Darchula77.8%
Sudur Paschim76.2%
Nepal76.2%

▲ 1.5 pp above the national figure · 34 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Darchula

Literate population
95,146
Population aged 5 and over
122,340
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 77.8%Can read only 0.4%Cannot read or write 21.8%Not stated 0.0%

122,340 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write95,146
Can read only488
Cannot read or write26,659
Not stated47
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Darchula 77.8% · 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
1k1k2k2k3k3k65280+62891675-798171,43070-741,2121,90465-691,8282,20560-642,0332,80955-592,4333,42150-542,7543,99345-493,4204,16640-443,2424,68535-393,8995,57730-345,1476,05625-296,2836,92020-246,3537,24415-197,0967,75210-147,8246,3545-96,2855,6380-45,998
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+6526281,280
75-799168171,733
70-741,4301,2122,642
65-691,9041,8283,732
60-642,2052,0334,238
55-592,8092,4335,242
50-543,4212,7546,175
45-493,9933,4207,413
40-444,1663,2427,408
35-394,6853,8998,584
30-345,5775,14710,724
25-296,0566,28312,339
20-246,9206,35313,273
15-197,2447,09614,340
10-147,7527,82415,576
5-96,3546,28512,639
0-45,6385,99811,636

Local governments

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

Mahakali — 24,081Shailyashikhar — 21,807Byas — 9,668Duhun — 9,842Apihimal — 6,798Malikarjun — 15,635Naugad — 15,528Lekam — 13,743Marma — 15,124MahakaliShailyashikharByasDuhunApihimalMalikarjunNaugadLekamMarma
6,7989,66813,74315,52821,80724,081

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

Population · five classes, each holding about 2 of 9 areas. 9 local governments of Darchula, 2021 census.

View all 9 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Mahakali24,0815,98282.9%18,54022,368
Shailyashikhar21,8074,50174.9%14,97219,982
Malikarjun15,6353,17479.9%11,53714,437
Naugad15,5282,97574.2%10,46514,101
Marma15,1243,02577.1%10,61513,771
Lekam13,7433,03075.2%9,48912,622
Duhun9,8422,19677.9%6,9818,964
Byas9,6682,14373.4%6,4708,813
Apihimal6,7981,35580.9%5,0196,202

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Darchula

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

9 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
Mahakali24,0815,98282.9%18,54022,368
Shailyashikhar21,8074,50174.9%14,97219,982
Malikarjun15,6353,17479.9%11,53714,437
Naugad15,5282,97574.2%10,46514,101
Marma15,1243,02577.1%10,61513,771
Lekam13,7433,03075.2%9,48912,622
Duhun9,8422,19677.9%6,9818,964
Byas9,6682,14373.4%6,4708,813
Apihimal6,7981,35580.9%5,0196,202

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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