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District · Sudur Paschim Province

Doti District

9 local governments · P-code NP0770
Population
205k
2021 census · NSO
Area
2,050
km²
Density
100
people per km²
Share of Sudur Paschim
7.6%
by population
Share of Nepal
0.70%
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

204,831

2021 census

By sex

Female111,227
Male93,604

17623 higher for women

Also published for Doti

Households
45,182
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

70.7%

2021 census · not additive across places

By sex

Female60.9%
Male82.9%

22.0 points higher for men

Literacy rate

2021
Literacy rate for Doti, compared with its province and Nepal
Doti70.7%
Sudur Paschim76.2%
Nepal76.2%

▼ 5.5 pp below the national figure · 60 of 77 by this measure

Also published for Doti

Literate population
129,257
Population aged 5 and over
182,722
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 70.7%Can read only 0.8%Cannot read or write 28.4%Not stated 0.0%

182,722 people aged 5 and over. Shares of that total; counts are in the table.

View the numbers
StatusPeople
Can read and write129,257
Can read only1,530
Cannot read or write51,870
Not stated65
Where this district sits

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

57.8%89.2%

Doti 70.7% · 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
2k2k4k4k6k6k89180+5231,16975-798582,24770-741,5362,60465-691,9493,72860-642,5404,02955-592,7424,94150-543,1465,56045-493,8136,38740-443,6176,68935-394,5638,37030-346,4469,54725-297,86111,08820-248,91411,83515-1910,52513,26110-1413,77111,7785-912,06611,3280-412,093
Show as table
AgeFemaleMaleTotal
80+8915231,414
75-791,1698582,027
70-742,2471,5363,783
65-692,6041,9494,553
60-643,7282,5406,268
55-594,0292,7426,771
50-544,9413,1468,087
45-495,5603,8139,373
40-446,3873,61710,004
35-396,6894,56311,252
30-348,3706,44614,816
25-299,5477,86117,408
20-2411,0888,91420,002
15-1911,83510,52522,360
10-1413,26113,77127,032
5-911,77812,06623,844
0-411,32812,09323,421

Local governments

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

Shikhar — 30,399Dipayal Silgadhi — 33,968Aadarsha — 24,495Sayal — 20,456Purbichouki — 21,494Jorayal — 19,788K.I. Singh — 20,736Badi Kedar — 14,902Bogatan Phudsil — 15,540ShikharDipayal SilgadhiAadarshaSayalPurbichoukiJorayalK.I. SinghBadi KedarBogatan Phudsil
14,90215,54020,45621,49430,39933,968

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 Doti, 2021 census.

View all 9 values
AreaPopulationHouseholdsLiteracy rateLiterate populationPopulation aged 5 and over
Dipayal Silgadhi33,9688,38573.3%22,20630,292
Shikhar30,3997,01669.0%18,89327,383
Aadarsha24,4955,31767.0%14,42721,528
Purbichouki21,4945,14867.9%12,84918,927
K.I. Singh20,7364,68069.5%12,84118,481
Sayal20,4564,20762.1%11,08217,854
Jorayal19,7884,32077.8%14,01518,018
Bogatan Phudsil15,5403,16270.4%9,63313,681
Badi Kedar14,9022,90576.1%10,28813,518

Municipality · 2

Rural municipality · 7

Compare the local governments of Doti

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
Dipayal Silgadhi33,9688,38573.3%22,20630,292
Shikhar30,3997,01669.0%18,89327,383
Aadarsha24,4955,31767.0%14,42721,528
Purbichouki21,4945,14867.9%12,84918,927
K.I. Singh20,7364,68069.5%12,84118,481
Sayal20,4564,20762.1%11,08217,854
Jorayal19,7884,32077.8%14,01518,018
Bogatan Phudsil15,5403,16270.4%9,63313,681
Badi Kedar14,9022,90576.1%10,28813,518

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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