Province
Bagmati Province
बागमती प्रदेश
One of Nepal’s seven provinces, made up of 13 districts.NP03
Population
6,116,866
20216,487,756 projected for 2023
Households
1,570,927
20213.89 people each
Area
20,297 km²
301 per km²
Literacy
82.1%
20211st of 7
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
6,116,866
National Statistics Office
3,068,182 women, 3,048,684 men — 50.2% female. 21.0% of Nepal.
A 2023 projection puts it at 6,487,756 — modelled, not counted.
Age and sex structure
Five-year bands, 2023 projection — a different reference period from the count beside it.
View all 17 age bands
| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 38,518 | 32,937 | 71,455 |
| 75-79 | 40,930 | 36,480 | 77,410 |
| 70-74 | 55,112 | 50,970 | 106,082 |
| 65-69 | 81,768 | 76,543 | 158,311 |
| 60-64 | 111,194 | 101,266 | 212,460 |
| 55-59 | 141,556 | 121,148 | 262,704 |
| 50-54 | 174,156 | 154,348 | 328,504 |
| 45-49 | 204,894 | 186,258 | 391,152 |
| 40-44 | 234,715 | 190,622 | 425,337 |
| 35-39 | 261,193 | 234,547 | 495,740 |
| 30-34 | 319,128 | 321,635 | 640,763 |
| 25-29 | 344,576 | 379,905 | 724,481 |
| 20-24 | 314,428 | 358,479 | 672,907 |
| 15-19 | 272,407 | 302,434 | 574,841 |
| 10-14 | 229,212 | 249,677 | 478,889 |
| 5-9 | 212,172 | 230,676 | 442,848 |
| 0-4 | 205,566 | 218,306 | 423,872 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.1%
Population aged 5 and over
5.8 pp above the national figure · 1st of 7.
88.3% of men, 76.0% of women — a 12.3-point gap.
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bagmati marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.1%
- Cannot read or write17.6%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
5,718,388 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 4,692,353 | 2,188,274 | 2,504,079 |
| Cannot read or write | 1,005,281 | 679,978 | 325,303 |
| Can read only | 20,526 | 12,685 | 7,841 |
| Not stated | 228 | 110 | 118 |
Districts by population
13 districts. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing. 5 more in the table below.
View all 13 districts
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathmandu | district | 2,041,587 | 544,867 | 89.2% |
| Chitawan | district | 719,859 | 179,345 | 83.7% |
| Lalitpur | district | 551,667 | 140,367 | 88.1% |
| Makwanpur | district | 466,073 | 105,792 | 77.8% |
| Bhaktapur | district | 432,132 | 108,503 | 88.0% |
| Kavrepalanchok | district | 364,039 | 91,428 | 75.7% |
| Dhading | district | 325,710 | 83,642 | 72.4% |
| Sindhuli | district | 300,026 | 69,364 | 72.6% |
| Nuwakot | district | 263,391 | 68,679 | 69.1% |
| Sindhupalchok | district | 262,624 | 71,773 | 68.0% |
| Dolakha | district | 172,767 | 49,538 | 72.3% |
| Ramechhap | district | 170,302 | 46,489 | 68.1% |
| Rasuwa | district | 46,689 | 11,140 | 69.6% |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →