District · Bagmati Province
Chitawan District
चितवन जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 8 local governments.NP0335
Population
719,859
2021776,344 projected for 2023
Households
179,345
20214.01 people each
Area
2,240 km²
321 per km²
Literacy
83.7%
20215th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
719,859
National Statistics Office
368,070 women, 351,789 men — 51.1% female. 11.8% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 776,344 — 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+ | 4,487 | 4,373 | 8,860 |
| 75-79 | 4,745 | 4,580 | 9,325 |
| 70-74 | 6,584 | 6,258 | 12,842 |
| 65-69 | 9,865 | 9,196 | 19,061 |
| 60-64 | 13,369 | 12,160 | 25,529 |
| 55-59 | 16,885 | 14,535 | 31,420 |
| 50-54 | 21,055 | 18,142 | 39,197 |
| 45-49 | 24,892 | 21,531 | 46,423 |
| 40-44 | 29,093 | 21,668 | 50,761 |
| 35-39 | 32,807 | 25,154 | 57,961 |
| 30-34 | 39,236 | 33,759 | 72,995 |
| 25-29 | 42,085 | 40,940 | 83,025 |
| 20-24 | 38,279 | 40,899 | 79,178 |
| 15-19 | 32,849 | 36,728 | 69,577 |
| 10-14 | 27,704 | 30,988 | 58,692 |
| 5-9 | 26,605 | 30,152 | 56,757 |
| 0-4 | 26,232 | 28,509 | 54,741 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.7%
Population aged 5 and over
7.4 pp above the national figure · 5th of 77.
88.9% of men, 78.7% of women — a 10.2-point gap.
83.7%
Chitawan
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Chitawan 83.7%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Chitawan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.7%
- Cannot read or write16.0%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
669,392 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 560,119 | 271,392 | 288,727 |
| Cannot read or write | 107,052 | 71,862 | 35,190 |
| Can read only | 2,188 | 1,389 | 799 |
| Not stated | 33 | 20 | 13 |
Local governments
8 local governments. 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatpur | metropolitan city | 369,268 | 96,591 | 87.2% |
| Ratnanagar | municipality | 89,905 | 22,403 | 83.1% |
| Khairahani | municipality | 67,385 | 16,395 | 80.5% |
| Rapti | municipality | 66,617 | 15,215 | 77.3% |
| Kalika | municipality | 52,164 | 12,258 | 79.1% |
| Madi | municipality | 38,295 | 10,120 | 78.5% |
| Ichchha Kamana | rural municipality | 27,643 | 6,185 | 74.2% |
| Chitawan | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →