District · Bagmati Province
Dhading District
धादिङ जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 13 local governments.NP0330
Population
325,710
2021337,869 projected for 2023
Households
83,642
20213.89 people each
Area
1,907 km²
171 per km²
Literacy
72.4%
202154th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
325,710
National Statistics Office
166,662 women, 159,048 men — 51.2% female. 5.3% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 337,869 — 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+ | 2,659 | 2,766 | 5,425 |
| 75-79 | 2,853 | 2,912 | 5,765 |
| 70-74 | 3,867 | 3,783 | 7,650 |
| 65-69 | 5,429 | 5,279 | 10,708 |
| 60-64 | 7,070 | 6,505 | 13,575 |
| 55-59 | 8,191 | 6,724 | 14,915 |
| 50-54 | 9,357 | 7,738 | 17,095 |
| 45-49 | 9,832 | 7,942 | 17,774 |
| 40-44 | 10,695 | 8,121 | 18,816 |
| 35-39 | 11,961 | 10,297 | 22,258 |
| 30-34 | 13,825 | 13,369 | 27,194 |
| 25-29 | 15,960 | 17,243 | 33,203 |
| 20-24 | 15,421 | 15,864 | 31,285 |
| 15-19 | 15,447 | 15,539 | 30,986 |
| 10-14 | 14,539 | 15,011 | 29,550 |
| 5-9 | 13,080 | 13,301 | 26,381 |
| 0-4 | 12,488 | 12,801 | 25,289 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.4%
Population aged 5 and over
3.8 pp below the national figure · 54th of 77.
79.3% of men, 65.9% of women — a 13.3-point gap.
72.4%
Dhading
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Dhading 72.4%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Dhading marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.4%
- Cannot read or write27.3%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
301,687 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 218,424 | 102,286 | 116,138 |
| Cannot read or write | 82,454 | 52,428 | 30,026 |
| Can read only | 783 | 442 | 341 |
| Not stated | 26 | 14 | 12 |
Local governments
13 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. 5 more in the table below.
View all 13 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nilkhantha | municipality | 58,828 | 16,391 | 75.8% |
| Benighat Rorang | rural municipality | 33,854 | 7,601 | 74.4% |
| Thakre | rural municipality | 32,374 | 7,847 | 74.3% |
| Dhunibenshi | municipality | 29,149 | 7,246 | 75.4% |
| Gajuri | rural municipality | 28,634 | 6,839 | 72.9% |
| Galchhi | rural municipality | 23,733 | 5,975 | 73.0% |
| Siddhalek | rural municipality | 22,214 | 5,836 | 71.9% |
| Tripurasundari | rural municipality | 21,937 | 5,947 | 74.1% |
| Jwalamukhi | rural municipality | 21,338 | 6,079 | 67.3% |
| Ganga Jamuna | rural municipality | 19,265 | 5,264 | 67.8% |
| Netrawati Dabjong | rural municipality | 11,310 | 3,263 | 67.6% |
| Rubi Valley | rural municipality | 10,781 | 2,649 | 58.7% |
| Khaniyabas | rural municipality | 10,287 | 2,685 | 59.6% |
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 →