District · Bagmati Province
Dolakha District
दोलखा जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 9 local governments.NP0322
Population
172,767
2021177,938 projected for 2023
Households
49,538
20213.49 people each
Area
2,147 km²
80 per km²
Literacy
72.3%
202156th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
172,767
National Statistics Office
89,047 women, 83,720 men — 51.5% female. 2.8% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 177,938 — 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+ | 1,668 | 1,413 | 3,081 |
| 75-79 | 1,700 | 1,572 | 3,272 |
| 70-74 | 2,323 | 2,159 | 4,482 |
| 65-69 | 3,512 | 3,167 | 6,679 |
| 60-64 | 4,399 | 3,884 | 8,283 |
| 55-59 | 5,162 | 3,929 | 9,091 |
| 50-54 | 5,668 | 4,231 | 9,899 |
| 45-49 | 5,435 | 4,253 | 9,688 |
| 40-44 | 5,512 | 4,106 | 9,618 |
| 35-39 | 5,767 | 5,055 | 10,822 |
| 30-34 | 6,975 | 7,302 | 14,277 |
| 25-29 | 7,875 | 8,989 | 16,864 |
| 20-24 | 7,637 | 8,319 | 15,956 |
| 15-19 | 7,950 | 7,958 | 15,908 |
| 10-14 | 7,268 | 7,213 | 14,481 |
| 5-9 | 6,538 | 6,549 | 13,087 |
| 0-4 | 6,145 | 6,305 | 12,450 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.3%
Population aged 5 and over
3.9 pp below the national figure · 56th of 77.
81.1% of men, 64.2% of women — a 16.9-point gap.
72.3%
Dolakha
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Dolakha 72.3%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Dolakha marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.3%
- Cannot read or write27.3%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
160,858 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 116,312 | 53,480 | 62,832 |
| Cannot read or write | 43,848 | 29,420 | 14,428 |
| Can read only | 688 | 451 | 237 |
| Not stated | 10 | 2 | 8 |
Local governments
9 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhimeshwor | municipality | 34,712 | 10,164 | 78.1% |
| Kalinchowk | rural municipality | 21,097 | 6,151 | 72.0% |
| Shailung | rural municipality | 17,923 | 5,134 | 69.2% |
| Baiteshwor | rural municipality | 17,896 | 5,373 | 72.8% |
| Bigu | rural municipality | 16,490 | 4,747 | 68.1% |
| Jiri | municipality | 16,109 | 4,244 | 72.4% |
| Gaurishankar | rural municipality | 15,995 | 4,399 | 70.4% |
| Melung | rural municipality | 15,893 | 4,796 | 65.2% |
| Tamakoshi | rural municipality | 15,163 | 4,485 | 74.0% |
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 →