District · Bagmati Province
Kathmandu District
काठमाडौं जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 11 local governments.NP0327
Population
2,041,587
20212,181,575 projected for 2023
Households
544,867
20213.75 people each
Area
414 km²
4937 per km²
Literacy
89.2%
20211st of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
2,041,587
National Statistics Office
1,005,861 women, 1,035,726 men — 49.3% female. 33.4% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 2,181,575 — 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+ | 10,932 | 8,212 | 19,144 |
| 75-79 | 10,939 | 8,783 | 19,722 |
| 70-74 | 14,287 | 12,901 | 27,188 |
| 65-69 | 21,786 | 20,334 | 42,120 |
| 60-64 | 30,633 | 28,197 | 58,830 |
| 55-59 | 41,461 | 37,342 | 78,803 |
| 50-54 | 53,650 | 51,049 | 104,699 |
| 45-49 | 68,377 | 66,563 | 134,940 |
| 40-44 | 83,216 | 71,005 | 154,221 |
| 35-39 | 95,425 | 87,972 | 183,397 |
| 30-34 | 120,735 | 121,937 | 242,672 |
| 25-29 | 128,341 | 144,052 | 272,393 |
| 20-24 | 114,331 | 135,785 | 250,116 |
| 15-19 | 87,946 | 106,150 | 194,096 |
| 10-14 | 65,654 | 77,278 | 142,932 |
| 5-9 | 61,903 | 71,678 | 133,581 |
| 0-4 | 58,590 | 64,131 | 122,721 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
89.2%
Population aged 5 and over
13.0 pp above the national figure · 1st of 77.
94.2% of men, 84.2% of women — a 10.0-point gap.
89.2%
Kathmandu
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Kathmandu 89.2%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kathmandu marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write89.2%
- Cannot read or write10.2%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
1,926,174 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 1,718,672 | 801,628 | 917,044 |
| Cannot read or write | 197,347 | 144,395 | 52,952 |
| Can read only | 10,097 | 6,490 | 3,607 |
| Not stated | 58 | 23 | 35 |
Local governments
11 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kathmandu | metropolitan city | 862,400 | 238,966 | 90.5% |
| Budhanilkhantha | municipality | 177,557 | 46,930 | 89.7% |
| Tarakeshwor | municipality | 151,479 | 41,362 | 87.8% |
| Gokarneshwor | municipality | 149,366 | 39,771 | 85.5% |
| Chandragiri | municipality | 136,860 | 35,994 | 87.3% |
| Tokha | municipality | 133,755 | 37,025 | 91.0% |
| Kageshwori Manahara | municipality | 130,433 | 33,764 | 88.4% |
| Nagarjun | municipality | 115,437 | 31,301 | 89.2% |
| Kirtipur | municipality | 81,578 | 24,150 | 88.8% |
| Shankharapur | municipality | 29,318 | 7,140 | 79.9% |
| Dakshinkali | municipality | 26,372 | 6,489 | 80.0% |
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 →