District · Bagmati Province
Kavrepalanchok District
काभ्रेपलाञ्चोक जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 13 local governments.NP0324
Population
364,039
2021376,628 projected for 2023
Households
91,428
20213.98 people each
Area
1,394 km²
261 per km²
Literacy
75.7%
202144th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
364,039
National Statistics Office
185,130 women, 178,909 men — 50.9% female. 6.0% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 376,628 — 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+ | 2,487 | 2,173 | 4,660 |
| 75-79 | 2,885 | 2,542 | 5,427 |
| 70-74 | 3,902 | 3,531 | 7,433 |
| 65-69 | 5,697 | 5,097 | 10,794 |
| 60-64 | 8,125 | 6,976 | 15,101 |
| 55-59 | 9,924 | 7,881 | 17,805 |
| 50-54 | 11,609 | 9,431 | 21,040 |
| 45-49 | 12,806 | 10,678 | 23,484 |
| 40-44 | 13,394 | 10,537 | 23,931 |
| 35-39 | 14,150 | 13,704 | 27,854 |
| 30-34 | 16,582 | 18,114 | 34,696 |
| 25-29 | 18,136 | 20,122 | 38,258 |
| 20-24 | 16,592 | 17,675 | 34,267 |
| 15-19 | 15,858 | 16,110 | 31,968 |
| 10-14 | 14,004 | 14,380 | 28,384 |
| 5-9 | 12,563 | 13,315 | 25,878 |
| 0-4 | 12,445 | 13,203 | 25,648 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
75.7%
Population aged 5 and over
0.6 pp below the national figure · 44th of 77.
84.1% of men, 67.6% of women — a 16.5-point gap.
75.7%
Kavrepalanchok
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Kavrepalanchok 75.7%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kavrepalanchok marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write75.7%
- Cannot read or write24.0%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
339,440 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 256,899 | 117,341 | 139,558 |
| Cannot read or write | 81,552 | 55,663 | 25,889 |
| Can read only | 984 | 566 | 418 |
| Not stated | 5 | 3 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banepa | municipality | 67,690 | 16,698 | 84.8% |
| Panauti | municipality | 51,504 | 12,806 | 81.0% |
| Panchkhal | municipality | 35,521 | 9,133 | 75.1% |
| Dhulikhel | municipality | 33,726 | 8,570 | 80.1% |
| Mandan Deupur | municipality | 30,381 | 7,924 | 72.6% |
| Namobuddha | municipality | 26,160 | 7,148 | 71.0% |
| Roshi | rural municipality | 23,790 | 6,075 | 69.5% |
| Temal | rural municipality | 16,957 | 4,869 | 61.2% |
| Mahabharat | rural municipality | 16,079 | 3,174 | 70.3% |
| Bhumlu | rural municipality | 15,678 | 4,518 | 67.0% |
| Bethanchowk | rural municipality | 14,959 | 3,861 | 71.7% |
| Chauri Deurali | rural municipality | 14,076 | 4,156 | 57.8% |
| Khanikhola | rural municipality | 12,201 | 2,398 | 75.2% |
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 →