District · Bagmati Province
Makwanpur District
मकवानपुर जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 12 local governments.NP0331
Population
466,073
2021493,790 projected for 2023
Households
105,792
20214.41 people each
Area
2,443 km²
191 per km²
Literacy
77.8%
202133rd of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
466,073
National Statistics Office
232,257 women, 233,816 men — 49.8% female. 7.6% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 493,790 — 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+ | 2,435 | 2,220 | 4,655 |
| 75-79 | 2,791 | 2,633 | 5,424 |
| 70-74 | 3,775 | 3,534 | 7,309 |
| 65-69 | 5,873 | 5,644 | 11,517 |
| 60-64 | 7,929 | 7,498 | 15,427 |
| 55-59 | 10,068 | 8,609 | 18,677 |
| 50-54 | 12,232 | 10,694 | 22,926 |
| 45-49 | 13,739 | 12,439 | 26,178 |
| 40-44 | 15,585 | 13,237 | 28,822 |
| 35-39 | 17,609 | 17,368 | 34,977 |
| 30-34 | 22,396 | 24,357 | 46,753 |
| 25-29 | 25,087 | 28,972 | 54,059 |
| 20-24 | 23,903 | 27,497 | 51,400 |
| 15-19 | 22,434 | 23,902 | 46,336 |
| 10-14 | 20,429 | 20,949 | 41,378 |
| 5-9 | 19,123 | 19,771 | 38,894 |
| 0-4 | 19,356 | 19,702 | 39,058 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.8%
Population aged 5 and over
1.6 pp above the national figure · 33rd of 77.
84.0% of men, 71.6% of women — a 12.4-point gap.
77.8%
Makwanpur
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Makwanpur 77.8%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Makwanpur marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.8%
- Cannot read or write21.9%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
429,414 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 334,161 | 153,756 | 180,405 |
| Cannot read or write | 94,136 | 60,276 | 33,860 |
| Can read only | 1,112 | 621 | 491 |
| Not stated | 5 | 3 | 2 |
Local governments
12 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. 4 more in the table below.
View all 12 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hetauda | sub-metropolitan city | 193,576 | 46,566 | 84.0% |
| Manahari | rural municipality | 47,353 | 10,724 | 77.7% |
| Bakaiya | rural municipality | 40,907 | 8,913 | 69.0% |
| Thaha | municipality | 38,870 | 9,749 | 74.1% |
| Bagmati | rural municipality | 30,425 | 6,460 | 68.9% |
| Raksirang | rural municipality | 25,996 | 5,044 | 70.2% |
| Makawanpurgadhi | rural municipality | 24,461 | 5,285 | 77.7% |
| Kailash | rural municipality | 21,856 | 4,391 | 67.8% |
| Bhimphedi | rural municipality | 21,516 | 5,085 | 75.3% |
| Indrasarowar | rural municipality | 13,534 | 3,403 | 71.4% |
| Parsa | protected_area | — | — | — |
| 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 →