District · Bagmati Province
Nuwakot District
नुवाकोट जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 14 local governments.NP0328
Population
263,391
2021272,328 projected for 2023
Households
68,679
20213.84 people each
Area
1,193 km²
221 per km²
Literacy
69.1%
202165th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
263,391
National Statistics Office
134,393 women, 128,998 men — 51.0% female. 4.3% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 272,328 — 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+ | 2,074 | 1,973 | 4,047 |
| 75-79 | 2,300 | 2,228 | 4,528 |
| 70-74 | 3,226 | 3,147 | 6,373 |
| 65-69 | 4,379 | 4,417 | 8,796 |
| 60-64 | 5,975 | 5,709 | 11,684 |
| 55-59 | 6,896 | 5,683 | 12,579 |
| 50-54 | 7,957 | 6,671 | 14,628 |
| 45-49 | 8,469 | 7,085 | 15,554 |
| 40-44 | 9,053 | 6,989 | 16,042 |
| 35-39 | 9,625 | 8,615 | 18,240 |
| 30-34 | 11,311 | 11,336 | 22,647 |
| 25-29 | 12,679 | 13,442 | 26,121 |
| 20-24 | 11,882 | 13,009 | 24,891 |
| 15-19 | 11,589 | 11,556 | 23,145 |
| 10-14 | 11,240 | 11,218 | 22,458 |
| 5-9 | 10,388 | 10,285 | 20,673 |
| 0-4 | 9,816 | 10,106 | 19,922 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
69.1%
Population aged 5 and over
7.2 pp below the national figure · 65th of 77.
76.9% of men, 61.6% of women — a 15.3-point gap.
69.1%
Nuwakot
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Nuwakot 69.1%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Nuwakot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write69.1%
- Cannot read or write30.5%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
244,383 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 168,798 | 77,242 | 91,556 |
| Cannot read or write | 74,570 | 47,523 | 27,047 |
| Can read only | 997 | 548 | 449 |
| Not stated | 18 | 8 | 10 |
Local governments
14 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. 6 more in the table below.
View all 14 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bidur | municipality | 59,227 | 15,234 | 77.1% |
| Belkotgadhi | municipality | 35,224 | 9,222 | 69.0% |
| Kakani | rural municipality | 24,504 | 6,312 | 69.3% |
| Dupcheshwor | rural municipality | 21,005 | 5,141 | 62.7% |
| Likhu | rural municipality | 17,728 | 4,582 | 71.6% |
| Shivapuri | rural municipality | 17,203 | 4,925 | 62.0% |
| Tadi | rural municipality | 15,933 | 4,024 | 60.9% |
| Suryagadhi | rural municipality | 14,919 | 3,829 | 66.5% |
| Kispang | rural municipality | 14,235 | 3,929 | 66.0% |
| Tarakeshwor | rural municipality | 14,184 | 3,879 | 65.9% |
| Panchakanya | rural municipality | 13,818 | 3,600 | 68.7% |
| Myagang | rural municipality | 12,668 | 3,969 | 61.7% |
| Shivapuri | protected_area | — | — | — |
| Langtang | 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 →