District · Bagmati Province
Ramechhap District
रामेछाप जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 8 local governments.NP0321
Population
170,302
2021172,739 projected for 2023
Households
46,489
20213.66 people each
Area
1,564 km²
109 per km²
Literacy
68.1%
202166th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
170,302
National Statistics Office
89,478 women, 80,824 men — 52.5% female. 2.8% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 172,739 — 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+ | 1,817 | 1,408 | 3,225 |
| 75-79 | 1,879 | 1,625 | 3,504 |
| 70-74 | 2,589 | 2,191 | 4,780 |
| 65-69 | 3,592 | 3,158 | 6,750 |
| 60-64 | 4,531 | 3,998 | 8,529 |
| 55-59 | 5,330 | 4,110 | 9,440 |
| 50-54 | 5,936 | 4,417 | 10,353 |
| 45-49 | 5,796 | 4,407 | 10,203 |
| 40-44 | 5,365 | 3,862 | 9,227 |
| 35-39 | 5,580 | 4,490 | 10,070 |
| 30-34 | 6,236 | 6,345 | 12,581 |
| 25-29 | 7,007 | 7,695 | 14,702 |
| 20-24 | 7,483 | 7,437 | 14,920 |
| 15-19 | 8,091 | 7,868 | 15,959 |
| 10-14 | 7,664 | 7,331 | 14,995 |
| 5-9 | 6,116 | 5,974 | 12,090 |
| 0-4 | 5,720 | 5,691 | 11,411 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
68.1%
Population aged 5 and over
8.1 pp below the national figure · 66th of 77.
77.9% of men, 59.4% of women — a 18.5-point gap.
68.1%
Ramechhap
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Ramechhap 68.1%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Ramechhap marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write68.1%
- Cannot read or write31.5%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
159,274 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 108,500 | 49,974 | 58,526 |
| Cannot read or write | 50,211 | 33,825 | 16,386 |
| Can read only | 556 | 317 | 239 |
| Not stated | 7 | 4 | 3 |
Local governments
8 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Manthali | municipality | 39,695 | 10,991 | 71.5% |
| Ramechhap | municipality | 24,971 | 6,627 | 68.4% |
| Khandadevi | rural municipality | 19,312 | 5,501 | 62.2% |
| Likhu Tamakoshi | rural municipality | 18,325 | 5,296 | 70.2% |
| Gokulganga | rural municipality | 17,798 | 4,683 | 71.6% |
| Doramba | rural municipality | 17,686 | 5,062 | 58.6% |
| Umakunda | rural municipality | 16,590 | 4,113 | 74.2% |
| Sunapati | rural municipality | 14,658 | 4,193 | 61.9% |
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 →