District · Bagmati Province
Sindhuli District
सिन्धुली जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 9 local governments.NP0320
Population
300,026
2021313,397 projected for 2023
Households
69,364
20214.33 people each
Area
2,484 km²
121 per km²
Literacy
72.6%
202153rd of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
300,026
National Statistics Office
152,961 women, 147,065 men — 51.0% female. 4.9% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 313,397 — 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+ | 1,588 | 1,425 | 3,013 |
| 75-79 | 1,956 | 1,862 | 3,818 |
| 70-74 | 2,743 | 2,620 | 5,363 |
| 65-69 | 4,159 | 3,799 | 7,958 |
| 60-64 | 5,311 | 4,816 | 10,127 |
| 55-59 | 6,835 | 5,657 | 12,492 |
| 50-54 | 8,094 | 7,154 | 15,248 |
| 45-49 | 8,886 | 7,928 | 16,814 |
| 40-44 | 9,475 | 7,136 | 16,611 |
| 35-39 | 10,612 | 9,251 | 19,863 |
| 30-34 | 12,368 | 12,472 | 24,840 |
| 25-29 | 14,375 | 15,572 | 29,947 |
| 20-24 | 15,274 | 16,597 | 31,871 |
| 15-19 | 16,450 | 16,555 | 33,005 |
| 10-14 | 15,176 | 15,333 | 30,509 |
| 5-9 | 13,241 | 13,124 | 26,365 |
| 0-4 | 12,759 | 12,794 | 25,553 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.6%
Population aged 5 and over
3.7 pp below the national figure · 53rd of 77.
80.0% of men, 65.5% of women — a 14.5-point gap.
72.6%
Sindhuli
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Sindhuli 72.6%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sindhuli marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.6%
- Cannot read or write27.2%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
275,899 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 200,269 | 92,537 | 107,732 |
| Cannot read or write | 74,931 | 48,358 | 26,573 |
| Can read only | 658 | 373 | 285 |
| Not stated | 41 | 19 | 22 |
Local governments
9 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kamalamai | municipality | 71,016 | 18,135 | 77.8% |
| Dudhouli | municipality | 70,207 | 16,110 | 70.7% |
| Tinpatan | rural municipality | 34,889 | 7,918 | 71.7% |
| Marin | rural municipality | 28,808 | 6,044 | 68.3% |
| Hariharpurgaghi | rural municipality | 26,505 | 5,292 | 67.4% |
| Golanjor | rural municipality | 18,737 | 4,527 | 71.7% |
| Sunkoshi | rural municipality | 18,375 | 4,987 | 70.7% |
| Phikkal | rural municipality | 15,910 | 3,436 | 75.2% |
| Ghyanglekha | rural municipality | 12,652 | 2,868 | 71.0% |
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 →