District · Bagmati Province
Sindhupalchok District
सिन्धुपाल्चोक जिल्ला
A district of Bagmati Province, made up of 12 local governments.NP0323
Population
262,624
2021269,852 projected for 2023
Households
71,773
20213.66 people each
Area
2,491 km²
105 per km²
Literacy
68.0%
202168th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
262,624
National Statistics Office
133,419 women, 129,205 men — 50.8% female. 4.3% of Bagmati.
A 2023 projection puts it at 269,852 — 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+ | 2,135 | 2,004 | 4,139 |
| 75-79 | 2,262 | 2,291 | 4,553 |
| 70-74 | 3,448 | 3,377 | 6,825 |
| 65-69 | 4,544 | 4,697 | 9,241 |
| 60-64 | 6,196 | 5,614 | 11,810 |
| 55-59 | 6,916 | 5,933 | 12,849 |
| 50-54 | 8,326 | 6,750 | 15,076 |
| 45-49 | 8,729 | 7,494 | 16,223 |
| 40-44 | 8,988 | 7,018 | 16,006 |
| 35-39 | 9,291 | 8,187 | 17,478 |
| 30-34 | 10,551 | 11,353 | 21,904 |
| 25-29 | 11,860 | 13,485 | 25,345 |
| 20-24 | 11,166 | 12,018 | 23,184 |
| 15-19 | 11,734 | 11,652 | 23,386 |
| 10-14 | 11,118 | 10,977 | 22,095 |
| 5-9 | 10,095 | 9,976 | 20,071 |
| 0-4 | 9,602 | 10,065 | 19,667 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
68.0%
Population aged 5 and over
8.2 pp below the national figure · 68th of 77.
75.3% of men, 61.1% of women — a 14.1-point gap.
68.0%
Sindhupalchok
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Sindhupalchok 68.0%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sindhupalchok marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write68.0%
- Cannot read or write31.6%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
243,758 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 165,854 | 76,103 | 89,751 |
| Cannot read or write | 77,134 | 47,973 | 29,161 |
| Can read only | 767 | 422 | 345 |
| Not stated | 3 | 1 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Choutara Sangachowkgadhi | municipality | 42,668 | 11,590 | 69.5% |
| Melamchi | municipality | 41,063 | 11,180 | 69.9% |
| Indrawoti | rural municipality | 25,365 | 6,780 | 69.2% |
| Bahrabise | municipality | 24,109 | 6,655 | 70.8% |
| Panchpokhari Thangpal | rural municipality | 20,997 | 5,914 | 57.7% |
| Jugal | rural municipality | 18,303 | 4,528 | 60.6% |
| Helambu | rural municipality | 17,497 | 4,690 | 63.5% |
| Balephi | rural municipality | 17,085 | 4,829 | 72.1% |
| Sunkoshi | rural municipality | 15,176 | 4,451 | 76.7% |
| Bhotekoshi | rural municipality | 14,318 | 3,732 | 65.4% |
| Tripurasundari | rural municipality | 12,014 | 3,651 | 65.3% |
| Lisankhu Pakhar | rural municipality | 11,750 | 3,697 | 67.4% |
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 →