Province
Gandaki Province
गण्डकी प्रदेश
One of Nepal’s seven provinces, made up of 11 districts.NP04
Population
2,466,427
20212,584,846 projected for 2023
Households
662,480
20213.72 people each
Area
21,977 km²
112 per km²
Literacy
81.7%
20212nd of 7
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
2,466,427
National Statistics Office
1,295,594 women, 1,170,833 men — 52.5% female. 8.5% of Nepal.
A 2023 projection puts it at 2,584,846 — 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+ | 18,514 | 17,608 | 36,122 |
| 75-79 | 20,387 | 18,353 | 38,740 |
| 70-74 | 29,743 | 26,254 | 55,997 |
| 65-69 | 43,363 | 37,044 | 80,407 |
| 60-64 | 55,967 | 46,121 | 102,088 |
| 55-59 | 67,517 | 50,635 | 118,152 |
| 50-54 | 74,448 | 57,431 | 131,879 |
| 45-49 | 83,686 | 64,790 | 148,476 |
| 40-44 | 91,555 | 61,879 | 153,434 |
| 35-39 | 101,016 | 75,672 | 176,688 |
| 30-34 | 122,614 | 103,409 | 226,023 |
| 25-29 | 134,626 | 121,881 | 256,507 |
| 20-24 | 122,745 | 123,268 | 246,013 |
| 15-19 | 112,246 | 119,442 | 231,688 |
| 10-14 | 100,842 | 108,076 | 208,918 |
| 5-9 | 92,927 | 101,810 | 194,737 |
| 0-4 | 86,257 | 92,720 | 178,977 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.7%
Population aged 5 and over
5.4 pp above the national figure · 2nd of 7.
88.8% of men, 75.3% of women — a 13.4-point gap.
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gandaki marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.7%
- Cannot read or write17.4%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.2%
2,297,497 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 1,875,910 | 916,621 | 959,289 |
| Cannot read or write | 399,642 | 286,235 | 113,407 |
| Can read only | 18,252 | 11,920 | 6,332 |
| Not stated | 3,693 | 1,997 | 1,696 |
Districts by population
11 districts. 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 districts
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kaski | district | 600,051 | 160,651 | 87.7% |
| Nawalparasi East | district | 378,079 | 93,925 | 82.4% |
| Tanahu | district | 321,153 | 88,583 | 81.6% |
| Syangja | district | 253,024 | 68,959 | 81.7% |
| Gorkha | district | 251,027 | 71,826 | 72.4% |
| Baglung | district | 249,211 | 64,153 | 80.0% |
| Lamjung | district | 155,852 | 44,170 | 77.5% |
| Parbat | district | 130,887 | 36,137 | 80.1% |
| Myagdi | district | 107,033 | 28,830 | 79.7% |
| Mustang | district | 14,452 | 3,674 | 75.1% |
| Manang | district | 5,658 | 1,572 | 78.4% |
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 →