District · Gandaki Province
Baglung District
बागलुङ जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 11 local governments.NP0443
Population
249,211
2021256,741 projected for 2023
Households
64,153
20213.88 people each
Area
1,836 km²
136 per km²
Literacy
80.0%
202123rd of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
249,211
National Statistics Office
133,017 women, 116,194 men — 53.4% female. 10.1% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 256,741 — 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+ | 1,583 | 1,676 | 3,259 |
| 75-79 | 2,056 | 1,981 | 4,037 |
| 70-74 | 3,043 | 2,701 | 5,744 |
| 65-69 | 4,355 | 3,633 | 7,988 |
| 60-64 | 5,650 | 4,475 | 10,125 |
| 55-59 | 6,546 | 4,635 | 11,181 |
| 50-54 | 7,080 | 5,073 | 12,153 |
| 45-49 | 8,060 | 5,430 | 13,490 |
| 40-44 | 8,405 | 5,117 | 13,522 |
| 35-39 | 8,971 | 6,346 | 15,317 |
| 30-34 | 11,006 | 9,269 | 20,275 |
| 25-29 | 12,867 | 10,811 | 23,678 |
| 20-24 | 12,530 | 11,367 | 23,897 |
| 15-19 | 12,185 | 11,997 | 24,182 |
| 10-14 | 11,638 | 12,261 | 23,899 |
| 5-9 | 11,040 | 11,775 | 22,815 |
| 0-4 | 10,250 | 10,929 | 21,179 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.0%
Population aged 5 and over
3.7 pp above the national figure · 23rd of 77.
87.3% of men, 73.7% of women — a 13.5-point gap.
80.0%
Baglung
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Baglung 80.0%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Baglung marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.0%
- Cannot read or write18.9%
- Can read only1.1%
- Not stated0.1%
228,978 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 183,115 | 91,095 | 92,020 |
| Cannot read or write | 43,169 | 30,703 | 12,466 |
| Can read only | 2,458 | 1,609 | 849 |
| Not stated | 236 | 130 | 106 |
Local governments
11 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baglung | municipality | 56,102 | 15,924 | 83.5% |
| Galkot | municipality | 30,588 | 7,714 | 80.5% |
| Dhorpatan | municipality | 30,068 | 7,485 | 80.0% |
| Badigad | rural municipality | 28,839 | 6,745 | 81.5% |
| Jaimuni | municipality | 24,628 | 6,828 | 78.8% |
| Nisikhola | rural municipality | 23,119 | 5,635 | 72.0% |
| Kathekhola | rural municipality | 22,526 | 5,892 | 78.4% |
| Bareng | rural municipality | 11,158 | 2,925 | 76.9% |
| Tarakhola | rural municipality | 10,120 | 2,337 | 82.1% |
| Tamankhola | rural municipality | 9,982 | 2,611 | 75.5% |
| Dhorpatan | 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 →