District · Gandaki Province
Gorkha District
गोरखा जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 11 local governments.NP0436
Population
251,027
2021258,538 projected for 2023
Households
71,826
20213.49 people each
Area
3,646 km²
69 per km²
Literacy
72.4%
202155th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
251,027
National Statistics Office
132,872 women, 118,155 men — 52.9% female. 10.2% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 258,538 — 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+ | 2,592 | 2,644 | 5,236 |
| 75-79 | 2,621 | 2,402 | 5,023 |
| 70-74 | 3,765 | 3,452 | 7,217 |
| 65-69 | 5,371 | 4,920 | 10,291 |
| 60-64 | 6,930 | 5,827 | 12,757 |
| 55-59 | 7,874 | 5,911 | 13,785 |
| 50-54 | 8,463 | 6,329 | 14,792 |
| 45-49 | 8,560 | 6,249 | 14,809 |
| 40-44 | 8,992 | 5,913 | 14,905 |
| 35-39 | 9,060 | 6,795 | 15,855 |
| 30-34 | 10,652 | 9,006 | 19,658 |
| 25-29 | 11,846 | 11,138 | 22,984 |
| 20-24 | 10,923 | 10,296 | 21,219 |
| 15-19 | 11,110 | 11,136 | 22,246 |
| 10-14 | 10,555 | 10,832 | 21,387 |
| 5-9 | 9,249 | 9,460 | 18,709 |
| 0-4 | 8,694 | 8,971 | 17,665 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.4%
Population aged 5 and over
3.9 pp below the national figure · 55th of 77.
80.5% of men, 65.2% of women — a 15.3-point gap.
72.4%
Gorkha
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Gorkha 72.4%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gorkha marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.4%
- Cannot read or write26.3%
- Can read only1.2%
- Not stated0.1%
234,195 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 169,477 | 81,424 | 88,053 |
| Cannot read or write | 61,598 | 41,491 | 20,107 |
| Can read only | 2,803 | 1,751 | 1,052 |
| Not stated | 317 | 182 | 135 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gorkha | municipality | 52,468 | 14,988 | 80.8% |
| Palungtar | municipality | 37,409 | 11,072 | 75.4% |
| Shahid Lakhan | rural municipality | 23,076 | 6,856 | 71.2% |
| Barpak Sulikot | rural municipality | 22,636 | 6,283 | 69.2% |
| Aarughat | rural municipality | 21,572 | 6,176 | 68.5% |
| Gandaki | rural municipality | 21,394 | 5,659 | 72.1% |
| Siranchowk | rural municipality | 19,719 | 5,958 | 71.4% |
| Bhimsenthapa | rural municipality | 16,986 | 5,239 | 67.4% |
| Dharche | rural municipality | 14,263 | 3,808 | 62.5% |
| Ajirkot | rural municipality | 12,832 | 3,622 | 72.4% |
| Chumanubri | rural municipality | 5,932 | 2,068 | 39.2% |
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 →