District · Gandaki Province
Kaski District
कास्की जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 5 local governments.NP0439
Population
600,051
2021645,341 projected for 2023
Households
160,651
20213.74 people each
Area
2,085 km²
288 per km²
Literacy
87.7%
20214th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
600,051
National Statistics Office
307,260 women, 292,791 men — 51.2% female. 24.3% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 645,341 — 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+ | 4,269 | 3,556 | 7,825 |
| 75-79 | 4,348 | 3,407 | 7,755 |
| 70-74 | 5,925 | 4,899 | 10,824 |
| 65-69 | 8,616 | 7,146 | 15,762 |
| 60-64 | 11,532 | 9,948 | 21,480 |
| 55-59 | 14,348 | 11,364 | 25,712 |
| 50-54 | 16,416 | 13,796 | 30,212 |
| 45-49 | 20,252 | 17,737 | 37,989 |
| 40-44 | 24,148 | 17,812 | 41,960 |
| 35-39 | 27,717 | 22,186 | 49,903 |
| 30-34 | 33,432 | 29,593 | 63,025 |
| 25-29 | 35,650 | 35,327 | 70,977 |
| 20-24 | 32,913 | 36,890 | 69,803 |
| 15-19 | 27,433 | 31,300 | 58,733 |
| 10-14 | 22,482 | 25,512 | 47,994 |
| 5-9 | 20,928 | 24,293 | 45,221 |
| 0-4 | 19,101 | 21,065 | 40,166 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
87.7%
Population aged 5 and over
11.5 pp above the national figure · 4th of 77.
93.4% of men, 82.4% of women — a 11.0-point gap.
87.7%
Kaski
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Kaski 87.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kaski marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write87.7%
- Cannot read or write11.4%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.2%
562,838 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 493,776 | 239,053 | 254,723 |
| Cannot read or write | 63,972 | 47,755 | 16,217 |
| Can read only | 3,753 | 2,602 | 1,151 |
| Not stated | 1,337 | 726 | 611 |
Local governments
5 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
76.1%–90.1%
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.
View all 5 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pokhara | metropolitan city | 513,504 | 140,459 | 88.7% |
| Machhapuchchhre | rural municipality | 22,898 | 6,151 | 80.3% |
| Annapurna | rural municipality | 22,099 | 6,049 | 79.2% |
| Madi | rural municipality | 16,142 | 4,094 | 77.4% |
| Rupa | rural municipality | 14,891 | 3,663 | 82.5% |
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 →