Metropolitan City · Kaski District
Pokhara
पोखरा महानगरपालिका
A metropolitan city in Kaski District, Gandaki Province, one of 5 local governments there.NP0439101
Population
513,504
2021
Households
140,459
20213.66 people each
Area
464 km²
1106 per km²
Literacy
88.7%
20213rd of 6
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
513,504
National Statistics Office
266,009 women, 247,495 men — 51.8% female. 85.6% of Kaski.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
88.7%
Population aged 5 and over
12.5 pp above the national figure · 3rd of 6.
94.2% of men, 83.7% of women — a 10.5-point gap.
88.7%
Pokhara
87.7%
Kaski
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Pokhara 88.7%, Kaski 87.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Pokhara marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write88.7%
- Cannot read or write10.5%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.2%
481,426 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 427,109 | 210,417 | 216,692 |
| Cannot read or write | 50,320 | 38,287 | 12,033 |
| Can read only | 2,983 | 2,087 | 896 |
| Not stated | 1,014 | 540 | 474 |
In context
Where Pokhara sits among the 5 local governments of Kaski. 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 →