District · Gandaki Province
Lamjung District
लमजुङ जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 8 local governments.NP0437
Population
155,852
2021160,606 projected for 2023
Households
44,170
20213.53 people each
Area
1,663 km²
94 per km²
Literacy
77.5%
202136th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
155,852
National Statistics Office
81,775 women, 74,077 men — 52.5% female. 6.3% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 160,606 — 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+ | 1,471 | 1,485 | 2,956 |
| 75-79 | 1,403 | 1,469 | 2,872 |
| 70-74 | 2,422 | 2,132 | 4,554 |
| 65-69 | 3,393 | 2,933 | 6,326 |
| 60-64 | 4,297 | 3,593 | 7,890 |
| 55-59 | 5,090 | 3,938 | 9,028 |
| 50-54 | 5,438 | 4,057 | 9,495 |
| 45-49 | 5,346 | 4,024 | 9,370 |
| 40-44 | 5,238 | 3,557 | 8,795 |
| 35-39 | 6,034 | 4,487 | 10,521 |
| 30-34 | 6,998 | 5,978 | 12,976 |
| 25-29 | 7,680 | 7,289 | 14,969 |
| 20-24 | 6,911 | 7,086 | 13,997 |
| 15-19 | 6,338 | 6,929 | 13,267 |
| 10-14 | 6,352 | 6,429 | 12,781 |
| 5-9 | 5,380 | 5,694 | 11,074 |
| 0-4 | 4,650 | 5,085 | 9,735 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.5%
Population aged 5 and over
1.2 pp above the national figure · 36th of 77.
85.6% of men, 70.2% of women — a 15.4-point gap.
77.5%
Lamjung
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Lamjung 77.5%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Lamjung marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.5%
- Cannot read or write21.6%
- Can read only0.9%
- Not stated0.1%
146,546 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 113,561 | 54,409 | 59,152 |
| Cannot read or write | 31,632 | 22,234 | 9,398 |
| Can read only | 1,252 | 776 | 476 |
| Not stated | 101 | 54 | 47 |
Local governments
8 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bensishahar | municipality | 38,232 | 11,038 | 81.1% |
| Sundarbazar | municipality | 27,043 | 7,829 | 81.4% |
| Madhya Nepal | municipality | 21,971 | 6,427 | 78.9% |
| Rainas | municipality | 17,402 | 4,961 | 76.1% |
| Marshyangdi | rural municipality | 17,080 | 4,550 | 72.2% |
| Dordi | rural municipality | 16,050 | 4,524 | 74.5% |
| Dudhapokhari | rural municipality | 8,592 | 2,469 | 69.7% |
| Kwhola Sothar | rural municipality | 7,960 | 2,276 | 67.6% |
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 →