District · Gandaki Province
Manang District
मनाङ जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 4 local governments.NP0438
Population
5,658
20215,768 projected for 2023
Households
1,572
20213.60 people each
Area
2,321 km²
2 per km²
Literacy
78.4%
202129th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
5,658
National Statistics Office
2,466 women, 3,192 men — 43.6% female. 0.2% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 5,768 — 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+ | 42 | 33 | 75 |
| 75-79 | 44 | 35 | 79 |
| 70-74 | 74 | 53 | 127 |
| 65-69 | 115 | 88 | 203 |
| 60-64 | 113 | 94 | 207 |
| 55-59 | 150 | 128 | 278 |
| 50-54 | 132 | 167 | 299 |
| 45-49 | 184 | 198 | 382 |
| 40-44 | 194 | 217 | 411 |
| 35-39 | 177 | 351 | 528 |
| 30-34 | 249 | 506 | 755 |
| 25-29 | 259 | 537 | 796 |
| 20-24 | 191 | 362 | 553 |
| 15-19 | 124 | 154 | 278 |
| 10-14 | 131 | 118 | 249 |
| 5-9 | 140 | 127 | 267 |
| 0-4 | 147 | 134 | 281 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.4%
Population aged 5 and over
2.1 pp above the national figure · 29th of 77.
86.7% of men, 67.3% of women — a 19.4-point gap.
78.4%
Manang
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Manang 78.4%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Manang marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.4%
- Cannot read or write19.0%
- Can read only2.7%
5,379 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 4,215 | 1,565 | 2,650 |
| Cannot read or write | 1,021 | 682 | 339 |
| Can read only | 143 | 77 | 66 |
Local governments
4 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
52.6%–89.9%
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 4 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nason | rural municipality | 1,671 | 471 | 78.0% |
| Ngisyang | rural municipality | 1,595 | 561 | 67.9% |
| Chame | rural municipality | 1,276 | 389 | 86.3% |
| Narpa Bhumi | rural municipality | 396 | 126 | 56.2% |
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 →