District · Gandaki Province
Myagdi District
म्याग्दी जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 7 local governments.NP0444
Population
107,033
2021110,531 projected for 2023
Households
28,830
20213.71 people each
Area
2,285 km²
47 per km²
Literacy
79.7%
202125th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
107,033
National Statistics Office
54,880 women, 52,153 men — 51.3% female. 4.3% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 110,531 — 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+ | 971 | 864 | 1,835 |
| 75-79 | 1,013 | 920 | 1,933 |
| 70-74 | 1,462 | 1,229 | 2,691 |
| 65-69 | 1,933 | 1,625 | 3,558 |
| 60-64 | 2,384 | 1,963 | 4,347 |
| 55-59 | 3,073 | 2,333 | 5,406 |
| 50-54 | 3,123 | 2,477 | 5,600 |
| 45-49 | 3,294 | 2,655 | 5,949 |
| 40-44 | 3,505 | 2,526 | 6,031 |
| 35-39 | 3,731 | 3,159 | 6,890 |
| 30-34 | 4,436 | 4,466 | 8,902 |
| 25-29 | 5,040 | 5,409 | 10,449 |
| 20-24 | 4,746 | 5,567 | 10,313 |
| 15-19 | 4,600 | 5,037 | 9,637 |
| 10-14 | 4,792 | 4,869 | 9,661 |
| 5-9 | 4,372 | 4,569 | 8,941 |
| 0-4 | 4,097 | 4,291 | 8,388 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.7%
Population aged 5 and over
3.4 pp above the national figure · 25th of 77.
87.7% of men, 72.2% of women — a 15.5-point gap.
79.7%
Myagdi
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Myagdi 79.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Myagdi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.7%
- Cannot read or write19.7%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.2%
99,025 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 78,918 | 36,877 | 42,041 |
| Cannot read or write | 19,531 | 13,865 | 5,666 |
| Can read only | 422 | 282 | 140 |
| Not stated | 154 | 68 | 86 |
Local governments
7 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
71.0%–84.6%
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 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beni | municipality | 32,697 | 9,336 | 83.2% |
| Malika | rural municipality | 18,332 | 4,590 | 77.9% |
| Mangala | rural municipality | 14,688 | 3,911 | 80.9% |
| Raghuganga | rural municipality | 14,114 | 4,153 | 72.3% |
| Dhawalagiri | rural municipality | 12,616 | 3,176 | 76.2% |
| Annapurna | rural municipality | 12,323 | 3,600 | 80.7% |
| Dhorpatan | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →