District · Gandaki Province
Parbat District
पर्वत जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 7 local governments.NP0442
Population
130,887
2021134,028 projected for 2023
Households
36,137
20213.62 people each
Area
542 km²
242 per km²
Literacy
80.1%
202121st of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
130,887
National Statistics Office
69,209 women, 61,678 men — 52.9% female. 5.3% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 134,028 — 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+ | 1,043 | 1,022 | 2,065 |
| 75-79 | 1,239 | 1,142 | 2,381 |
| 70-74 | 1,718 | 1,563 | 3,281 |
| 65-69 | 2,593 | 2,151 | 4,744 |
| 60-64 | 3,326 | 2,615 | 5,941 |
| 55-59 | 3,910 | 2,729 | 6,639 |
| 50-54 | 4,110 | 3,072 | 7,182 |
| 45-49 | 4,453 | 3,208 | 7,661 |
| 40-44 | 4,565 | 2,925 | 7,490 |
| 35-39 | 4,732 | 3,475 | 8,207 |
| 30-34 | 5,912 | 4,988 | 10,900 |
| 25-29 | 6,694 | 5,844 | 12,538 |
| 20-24 | 6,050 | 5,830 | 11,880 |
| 15-19 | 5,711 | 6,025 | 11,736 |
| 10-14 | 5,357 | 5,825 | 11,182 |
| 5-9 | 5,031 | 5,553 | 10,584 |
| 0-4 | 4,602 | 5,015 | 9,617 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.1%
Population aged 5 and over
3.9 pp above the national figure · 21st of 77.
88.1% of men, 73.1% of women — a 15.0-point gap.
80.1%
Parbat
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Parbat 80.1%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Parbat marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.1%
- Cannot read or write19.1%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
121,631 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 97,452 | 47,466 | 49,986 |
| Cannot read or write | 23,248 | 16,882 | 6,366 |
| Can read only | 753 | 477 | 276 |
| Not stated | 178 | 97 | 81 |
Local governments
7 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
77.1%–82.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kushma | municipality | 38,101 | 10,962 | 81.6% |
| Jaljala | rural municipality | 21,119 | 5,961 | 79.9% |
| Phalebas | municipality | 20,468 | 5,737 | 78.2% |
| Modi | rural municipality | 18,794 | 5,404 | 77.6% |
| Paiyu | rural municipality | 12,725 | 3,268 | 81.2% |
| Bihadi | rural municipality | 10,828 | 2,723 | 79.7% |
| Mahashila | rural municipality | 8,116 | 2,057 | 81.8% |
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 →