District · Gandaki Province
Syangja District
स्याङ्जा जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 11 local governments.NP0441
Population
253,024
2021258,277 projected for 2023
Households
68,959
20213.67 people each
Area
1,038 km²
244 per km²
Literacy
81.7%
202114th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
253,024
National Statistics Office
136,346 women, 116,678 men — 53.9% female. 10.3% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 258,277 — 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+ | 2,212 | 2,163 | 4,375 |
| 75-79 | 2,516 | 2,318 | 4,834 |
| 70-74 | 3,842 | 3,234 | 7,076 |
| 65-69 | 5,618 | 4,513 | 10,131 |
| 60-64 | 6,828 | 5,339 | 12,167 |
| 55-59 | 8,201 | 5,494 | 13,695 |
| 50-54 | 8,483 | 5,828 | 14,311 |
| 45-49 | 9,372 | 6,269 | 15,641 |
| 40-44 | 9,183 | 5,495 | 14,678 |
| 35-39 | 9,426 | 6,648 | 16,074 |
| 30-34 | 11,445 | 9,290 | 20,735 |
| 25-29 | 12,949 | 10,893 | 23,842 |
| 20-24 | 11,653 | 11,087 | 22,740 |
| 15-19 | 11,110 | 11,470 | 22,580 |
| 10-14 | 9,588 | 10,105 | 19,693 |
| 5-9 | 8,791 | 9,673 | 18,464 |
| 0-4 | 8,349 | 8,892 | 17,241 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.7%
Population aged 5 and over
5.4 pp above the national figure · 14th of 77.
89.8% of men, 74.8% of women — a 15.0-point gap.
81.7%
Syangja
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Syangja 81.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Syangja marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.7%
- Cannot read or write17.6%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
236,382 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 193,051 | 96,198 | 96,853 |
| Cannot read or write | 41,615 | 31,250 | 10,365 |
| Can read only | 1,481 | 972 | 509 |
| Not stated | 235 | 124 | 111 |
Local governments
11 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walling | municipality | 50,488 | 13,424 | 83.4% |
| Putalibazar | municipality | 41,743 | 11,881 | 82.8% |
| Galyang | municipality | 31,034 | 7,933 | 83.4% |
| Chapakot | municipality | 22,969 | 6,251 | 79.9% |
| Bhirkot | municipality | 22,645 | 6,171 | 82.9% |
| Kaligandaki | rural municipality | 17,955 | 4,762 | 82.2% |
| Arjun Choupari | rural municipality | 14,045 | 3,808 | 79.2% |
| Biruwa | rural municipality | 14,001 | 3,954 | 79.1% |
| Harinas | rural municipality | 13,191 | 3,582 | 78.3% |
| Aandhikhola | rural municipality | 13,094 | 3,992 | 76.2% |
| Phedikhola | rural municipality | 10,899 | 3,165 | 80.7% |
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 →