District · Gandaki Province
Tanahu District
तनहुँ जिल्ला
A district of Gandaki Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0440
Population
321,153
2021334,431 projected for 2023
Households
88,583
20213.63 people each
Area
1,572 km²
204 per km²
Literacy
81.6%
202115th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
321,153
National Statistics Office
171,059 women, 150,094 men — 53.3% female. 13.0% of Gandaki.
A 2023 projection puts it at 334,431 — 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+ | 2,251 | 2,051 | 4,302 |
| 75-79 | 2,567 | 2,226 | 4,793 |
| 70-74 | 3,867 | 3,429 | 7,296 |
| 65-69 | 5,714 | 4,955 | 10,669 |
| 60-64 | 7,457 | 6,056 | 13,513 |
| 55-59 | 8,848 | 6,679 | 15,527 |
| 50-54 | 9,677 | 7,414 | 17,091 |
| 45-49 | 11,166 | 8,296 | 19,462 |
| 40-44 | 11,749 | 7,644 | 19,393 |
| 35-39 | 13,352 | 9,274 | 22,626 |
| 30-34 | 16,301 | 12,902 | 29,203 |
| 25-29 | 17,823 | 15,094 | 32,917 |
| 20-24 | 15,910 | 15,094 | 31,004 |
| 15-19 | 15,019 | 15,676 | 30,695 |
| 10-14 | 13,425 | 14,120 | 27,545 |
| 5-9 | 12,140 | 13,173 | 25,313 |
| 0-4 | 11,165 | 11,917 | 23,082 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.6%
Population aged 5 and over
5.3 pp above the national figure · 15th of 77.
89.0% of men, 75.2% of women — a 13.8-point gap.
81.6%
Tanahu
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Tanahu 81.6%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Tanahu marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.6%
- Cannot read or write17.5%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.2%
299,248 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 244,178 | 120,938 | 123,240 |
| Cannot read or write | 52,457 | 38,194 | 14,263 |
| Can read only | 2,048 | 1,345 | 703 |
| Not stated | 565 | 324 | 241 |
Local governments
10 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Byas | municipality | 78,939 | 22,585 | 85.3% |
| Shuklagandaki | municipality | 55,620 | 15,272 | 86.8% |
| Bhanu | municipality | 42,794 | 12,705 | 77.5% |
| Bhimad | municipality | 29,248 | 7,970 | 79.7% |
| Myagde | rural municipality | 23,578 | 6,515 | 82.2% |
| Aanbu Khaireni | rural municipality | 22,252 | 6,136 | 82.1% |
| Bandipur | rural municipality | 18,532 | 5,208 | 79.5% |
| Rhishing | rural municipality | 17,918 | 4,669 | 71.6% |
| Devghat | rural municipality | 14,584 | 3,670 | 75.4% |
| Ghiring | rural municipality | 14,334 | 3,783 | 73.0% |
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
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