District · Karnali Province
Dailekh District
दैलेख जिल्ला
A district of Karnali Province, made up of 11 local governments.NP0661
Population
252,313
2021261,504 projected for 2023
Households
54,610
20214.62 people each
Area
1,484 km²
170 per km²
Literacy
75.5%
202146th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
252,313
National Statistics Office
131,539 women, 120,774 men — 52.1% female. 14.9% of Karnali.
A 2023 projection puts it at 261,504 — 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+ | 644 | 684 | 1,328 |
| 75-79 | 1,282 | 1,196 | 2,478 |
| 70-74 | 2,365 | 1,974 | 4,339 |
| 65-69 | 2,820 | 2,763 | 5,583 |
| 60-64 | 3,931 | 3,628 | 7,559 |
| 55-59 | 4,770 | 4,054 | 8,824 |
| 50-54 | 6,030 | 4,788 | 10,818 |
| 45-49 | 6,881 | 5,182 | 12,063 |
| 40-44 | 7,141 | 4,957 | 12,098 |
| 35-39 | 8,021 | 5,758 | 13,779 |
| 30-34 | 9,115 | 8,674 | 17,789 |
| 25-29 | 11,620 | 11,881 | 23,501 |
| 20-24 | 13,991 | 13,015 | 27,006 |
| 15-19 | 14,766 | 14,002 | 28,768 |
| 10-14 | 15,296 | 15,339 | 30,635 |
| 5-9 | 13,376 | 13,271 | 26,647 |
| 0-4 | 14,015 | 14,274 | 28,289 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
75.5%
Population aged 5 and over
0.8 pp below the national figure · 46th of 77.
83.0% of men, 68.7% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
75.5%
Dailekh
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Dailekh 75.5%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Dailekh marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write75.5%
- Cannot read or write23.9%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.1%
225,508 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 170,256 | 81,537 | 88,719 |
| Cannot read or write | 53,895 | 36,320 | 17,575 |
| Can read only | 1,156 | 712 | 444 |
| Not stated | 201 | 104 | 97 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dullu | municipality | 39,143 | 9,053 | 74.3% |
| Aathbis | municipality | 31,092 | 6,134 | 73.2% |
| Chamunda Bindrasaini | municipality | 26,559 | 5,113 | 74.9% |
| Narayan | municipality | 26,111 | 6,504 | 78.0% |
| Gurans | rural municipality | 21,189 | 4,541 | 79.1% |
| Naumule | rural municipality | 19,687 | 4,223 | 76.3% |
| Bhairabi | rural municipality | 18,767 | 4,269 | 73.9% |
| Thantikandh | rural municipality | 18,301 | 3,840 | 70.5% |
| Bhagawatimai | rural municipality | 18,206 | 3,550 | 75.8% |
| Mahabu | rural municipality | 18,059 | 3,968 | 76.4% |
| Dungeshwor | rural municipality | 14,533 | 3,399 | 79.1% |
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 →