District · Karnali Province
Kalikot District
कालीकोट जिल्ला
A district of Karnali Province, made up of 9 local governments.NP0664
Population
145,292
2021152,877 projected for 2023
Households
26,779
20215.43 people each
Area
1,640 km²
89 per km²
Literacy
72.7%
202151st of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
145,292
National Statistics Office
73,047 women, 72,245 men — 50.3% female. 8.6% of Karnali.
A 2023 projection puts it at 152,877 — 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+ | 280 | 295 | 575 |
| 75-79 | 526 | 492 | 1,018 |
| 70-74 | 1,097 | 1,051 | 2,148 |
| 65-69 | 1,366 | 1,374 | 2,740 |
| 60-64 | 2,380 | 2,083 | 4,463 |
| 55-59 | 2,570 | 2,418 | 4,988 |
| 50-54 | 2,761 | 2,460 | 5,221 |
| 45-49 | 3,440 | 3,110 | 6,550 |
| 40-44 | 3,554 | 2,635 | 6,189 |
| 35-39 | 3,940 | 3,677 | 7,617 |
| 30-34 | 4,943 | 5,186 | 10,129 |
| 25-29 | 5,958 | 7,310 | 13,268 |
| 20-24 | 8,093 | 8,243 | 16,336 |
| 15-19 | 8,972 | 8,584 | 17,556 |
| 10-14 | 9,666 | 10,040 | 19,706 |
| 5-9 | 8,249 | 8,323 | 16,572 |
| 0-4 | 8,736 | 9,065 | 17,801 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.7%
Population aged 5 and over
3.5 pp below the national figure · 51st of 77.
79.8% of men, 65.8% of women — a 14.0-point gap.
72.7%
Kalikot
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Kalikot 72.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kalikot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.7%
- Cannot read or write26.5%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
128,678 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 93,570 | 42,870 | 50,700 |
| Cannot read or write | 34,135 | 21,761 | 12,374 |
| Can read only | 801 | 433 | 368 |
| Not stated | 172 | 86 | 86 |
Local governments
9 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naraharinath | rural municipality | 22,458 | 4,290 | 75.1% |
| Khandachakra | municipality | 22,274 | 4,101 | 74.0% |
| Raskot | municipality | 17,425 | 3,194 | 72.0% |
| Palata | rural municipality | 17,346 | 2,834 | 70.7% |
| Tilagupha | municipality | 16,197 | 3,154 | 71.3% |
| Shuva Kalika | rural municipality | 13,773 | 2,762 | 74.4% |
| Pachal Jharana | rural municipality | 13,687 | 2,398 | 71.5% |
| Sanni Tribeni | rural municipality | 13,491 | 2,422 | 70.2% |
| Mahawai | rural municipality | 8,177 | 1,615 | 73.1% |
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 →