District · Karnali Province
Rukum West District
पश्चिमी रुकुम जिल्ला
A district of Karnali Province, made up of 6 local governments.NP0652
Population
166,740
2021176,692 projected for 2023
Households
37,303
20214.47 people each
Area
1,213 km²
137 per km²
Literacy
75.7%
202143rd of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
166,740
National Statistics Office
85,649 women, 81,091 men — 51.4% female. 9.9% of Karnali.
A 2023 projection puts it at 176,692 — 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+ | 382 | 354 | 736 |
| 75-79 | 656 | 646 | 1,302 |
| 70-74 | 1,343 | 1,263 | 2,606 |
| 65-69 | 1,789 | 1,708 | 3,497 |
| 60-64 | 2,573 | 2,204 | 4,777 |
| 55-59 | 3,165 | 2,589 | 5,754 |
| 50-54 | 3,668 | 2,980 | 6,648 |
| 45-49 | 4,440 | 3,723 | 8,163 |
| 40-44 | 5,040 | 3,599 | 8,639 |
| 35-39 | 5,409 | 4,575 | 9,984 |
| 30-34 | 7,111 | 6,970 | 14,081 |
| 25-29 | 8,228 | 8,644 | 16,872 |
| 20-24 | 9,890 | 9,655 | 19,545 |
| 15-19 | 10,048 | 9,649 | 19,697 |
| 10-14 | 9,718 | 9,914 | 19,632 |
| 5-9 | 8,391 | 8,624 | 17,015 |
| 0-4 | 8,539 | 9,205 | 17,744 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
75.7%
Population aged 5 and over
0.5 pp below the national figure · 43rd of 77.
82.5% of men, 69.4% of women — a 13.1-point gap.
75.7%
Rukum West
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Rukum West 75.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rukum West marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write75.7%
- Cannot read or write23.8%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
150,201 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 113,762 | 54,117 | 59,645 |
| Cannot read or write | 35,688 | 23,380 | 12,308 |
| Can read only | 604 | 367 | 237 |
| Not stated | 147 | 81 | 66 |
Local governments
6 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
68.8%–82.0%
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 6 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aathabisakot | municipality | 35,917 | 7,553 | 70.1% |
| Musikot | municipality | 34,270 | 8,693 | 80.7% |
| Chaurjahari | municipality | 28,956 | 6,837 | 74.4% |
| Sanibheri | rural municipality | 24,759 | 5,292 | 75.7% |
| Banphikot | rural municipality | 21,033 | 4,607 | 74.9% |
| Tribeni | rural municipality | 20,525 | 4,308 | 78.4% |
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 →