District · Karnali Province
Salyan District
सल्यान जिल्ला
A district of Karnali Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0653
Population
238,515
2021248,002 projected for 2023
Households
54,701
20214.36 people each
Area
1,880 km²
127 per km²
Literacy
77.3%
202137th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
238,515
National Statistics Office
123,533 women, 114,982 men — 51.8% female. 14.1% of Karnali.
A 2023 projection puts it at 248,002 — 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+ | 513 | 480 | 993 |
| 75-79 | 1,025 | 1,018 | 2,043 |
| 70-74 | 1,927 | 1,767 | 3,694 |
| 65-69 | 2,993 | 2,737 | 5,730 |
| 60-64 | 3,846 | 3,341 | 7,187 |
| 55-59 | 4,724 | 3,832 | 8,556 |
| 50-54 | 5,658 | 4,662 | 10,320 |
| 45-49 | 6,891 | 5,542 | 12,433 |
| 40-44 | 7,504 | 5,271 | 12,775 |
| 35-39 | 8,095 | 6,270 | 14,365 |
| 30-34 | 9,869 | 9,106 | 18,975 |
| 25-29 | 11,911 | 12,107 | 24,018 |
| 20-24 | 13,795 | 13,479 | 27,274 |
| 15-19 | 13,780 | 13,661 | 27,441 |
| 10-14 | 12,537 | 12,957 | 25,494 |
| 5-9 | 11,133 | 11,256 | 22,389 |
| 0-4 | 11,900 | 12,415 | 24,315 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.3%
Population aged 5 and over
1.0 pp above the national figure · 37th of 77.
85.0% of men, 70.3% of women — a 14.6-point gap.
77.3%
Salyan
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Salyan 77.3%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Salyan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.3%
- Cannot read or write22.0%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
215,417 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 166,510 | 79,154 | 87,356 |
| Cannot read or write | 47,342 | 32,381 | 14,961 |
| Can read only | 1,394 | 961 | 433 |
| Not stated | 171 | 89 | 82 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sharada | municipality | 34,663 | 8,898 | 80.0% |
| Bagachour | municipality | 34,021 | 7,498 | 79.8% |
| Banagad Kupinde | municipality | 32,940 | 7,428 | 70.5% |
| Kumakh | rural municipality | 24,859 | 5,491 | 75.0% |
| Kalimati | rural municipality | 22,206 | 4,972 | 77.6% |
| Chhatreshwori | rural municipality | 21,242 | 5,139 | 77.7% |
| Darma | rural municipality | 20,139 | 4,264 | 77.2% |
| Kapurkot | rural municipality | 17,526 | 3,974 | 79.8% |
| Tribeni | rural municipality | 16,664 | 4,110 | 78.6% |
| Siddha Kumakh | rural municipality | 13,127 | 2,898 | 77.3% |
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 →