District · Karnali Province
Surkhet District
सुर्खेत जिल्ला
A district of Karnali Province, made up of 9 local governments.NP0659
Population
415,126
2021444,365 projected for 2023
Households
97,893
20214.24 people each
Area
2,486 km²
167 per km²
Literacy
82.7%
20219th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
415,126
National Statistics Office
215,386 women, 199,740 men — 51.9% female. 24.6% of Karnali.
A 2023 projection puts it at 444,365 — 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+ | 1,332 | 1,225 | 2,557 |
| 75-79 | 1,968 | 1,739 | 3,707 |
| 70-74 | 3,262 | 2,990 | 6,252 |
| 65-69 | 4,667 | 3,999 | 8,666 |
| 60-64 | 6,154 | 5,317 | 11,471 |
| 55-59 | 7,825 | 6,261 | 14,086 |
| 50-54 | 9,821 | 7,936 | 17,757 |
| 45-49 | 11,688 | 9,828 | 21,516 |
| 40-44 | 13,811 | 10,181 | 23,992 |
| 35-39 | 16,675 | 13,169 | 29,844 |
| 30-34 | 20,809 | 17,898 | 38,707 |
| 25-29 | 23,189 | 21,707 | 44,896 |
| 20-24 | 24,250 | 22,670 | 46,920 |
| 15-19 | 23,590 | 23,823 | 47,413 |
| 10-14 | 22,403 | 23,960 | 46,363 |
| 5-9 | 19,533 | 20,892 | 40,425 |
| 0-4 | 19,114 | 20,679 | 39,793 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.7%
Population aged 5 and over
6.5 pp above the national figure · 9th of 77.
89.3% of men, 76.8% of women — a 12.5-point gap.
82.7%
Surkhet
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Surkhet 82.7%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Surkhet marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.7%
- Cannot read or write16.6%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
378,340 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 312,939 | 152,218 | 160,721 |
| Cannot read or write | 62,958 | 44,457 | 18,501 |
| Can read only | 2,140 | 1,455 | 685 |
| Not stated | 303 | 153 | 150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birendranagar | municipality | 153,863 | 38,377 | 87.2% |
| Gurbhakot | municipality | 48,216 | 11,798 | 82.8% |
| Bheriganga | municipality | 48,203 | 11,539 | 81.1% |
| Panchapuri | municipality | 35,839 | 7,803 | 78.5% |
| Lekabeshi | municipality | 31,710 | 7,441 | 82.2% |
| Chaukune | rural municipality | 26,950 | 5,336 | 78.1% |
| Barahatal | rural municipality | 25,943 | 6,169 | 77.7% |
| Simta | rural municipality | 24,083 | 6,062 | 76.5% |
| Chingad | rural municipality | 15,600 | 3,297 | 74.2% |
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 →