Province
Koshi Province
कोशी प्रदेश
One of Nepal’s seven provinces, made up of 14 districts.NP01
Population
4,961,412
20215,253,447 projected for 2023
Households
1,191,556
20214.16 people each
Area
26,061 km²
190 per km²
Literacy
79.7%
20213rd of 7
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
4,961,412
National Statistics Office
2,544,084 women, 2,417,328 men — 51.3% female. 17.0% of Nepal.
A 2023 projection puts it at 5,253,447 — 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+ | 26,273 | 25,994 | 52,267 |
| 75-79 | 30,661 | 30,379 | 61,040 |
| 70-74 | 47,685 | 47,921 | 95,606 |
| 65-69 | 73,289 | 69,408 | 142,697 |
| 60-64 | 97,230 | 87,760 | 184,990 |
| 55-59 | 121,835 | 101,276 | 223,111 |
| 50-54 | 141,023 | 120,094 | 261,117 |
| 45-49 | 157,879 | 139,496 | 297,375 |
| 40-44 | 177,229 | 139,913 | 317,142 |
| 35-39 | 201,700 | 167,742 | 369,442 |
| 30-34 | 238,140 | 220,651 | 458,791 |
| 25-29 | 263,542 | 261,510 | 525,052 |
| 20-24 | 247,270 | 250,582 | 497,852 |
| 15-19 | 232,211 | 244,332 | 476,543 |
| 10-14 | 216,670 | 224,022 | 440,692 |
| 5-9 | 217,807 | 221,820 | 439,627 |
| 0-4 | 203,726 | 206,377 | 410,103 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.7%
Population aged 5 and over
3.4 pp above the national figure · 3rd of 7.
86.1% of men, 73.6% of women — a 12.5-point gap.
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Koshi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.7%
- Cannot read or write20.1%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
4,578,440 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 3,648,225 | 1,737,469 | 1,910,756 |
| Cannot read or write | 918,528 | 615,464 | 303,064 |
| Can read only | 11,469 | 6,676 | 4,793 |
| Not stated | 218 | 122 | 96 |
Districts by population
14 districts. 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. 6 more in the table below.
View all 14 districts
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morang | district | 1,148,156 | 272,283 | 78.6% |
| Jhapa | district | 998,054 | 245,142 | 82.8% |
| Sunsari | district | 926,962 | 212,545 | 78.1% |
| Udayapur | district | 340,721 | 81,089 | 77.2% |
| Ilam | district | 279,534 | 70,532 | 83.4% |
| Khotang | district | 175,298 | 41,750 | 76.0% |
| Panchthar | district | 172,400 | 42,495 | 82.3% |
| Sankhuwasabha | district | 158,041 | 39,173 | 79.7% |
| Bhojpur | district | 157,923 | 38,631 | 78.9% |
| Dhankuta | district | 150,599 | 37,648 | 81.4% |
| Okhaldhunga | district | 139,552 | 34,294 | 73.9% |
| Taplejung | district | 120,590 | 27,798 | 82.2% |
| Solukhumbu | district | 104,851 | 26,319 | 76.9% |
| Terhathum | district | 88,731 | 21,857 | 81.9% |
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 →