District · Koshi Province
Ilam District
इलाम जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0103
Population
279,534
2021289,675 projected for 2023
Households
70,532
20213.96 people each
Area
1,685 km²
166 per km²
Literacy
83.4%
20217th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
279,534
National Statistics Office
140,103 women, 139,431 men — 50.1% female. 5.6% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 289,675 — 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 | 1,737 | 3,069 |
| 75-79 | 1,790 | 2,063 | 3,853 |
| 70-74 | 2,654 | 3,053 | 5,707 |
| 65-69 | 4,562 | 4,682 | 9,244 |
| 60-64 | 5,888 | 6,051 | 11,939 |
| 55-59 | 7,740 | 6,538 | 14,278 |
| 50-54 | 8,606 | 7,401 | 16,007 |
| 45-49 | 9,069 | 7,933 | 17,002 |
| 40-44 | 10,329 | 8,157 | 18,486 |
| 35-39 | 11,001 | 10,083 | 21,084 |
| 30-34 | 13,010 | 14,337 | 27,347 |
| 25-29 | 14,531 | 16,032 | 30,563 |
| 20-24 | 12,987 | 13,983 | 26,970 |
| 15-19 | 12,196 | 12,743 | 24,939 |
| 10-14 | 9,865 | 10,251 | 20,116 |
| 5-9 | 9,979 | 10,253 | 20,232 |
| 0-4 | 9,483 | 9,356 | 18,839 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.4%
Population aged 5 and over
7.1 pp above the national figure · 7th of 77.
88.7% of men, 78.1% of women — a 10.5-point gap.
83.4%
Ilam
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Ilam 83.4%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Ilam marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.4%
- Cannot read or write16.4%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
261,492 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 218,008 | 102,581 | 115,427 |
| Cannot read or write | 42,894 | 28,390 | 14,504 |
| Can read only | 586 | 326 | 260 |
| Not stated | 4 | 3 | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suryodaya | municipality | 54,727 | 14,032 | 85.3% |
| Illam | municipality | 50,085 | 12,952 | 86.7% |
| Deumai | municipality | 30,969 | 7,686 | 83.4% |
| Mai | municipality | 30,732 | 7,939 | 79.6% |
| Chulachuli | rural municipality | 23,157 | 5,613 | 81.3% |
| Fakfokathum | rural municipality | 19,706 | 4,898 | 82.4% |
| Mai Jogmai | rural municipality | 19,131 | 4,942 | 81.9% |
| Rong | rural municipality | 17,367 | 4,537 | 81.5% |
| Mangsebung | rural municipality | 16,810 | 3,889 | 82.0% |
| Sandakpur | rural municipality | 15,444 | 4,013 | 81.7% |
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 →