District · Koshi Province
Jhapa District
झापा जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 15 local governments.NP0104
Population
998,054
20211,074,577 projected for 2023
Households
245,142
20214.07 people each
Area
1,604 km²
622 per km²
Literacy
82.8%
20218th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
998,054
National Statistics Office
519,545 women, 478,509 men — 52.1% female. 20.1% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 1,074,577 — 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+ | 5,891 | 5,905 | 11,796 |
| 75-79 | 6,500 | 6,566 | 13,066 |
| 70-74 | 9,976 | 9,976 | 19,952 |
| 65-69 | 15,345 | 14,027 | 29,372 |
| 60-64 | 19,620 | 17,267 | 36,887 |
| 55-59 | 24,850 | 20,718 | 45,568 |
| 50-54 | 29,779 | 25,686 | 55,465 |
| 45-49 | 34,620 | 30,800 | 65,420 |
| 40-44 | 40,429 | 31,524 | 71,953 |
| 35-39 | 45,415 | 35,506 | 80,921 |
| 30-34 | 53,196 | 43,754 | 96,950 |
| 25-29 | 54,908 | 48,005 | 102,913 |
| 20-24 | 48,944 | 46,803 | 95,747 |
| 15-19 | 46,352 | 47,628 | 93,980 |
| 10-14 | 42,857 | 44,634 | 87,491 |
| 5-9 | 42,882 | 44,611 | 87,493 |
| 0-4 | 39,408 | 40,195 | 79,603 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.8%
Population aged 5 and over
6.6 pp above the national figure · 8th of 77.
88.6% of men, 77.6% of women — a 10.9-point gap.
82.8%
Jhapa
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Jhapa 82.8%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Jhapa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.8%
- Cannot read or write16.9%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
925,015 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 766,219 | 376,076 | 390,143 |
| Cannot read or write | 156,299 | 107,000 | 49,299 |
| Can read only | 2,450 | 1,407 | 1,043 |
| Not stated | 47 | 31 | 16 |
Local governments
15 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. 7 more in the table below.
View all 15 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mechinagar | municipality | 133,073 | 32,695 | 83.3% |
| Birtamod | municipality | 116,192 | 29,852 | 87.1% |
| Damak | municipality | 107,227 | 27,569 | 88.0% |
| Arjundhara | municipality | 84,018 | 20,935 | 84.4% |
| Shivasatakshi | municipality | 74,077 | 18,253 | 82.3% |
| Bhadrapur | municipality | 70,913 | 17,329 | 82.5% |
| Gauradaha | municipality | 60,451 | 14,846 | 78.9% |
| Kamal | rural municipality | 53,894 | 13,165 | 83.5% |
| Kankai | municipality | 53,148 | 13,169 | 83.3% |
| Buddhashanti | rural municipality | 53,010 | 13,285 | 84.7% |
| Kachanakawal | rural municipality | 41,317 | 9,946 | 74.0% |
| Jhapa | rural municipality | 39,302 | 8,515 | 74.6% |
| Barhadashi | rural municipality | 37,946 | 9,035 | 79.2% |
| Gauriganj | rural municipality | 35,506 | 8,547 | 74.6% |
| Haldibari | rural municipality | 32,722 | 7,878 | 81.3% |
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 →