District · Koshi Province
Morang District
मोरङ जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 17 local governments.NP0105
Population
1,148,156
20211,229,979 projected for 2023
Households
272,283
20214.22 people each
Area
1,822 km²
630 per km²
Literacy
78.6%
202128th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
1,148,156
National Statistics Office
590,644 women, 557,512 men — 51.4% female. 23.1% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 1,229,979 — 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+ | 5,760 | 5,139 | 10,899 |
| 75-79 | 6,294 | 6,488 | 12,782 |
| 70-74 | 10,753 | 11,169 | 21,922 |
| 65-69 | 16,905 | 16,228 | 33,133 |
| 60-64 | 22,361 | 19,788 | 42,149 |
| 55-59 | 27,856 | 23,321 | 51,177 |
| 50-54 | 32,391 | 27,471 | 59,862 |
| 45-49 | 37,542 | 34,625 | 72,167 |
| 40-44 | 42,998 | 34,872 | 77,870 |
| 35-39 | 50,656 | 40,710 | 91,366 |
| 30-34 | 57,132 | 50,811 | 107,943 |
| 25-29 | 63,325 | 60,279 | 123,604 |
| 20-24 | 58,753 | 58,517 | 117,270 |
| 15-19 | 52,972 | 56,165 | 109,137 |
| 10-14 | 49,597 | 51,939 | 101,536 |
| 5-9 | 50,714 | 51,587 | 102,301 |
| 0-4 | 47,128 | 47,733 | 94,861 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.6%
Population aged 5 and over
2.4 pp above the national figure · 28th of 77.
85.1% of men, 72.6% of women — a 12.5-point gap.
78.6%
Morang
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Morang 78.6%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Morang marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.6%
- Cannot read or write21.2%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
1,060,535 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 833,733 | 397,944 | 435,789 |
| Cannot read or write | 224,566 | 149,235 | 75,331 |
| Can read only | 2,143 | 1,238 | 905 |
| Not stated | 93 | 49 | 44 |
Local governments
17 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. 9 more in the table below.
View all 17 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biratnagar | metropolitan city | 243,927 | 56,919 | 83.6% |
| Sundarharaicha | municipality | 120,213 | 29,826 | 82.9% |
| Belbari | municipality | 81,771 | 20,459 | 79.6% |
| Pathari Shanishchare | municipality | 72,451 | 17,980 | 81.5% |
| Urlabari | municipality | 70,908 | 17,650 | 84.8% |
| Ratuwamai | municipality | 61,139 | 14,508 | 75.2% |
| Rangeli | municipality | 57,494 | 13,206 | 71.7% |
| Sunwarshi | municipality | 56,034 | 12,684 | 68.0% |
| Budhiganga | rural municipality | 51,497 | 12,360 | 75.9% |
| Katahari | rural municipality | 48,510 | 10,495 | 71.2% |
| Jahada | rural municipality | 47,639 | 9,869 | 67.2% |
| Dhanapalthan | rural municipality | 45,348 | 9,925 | 67.9% |
| Kanepokhari | rural municipality | 43,193 | 10,663 | 77.8% |
| Letang | municipality | 38,152 | 9,357 | 82.5% |
| Gramthan | rural municipality | 36,024 | 9,377 | 72.6% |
| Kerabari | rural municipality | 34,504 | 8,573 | 81.1% |
| Miklajung | rural municipality | 33,167 | 8,309 | 82.9% |
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 →