Metropolitan City · Morang District
Biratnagar
बिराटनगर महानगरपालिका
A metropolitan city in Morang District, Koshi Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0105101
Population
243,927
2021
Households
56,919
20214.29 people each
Area
77 km²
3175 per km²
Literacy
83.6%
20215th of 6
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
243,927
National Statistics Office
121,973 women, 121,954 men — 50.0% female. 21.2% of Morang.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.6%
Population aged 5 and over
7.4 pp above the national figure · 5th of 6.
89.1% of men, 78.2% of women — a 10.9-point gap.
83.6%
Biratnagar
78.6%
Morang
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Biratnagar 83.6%, Morang 78.6%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Biratnagar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.6%
- Cannot read or write16.2%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
227,073 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 189,846 | 89,078 | 100,768 |
| Cannot read or write | 36,779 | 24,592 | 12,187 |
| Can read only | 424 | 259 | 165 |
| Not stated | 24 | 12 | 12 |
In context
Where Biratnagar sits among the 17 local governments of Morang. 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 →