District · Koshi Province
Panchthar District
पाँचथर जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 8 local governments.NP0102
Population
172,400
2021176,725 projected for 2023
Households
42,495
20214.06 people each
Area
1,248 km²
138 per km²
Literacy
82.3%
202111th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
172,400
National Statistics Office
86,717 women, 85,683 men — 50.3% female. 3.5% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 176,725 — 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+ | 869 | 1,027 | 1,896 |
| 75-79 | 1,039 | 1,063 | 2,102 |
| 70-74 | 1,511 | 1,559 | 3,070 |
| 65-69 | 2,452 | 2,501 | 4,953 |
| 60-64 | 3,555 | 3,364 | 6,919 |
| 55-59 | 4,572 | 3,773 | 8,345 |
| 50-54 | 4,934 | 4,020 | 8,954 |
| 45-49 | 4,939 | 4,069 | 9,008 |
| 40-44 | 5,131 | 3,993 | 9,124 |
| 35-39 | 5,707 | 5,258 | 10,965 |
| 30-34 | 7,068 | 7,783 | 14,851 |
| 25-29 | 8,348 | 9,810 | 18,158 |
| 20-24 | 8,253 | 9,325 | 17,578 |
| 15-19 | 8,136 | 8,752 | 16,888 |
| 10-14 | 7,297 | 7,265 | 14,562 |
| 5-9 | 7,478 | 7,400 | 14,878 |
| 0-4 | 7,312 | 7,162 | 14,474 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.3%
Population aged 5 and over
6.0 pp above the national figure · 11th of 77.
88.7% of men, 76.0% of women — a 12.7-point gap.
82.3%
Panchthar
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Panchthar 82.3%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Panchthar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.3%
- Cannot read or write17.5%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
158,424 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 130,362 | 60,706 | 69,656 |
| Cannot read or write | 27,748 | 18,985 | 8,763 |
| Can read only | 305 | 176 | 129 |
| Not stated | 9 | 5 | 4 |
Local governments
8 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phidim | municipality | 48,495 | 12,336 | 83.7% |
| Falgunanda | rural municipality | 21,289 | 5,278 | 80.9% |
| Miklajung | rural municipality | 21,061 | 5,459 | 82.9% |
| Falelung | rural municipality | 20,361 | 4,915 | 82.0% |
| Hilihan | rural municipality | 19,085 | 4,588 | 82.3% |
| Yangbarak | rural municipality | 16,821 | 3,956 | 82.5% |
| Kummayak | rural municipality | 12,746 | 3,158 | 80.4% |
| Tumbewa | rural municipality | 11,189 | 2,747 | 77.7% |
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 →