District · Koshi Province
Sankhuwasabha District
सङ्खुवासभा जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0109
Population
158,041
2021164,634 projected for 2023
Households
39,173
20214.03 people each
Area
3,470 km²
46 per km²
Literacy
79.7%
202124th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
158,041
National Statistics Office
78,462 women, 79,579 men — 49.6% female. 3.2% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 164,634 — 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+ | 918 | 889 | 1,807 |
| 75-79 | 1,064 | 985 | 2,049 |
| 70-74 | 1,603 | 1,571 | 3,174 |
| 65-69 | 2,444 | 2,349 | 4,793 |
| 60-64 | 3,400 | 3,035 | 6,435 |
| 55-59 | 3,832 | 3,106 | 6,938 |
| 50-54 | 4,073 | 3,656 | 7,729 |
| 45-49 | 4,387 | 4,076 | 8,463 |
| 40-44 | 4,874 | 4,193 | 9,067 |
| 35-39 | 5,416 | 5,340 | 10,756 |
| 30-34 | 6,562 | 7,574 | 14,136 |
| 25-29 | 7,484 | 9,166 | 16,650 |
| 20-24 | 7,130 | 8,001 | 15,131 |
| 15-19 | 7,509 | 7,998 | 15,507 |
| 10-14 | 7,306 | 7,497 | 14,803 |
| 5-9 | 7,178 | 7,433 | 14,611 |
| 0-4 | 6,243 | 6,342 | 12,585 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.7%
Population aged 5 and over
3.5 pp above the national figure · 24th of 77.
86.4% of men, 72.9% of women — a 13.5-point gap.
79.7%
Sankhuwasabha
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Sankhuwasabha 79.7%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sankhuwasabha marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.7%
- Cannot read or write20.1%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
146,105 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 116,449 | 53,046 | 63,403 |
| Cannot read or write | 29,368 | 19,528 | 9,840 |
| Can read only | 279 | 149 | 130 |
| Not stated | 9 | 2 | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Khandabari | municipality | 35,565 | 9,309 | 83.6% |
| Chainapur | municipality | 26,799 | 6,648 | 79.5% |
| Panchakhapan | municipality | 16,348 | 4,000 | 78.4% |
| Dharmadevi | municipality | 16,053 | 4,059 | 79.1% |
| Makalu | rural municipality | 13,424 | 3,476 | 75.5% |
| Madi | municipality | 13,273 | 3,281 | 79.2% |
| Silichong | rural municipality | 10,296 | 2,490 | 80.9% |
| Sabhapokhari | rural municipality | 9,970 | 2,507 | 79.4% |
| Chichila | rural municipality | 6,577 | 1,664 | 80.4% |
| Bhotkhola | rural municipality | 6,438 | 1,684 | 61.1% |
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 →