District · Koshi Province
Solukhumbu District
सोलुखुम्बु जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 8 local governments.NP0111
Population
104,851
2021109,135 projected for 2023
Households
26,319
20213.98 people each
Area
3,354 km²
31 per km²
Literacy
76.9%
202139th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
104,851
National Statistics Office
52,104 women, 52,747 men — 49.7% female. 2.1% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 109,135 — 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+ | 603 | 579 | 1,182 |
| 75-79 | 776 | 762 | 1,538 |
| 70-74 | 1,110 | 1,030 | 2,140 |
| 65-69 | 1,570 | 1,553 | 3,123 |
| 60-64 | 2,108 | 1,949 | 4,057 |
| 55-59 | 2,646 | 2,127 | 4,773 |
| 50-54 | 3,000 | 2,538 | 5,538 |
| 45-49 | 2,859 | 2,516 | 5,375 |
| 40-44 | 3,151 | 2,581 | 5,732 |
| 35-39 | 3,512 | 3,432 | 6,944 |
| 30-34 | 4,268 | 4,885 | 9,153 |
| 25-29 | 4,865 | 6,311 | 11,176 |
| 20-24 | 4,897 | 5,730 | 10,627 |
| 15-19 | 4,882 | 5,295 | 10,177 |
| 10-14 | 4,929 | 4,948 | 9,877 |
| 5-9 | 4,427 | 4,537 | 8,964 |
| 0-4 | 4,363 | 4,396 | 8,759 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.9%
Population aged 5 and over
0.7 pp above the national figure · 39th of 77.
84.3% of men, 69.5% of women — a 14.8-point gap.
76.9%
Solukhumbu
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Solukhumbu 76.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Solukhumbu marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write76.9%
- Cannot read or write22.5%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
96,528 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 74,274 | 33,432 | 40,842 |
| Cannot read or write | 21,765 | 14,379 | 7,386 |
| Can read only | 487 | 274 | 213 |
| Not stated | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solu Dhudhakunda | municipality | 25,678 | 6,744 | 78.5% |
| Thulung Dudhkoshi | rural municipality | 18,354 | 4,624 | 73.2% |
| Mapya Dudhkoshi | rural municipality | 12,648 | 3,140 | 75.0% |
| Mahakulung | rural municipality | 11,847 | 2,912 | 79.1% |
| Necha Salyan | rural municipality | 11,381 | 2,783 | 78.5% |
| Sotang | rural municipality | 9,025 | 2,296 | 77.6% |
| Khumbu Pasanglhamu | rural municipality | 8,720 | 2,489 | 74.9% |
| Likhu Pike | rural municipality | 5,334 | 1,251 | 73.6% |
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 →