District · Koshi Province
Sunsari District
सुनसरी जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 13 local governments.NP0106
Population
926,962
2021996,243 projected for 2023
Households
212,545
20214.36 people each
Area
1,192 km²
778 per km²
Literacy
78.1%
202131st of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
926,962
National Statistics Office
477,939 women, 449,023 men — 51.6% female. 18.7% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 996,243 — 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+ | 3,905 | 3,460 | 7,365 |
| 75-79 | 4,752 | 4,286 | 9,038 |
| 70-74 | 7,991 | 7,809 | 15,800 |
| 65-69 | 12,202 | 11,523 | 23,725 |
| 60-64 | 16,274 | 14,397 | 30,671 |
| 55-59 | 20,071 | 17,380 | 37,451 |
| 50-54 | 24,244 | 21,088 | 45,332 |
| 45-49 | 29,554 | 26,125 | 55,679 |
| 40-44 | 33,722 | 27,004 | 60,726 |
| 35-39 | 40,289 | 32,515 | 72,804 |
| 30-34 | 48,168 | 42,472 | 90,640 |
| 25-29 | 54,129 | 50,490 | 104,619 |
| 20-24 | 50,031 | 48,555 | 98,586 |
| 15-19 | 42,147 | 45,326 | 87,473 |
| 10-14 | 40,693 | 42,815 | 83,508 |
| 5-9 | 43,677 | 44,581 | 88,258 |
| 0-4 | 41,693 | 42,875 | 84,568 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.1%
Population aged 5 and over
1.8 pp above the national figure · 31st of 77.
84.6% of men, 72.1% of women — a 12.6-point gap.
78.1%
Sunsari
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Sunsari 78.1%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sunsari marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.1%
- Cannot read or write21.7%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
848,936 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 662,997 | 317,541 | 345,456 |
| Cannot read or write | 184,286 | 122,120 | 62,166 |
| Can read only | 1,631 | 1,002 | 629 |
| Not stated | 22 | 13 | 9 |
Local governments
13 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. 5 more in the table below.
View all 13 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Itahari | sub-metropolitan city | 197,241 | 50,350 | 85.3% |
| Dharan | sub-metropolitan city | 166,531 | 42,396 | 87.4% |
| Barahachhetra | municipality | 91,087 | 21,827 | 77.9% |
| Inaruwa | municipality | 74,914 | 16,029 | 75.3% |
| Duhabi | municipality | 66,074 | 15,030 | 73.2% |
| Ramdhuni | municipality | 63,452 | 15,644 | 77.4% |
| Harinagar | rural municipality | 49,845 | 8,738 | 70.3% |
| Bhokraha Narsingh | rural municipality | 49,280 | 8,932 | 67.0% |
| Koshi | rural municipality | 48,804 | 9,169 | 66.0% |
| Dewangunj | rural municipality | 39,030 | 7,805 | 66.7% |
| Gadhi | rural municipality | 38,739 | 8,565 | 70.8% |
| Barju | rural municipality | 36,249 | 7,922 | 68.5% |
| Koshi Tappu | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →