Sub-Metropolitan City · Sunsari District
Dharan
धरान उपमहानगरपालिका
A sub-metropolitan city in Sunsari District, Koshi Province, one of 13 local governments there.NP0106201
Population
166,531
2021
Households
42,396
20213.93 people each
Area
192 km²
867 per km²
Literacy
87.4%
20212nd of 11
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
166,531
National Statistics Office
88,121 women, 78,410 men — 52.9% female. 18.0% of Sunsari.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
87.4%
Population aged 5 and over
11.2 pp above the national figure · 2nd of 11.
92.6% of men, 82.9% of women — a 9.8-point gap.
87.4%
Dharan
78.1%
Sunsari
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Dharan 87.4%, Sunsari 78.1%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Dharan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write87.4%
- Cannot read or write12.3%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
156,442 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 136,767 | 69,010 | 67,757 |
| Cannot read or write | 19,249 | 13,998 | 5,251 |
| Can read only | 425 | 283 | 142 |
| Not stated | 1 | 1 | 0 |
In context
Where Dharan sits among the 13 local governments of Sunsari. 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 →