District · Koshi Province
Taplejung District
ताप्लेजुङ जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 9 local governments.NP0101
Population
120,590
2021124,619 projected for 2023
Households
27,798
20214.34 people each
Area
3,632 km²
33 per km²
Literacy
82.2%
202112th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
120,590
National Statistics Office
59,817 women, 60,773 men — 49.6% female. 2.4% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 124,619 — 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+ | 575 | 611 | 1,186 |
| 75-79 | 654 | 685 | 1,339 |
| 70-74 | 1,033 | 1,092 | 2,125 |
| 65-69 | 1,582 | 1,549 | 3,131 |
| 60-64 | 2,111 | 2,196 | 4,307 |
| 55-59 | 2,851 | 2,401 | 5,252 |
| 50-54 | 3,107 | 2,825 | 5,932 |
| 45-49 | 3,284 | 2,856 | 6,140 |
| 40-44 | 3,449 | 2,900 | 6,349 |
| 35-39 | 3,699 | 3,588 | 7,287 |
| 30-34 | 4,758 | 5,432 | 10,190 |
| 25-29 | 5,776 | 7,359 | 13,135 |
| 20-24 | 5,943 | 6,946 | 12,889 |
| 15-19 | 6,191 | 6,425 | 12,616 |
| 10-14 | 5,528 | 5,419 | 10,947 |
| 5-9 | 5,580 | 5,544 | 11,124 |
| 0-4 | 5,361 | 5,309 | 10,670 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
82.2%
Population aged 5 and over
6.0 pp above the national figure · 12th of 77.
88.2% of men, 76.2% of women — a 12.0-point gap.
82.2%
Taplejung
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Taplejung 82.2%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Taplejung marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write82.2%
- Cannot read or write17.5%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
110,370 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 90,733 | 41,768 | 48,965 |
| Cannot read or write | 19,295 | 12,892 | 6,403 |
| Can read only | 341 | 179 | 162 |
| Not stated | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Local governments
9 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phungling | municipality | 28,449 | 6,898 | 86.5% |
| Sirijanga | rural municipality | 14,114 | 3,255 | 83.5% |
| Aatharai Tribeni | rural municipality | 12,296 | 2,854 | 81.2% |
| Meringden | rural municipality | 11,838 | 2,662 | 79.4% |
| Pathivara Yangwarak | rural municipality | 11,806 | 2,705 | 82.8% |
| Phaktanlung | rural municipality | 11,791 | 2,832 | 78.7% |
| Sidingba | rural municipality | 10,979 | 2,476 | 80.4% |
| Maiwakhola | rural municipality | 10,213 | 2,249 | 79.9% |
| Mikwakhola | rural municipality | 7,964 | 1,845 | 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 →