District · Koshi Province
Terhathum District
तेह्रथुम जिल्ला
A district of Koshi Province, made up of 6 local governments.NP0108
Population
88,731
202190,553 projected for 2023
Households
21,857
20214.06 people each
Area
670 km²
132 per km²
Literacy
81.9%
202113th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
88,731
National Statistics Office
45,150 women, 43,581 men — 50.9% female. 1.8% of Koshi.
A 2023 projection puts it at 90,553 — 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+ | 558 | 576 | 1,134 |
| 75-79 | 633 | 604 | 1,237 |
| 70-74 | 912 | 855 | 1,767 |
| 65-69 | 1,386 | 1,267 | 2,653 |
| 60-64 | 1,937 | 1,864 | 3,801 |
| 55-59 | 2,427 | 1,899 | 4,326 |
| 50-54 | 2,665 | 2,178 | 4,843 |
| 45-49 | 2,761 | 2,118 | 4,879 |
| 40-44 | 2,791 | 2,174 | 4,965 |
| 35-39 | 2,987 | 2,730 | 5,717 |
| 30-34 | 3,668 | 3,890 | 7,558 |
| 25-29 | 4,148 | 4,528 | 8,676 |
| 20-24 | 4,172 | 4,380 | 8,552 |
| 15-19 | 4,060 | 4,426 | 8,486 |
| 10-14 | 3,628 | 3,713 | 7,341 |
| 5-9 | 3,866 | 3,778 | 7,644 |
| 0-4 | 3,429 | 3,545 | 6,974 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.9%
Population aged 5 and over
5.7 pp above the national figure · 13th of 77.
89.3% of men, 75.0% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
81.9%
Terhathum
79.7%
Koshi
76.2%
Nepal
Terhathum 81.9%, Koshi 79.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Terhathum marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.9%
- Cannot read or write17.7%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
81,982 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 67,178 | 31,436 | 35,742 |
| Cannot read or write | 14,531 | 10,351 | 4,180 |
| Can read only | 268 | 148 | 120 |
| Not stated | 5 | 1 | 4 |
Local governments
6 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
78.3%–86.4%
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 6 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Myanglung | municipality | 18,750 | 4,872 | 85.6% |
| Aatharai | rural municipality | 18,156 | 4,373 | 82.2% |
| Laligurans | municipality | 15,329 | 3,759 | 81.6% |
| Phedap | rural municipality | 15,169 | 3,662 | 80.3% |
| Chhathar | rural municipality | 14,197 | 3,476 | 79.1% |
| Menchhayayem | rural municipality | 6,678 | 1,703 | 80.2% |
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 →