District · Lumbini Province
Arghakhanchi District
अर्घाखाँची जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 6 local governments.NP0550
Population
177,086
2021181,445 projected for 2023
Households
48,465
20213.65 people each
Area
1,239 km²
143 per km²
Literacy
80.0%
202122nd of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
177,086
National Statistics Office
96,414 women, 80,672 men — 54.4% female. 3.5% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 181,445 — 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+ | 1,081 | 1,272 | 2,353 |
| 75-79 | 1,552 | 1,438 | 2,990 |
| 70-74 | 2,097 | 2,050 | 4,147 |
| 65-69 | 3,154 | 2,725 | 5,879 |
| 60-64 | 4,176 | 3,581 | 7,757 |
| 55-59 | 4,982 | 3,659 | 8,641 |
| 50-54 | 5,669 | 3,725 | 9,394 |
| 45-49 | 6,017 | 3,807 | 9,824 |
| 40-44 | 6,100 | 3,492 | 9,592 |
| 35-39 | 6,571 | 4,171 | 10,742 |
| 30-34 | 7,989 | 5,960 | 13,949 |
| 25-29 | 9,361 | 6,864 | 16,225 |
| 20-24 | 8,657 | 6,354 | 15,011 |
| 15-19 | 8,805 | 7,718 | 16,523 |
| 10-14 | 8,289 | 8,905 | 17,194 |
| 5-9 | 7,665 | 8,441 | 16,106 |
| 0-4 | 7,158 | 7,960 | 15,118 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.0%
Population aged 5 and over
3.8 pp above the national figure · 22nd of 77.
87.7% of men, 73.8% of women — a 13.9-point gap.
80.0%
Arghakhanchi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Arghakhanchi 80.0%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Arghakhanchi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.0%
- Cannot read or write19.2%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.0%
162,593 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 130,150 | 66,254 | 63,896 |
| Cannot read or write | 31,210 | 22,710 | 8,500 |
| Can read only | 1,182 | 782 | 400 |
| Not stated | 51 | 29 | 22 |
Local governments
6 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
75.8%–85.4%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandhikharka | municipality | 42,492 | 12,070 | 84.5% |
| Shitaganga | municipality | 37,691 | 9,450 | 80.0% |
| Bhumikasthan | municipality | 28,192 | 7,760 | 76.9% |
| Malarani | rural municipality | 24,150 | 6,780 | 76.7% |
| Panini | rural municipality | 22,291 | 6,161 | 79.9% |
| Chhatradev | rural municipality | 21,611 | 6,228 | 78.8% |
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 →