Sub-Metropolitan City · Banke District
Nepalganj
नेपालगञ्ज उपमहानगरपालिका
A sub-metropolitan city in Banke District, Lumbini Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0557201
Population
164,444
2021
Households
34,565
20214.76 people each
Area
86 km²
1916 per km²
Literacy
76.2%
20219th of 11
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
164,444
National Statistics Office
81,689 women, 82,755 men — 49.7% female. 27.3% of Banke.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.2%
Population aged 5 and over
0.0 pp below the national figure · 9th of 11.
81.0% of men, 71.5% of women — a 9.5-point gap.
76.2%
Nepalganj
73.4%
Banke
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Nepalganj 76.2%, Banke 73.4%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Nepalganj marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write76.2%
- Cannot read or write23.2%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.1%
150,450 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 114,709 | 53,641 | 61,068 |
| Cannot read or write | 34,866 | 20,922 | 13,944 |
| Can read only | 763 | 412 | 351 |
| Not stated | 112 | 64 | 48 |
In context
Where Nepalganj sits among the 8 local governments of Banke. 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.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepalganj | sub-metropolitan city | 164,444 | 34,565 | 76.2% |
| Kohalpur | municipality | 101,667 | 24,183 | 82.6% |
| Baijanath | rural municipality | 69,472 | 16,469 | 77.9% |
| Rapti Sonari | rural municipality | 66,445 | 14,946 | 75.0% |
| Khajura | rural municipality | 62,789 | 13,706 | 75.3% |
| Janaki | rural municipality | 46,141 | 8,826 | 67.1% |
| Narainapur | rural municipality | 43,206 | 8,488 | 47.9% |
| Duduwa | rural municipality | 43,135 | 8,051 | 55.4% |
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 →