District · Lumbini Province
Bardiya District
बर्दिया जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 9 local governments.NP0558
Population
459,900
2021485,134 projected for 2023
Households
106,326
20214.33 people each
Area
2,001 km²
230 per km²
Literacy
76.9%
202140th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
459,900
National Statistics Office
243,134 women, 216,766 men — 52.9% female. 9.0% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 485,134 — 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+ | 1,443 | 1,451 | 2,894 |
| 75-79 | 2,144 | 2,430 | 4,574 |
| 70-74 | 4,164 | 4,306 | 8,470 |
| 65-69 | 5,961 | 5,334 | 11,295 |
| 60-64 | 7,288 | 6,260 | 13,548 |
| 55-59 | 10,114 | 8,689 | 18,803 |
| 50-54 | 13,504 | 10,349 | 23,853 |
| 45-49 | 14,144 | 12,176 | 26,320 |
| 40-44 | 16,173 | 11,846 | 28,019 |
| 35-39 | 19,827 | 15,082 | 34,909 |
| 30-34 | 23,940 | 20,292 | 44,232 |
| 25-29 | 28,829 | 25,251 | 54,080 |
| 20-24 | 26,757 | 22,612 | 49,369 |
| 15-19 | 23,155 | 21,681 | 44,836 |
| 10-14 | 20,474 | 21,168 | 41,642 |
| 5-9 | 18,979 | 19,725 | 38,704 |
| 0-4 | 19,358 | 20,228 | 39,586 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.9%
Population aged 5 and over
0.6 pp above the national figure · 40th of 77.
82.9% of men, 71.5% of women — a 11.4-point gap.
76.9%
Bardiya
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Bardiya 76.9%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bardiya marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write76.9%
- Cannot read or write22.0%
- Can read only1.1%
- Not stated0.0%
422,648 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 324,806 | 161,291 | 163,515 |
| Cannot read or write | 93,031 | 61,029 | 32,002 |
| Can read only | 4,677 | 3,100 | 1,577 |
| Not stated | 134 | 72 | 62 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulariya | municipality | 74,505 | 16,002 | 70.1% |
| Barbardiya | municipality | 72,533 | 16,897 | 79.1% |
| Bansgadhi | municipality | 63,252 | 15,091 | 79.3% |
| Rajapur | municipality | 60,831 | 13,659 | 77.1% |
| Badhaiyatal | rural municipality | 52,818 | 12,961 | 76.7% |
| Madhuwan | municipality | 50,739 | 12,444 | 76.5% |
| Thakurbaba | municipality | 49,420 | 11,469 | 78.0% |
| Geruwa | rural municipality | 33,514 | 7,762 | 79.5% |
| Bardiya | 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 →