District · Lumbini Province
Dang District
दाङ जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0556
Population
674,993
2021726,137 projected for 2023
Households
162,316
20214.16 people each
Area
3,059 km²
221 per km²
Literacy
81.4%
202116th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
674,993
National Statistics Office
354,420 women, 320,573 men — 52.5% female. 13.2% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 726,137 — 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+ | 1,881 | 1,849 | 3,730 |
| 75-79 | 3,077 | 3,049 | 6,126 |
| 70-74 | 5,389 | 5,284 | 10,673 |
| 65-69 | 8,348 | 7,470 | 15,818 |
| 60-64 | 11,106 | 9,869 | 20,975 |
| 55-59 | 13,445 | 10,994 | 24,439 |
| 50-54 | 17,464 | 14,337 | 31,801 |
| 45-49 | 21,132 | 18,336 | 39,468 |
| 40-44 | 24,502 | 18,182 | 42,684 |
| 35-39 | 28,724 | 22,031 | 50,755 |
| 30-34 | 36,417 | 30,480 | 66,897 |
| 25-29 | 41,913 | 37,032 | 78,945 |
| 20-24 | 40,258 | 34,963 | 75,221 |
| 15-19 | 36,916 | 36,378 | 73,294 |
| 10-14 | 32,215 | 33,988 | 66,203 |
| 5-9 | 29,821 | 31,453 | 61,274 |
| 0-4 | 28,216 | 29,618 | 57,834 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.4%
Population aged 5 and over
5.2 pp above the national figure · 16th of 77.
87.9% of men, 75.7% of women — a 12.2-point gap.
81.4%
Dang
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Dang 81.4%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Dang marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.4%
- Cannot read or write18.2%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
621,657 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 506,028 | 249,120 | 256,908 |
| Cannot read or write | 113,198 | 78,528 | 34,670 |
| Can read only | 2,164 | 1,429 | 735 |
| Not stated | 267 | 144 | 123 |
Local governments
10 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
Literacy rate
76.0%–83.9%
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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghorahi | sub-metropolitan city | 200,530 | 49,761 | 83.0% |
| Tulsipur | sub-metropolitan city | 179,755 | 46,018 | 83.1% |
| Lamahi | municipality | 59,050 | 13,458 | 80.9% |
| Rapti | rural municipality | 52,123 | 11,826 | 79.4% |
| Gadhawa | rural municipality | 45,898 | 9,964 | 77.7% |
| Babai | rural municipality | 30,968 | 7,527 | 78.0% |
| Rajpur | rural municipality | 28,346 | 5,829 | 76.8% |
| Shantinagar | rural municipality | 27,641 | 6,919 | 79.9% |
| Dangisharan | rural municipality | 23,668 | 5,825 | 79.0% |
| Bangalachuli | rural municipality | 22,373 | 5,139 | 77.9% |
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 →