District · Lumbini Province
Gulmi District
गुल्मी जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 12 local governments.NP0551
Population
246,494
2021251,824 projected for 2023
Households
66,125
20213.73 people each
Area
1,108 km²
222 per km²
Literacy
80.3%
202119th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
246,494
National Statistics Office
134,469 women, 112,025 men — 54.6% female. 4.8% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 251,824 — 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+ | 1,649 | 1,751 | 3,400 |
| 75-79 | 2,113 | 2,144 | 4,257 |
| 70-74 | 3,322 | 2,931 | 6,253 |
| 65-69 | 4,617 | 3,940 | 8,557 |
| 60-64 | 6,339 | 5,114 | 11,453 |
| 55-59 | 7,236 | 5,087 | 12,323 |
| 50-54 | 7,893 | 5,215 | 13,108 |
| 45-49 | 8,307 | 5,385 | 13,692 |
| 40-44 | 8,117 | 4,615 | 12,732 |
| 35-39 | 8,908 | 5,535 | 14,443 |
| 30-34 | 10,861 | 8,352 | 19,213 |
| 25-29 | 12,648 | 9,811 | 22,459 |
| 20-24 | 11,822 | 8,994 | 20,816 |
| 15-19 | 12,268 | 11,176 | 23,444 |
| 10-14 | 11,190 | 11,788 | 22,978 |
| 5-9 | 10,603 | 11,461 | 22,064 |
| 0-4 | 10,088 | 10,544 | 20,632 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.3%
Population aged 5 and over
4.1 pp above the national figure · 19th of 77.
88.0% of men, 74.1% of women — a 13.9-point gap.
80.3%
Gulmi
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Gulmi 80.3%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Gulmi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.3%
- Cannot read or write19.0%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.0%
226,675 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 182,112 | 92,704 | 89,408 |
| Cannot read or write | 43,004 | 31,303 | 11,701 |
| Can read only | 1,495 | 1,043 | 452 |
| Not stated | 64 | 34 | 30 |
Local governments
12 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. 4 more in the table below.
View all 12 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resunga | municipality | 31,551 | 9,015 | 85.4% |
| Musikot | municipality | 28,454 | 7,099 | 80.6% |
| Malika | rural municipality | 20,075 | 5,241 | 78.6% |
| Madane | rural municipality | 20,022 | 5,253 | 77.0% |
| Satyawoti | rural municipality | 19,473 | 5,169 | 81.9% |
| Chhatrakot | rural municipality | 19,357 | 5,307 | 79.2% |
| Gulmi Durbar | rural municipality | 19,296 | 5,253 | 82.1% |
| Dhurkot | rural municipality | 18,814 | 5,382 | 78.8% |
| Chandrakot | rural municipality | 18,662 | 5,029 | 79.6% |
| Isma | rural municipality | 18,529 | 5,009 | 74.6% |
| Ruruchhetra | rural municipality | 16,597 | 4,607 | 82.7% |
| Kali Gandaki | rural municipality | 15,044 | 3,736 | 79.7% |
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 →