District · Lumbini Province
Kapilbastu District
कपिलवस्तु जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0549
Population
682,961
2021732,098 projected for 2023
Households
121,946
20215.60 people each
Area
1,651 km²
414 per km²
Literacy
71.8%
202157th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
682,961
National Statistics Office
348,274 women, 334,687 men — 51.0% female. 13.3% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 732,098 — 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+ | 2,027 | 2,392 | 4,419 |
| 75-79 | 2,899 | 3,580 | 6,479 |
| 70-74 | 5,966 | 6,532 | 12,498 |
| 65-69 | 8,575 | 8,674 | 17,249 |
| 60-64 | 9,779 | 8,786 | 18,565 |
| 55-59 | 12,015 | 11,003 | 23,018 |
| 50-54 | 14,424 | 12,109 | 26,533 |
| 45-49 | 17,034 | 15,827 | 32,861 |
| 40-44 | 20,800 | 16,558 | 37,358 |
| 35-39 | 25,670 | 21,829 | 47,499 |
| 30-34 | 31,648 | 27,818 | 59,466 |
| 25-29 | 35,953 | 35,718 | 71,671 |
| 20-24 | 35,681 | 36,030 | 71,711 |
| 15-19 | 37,862 | 38,377 | 76,239 |
| 10-14 | 37,515 | 39,121 | 76,636 |
| 5-9 | 37,271 | 37,956 | 75,227 |
| 0-4 | 37,676 | 36,993 | 74,669 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.8%
Population aged 5 and over
4.4 pp below the national figure · 57th of 77.
79.6% of men, 64.4% of women — a 15.3-point gap.
71.8%
Kapilbastu
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Kapilbastu 71.8%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kapilbastu marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.8%
- Cannot read or write27.6%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.1%
614,334 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 441,191 | 202,585 | 238,606 |
| Cannot read or write | 169,738 | 110,276 | 59,462 |
| Can read only | 3,053 | 1,657 | 1,396 |
| Not stated | 352 | 189 | 163 |
Local governments
10 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banganga | municipality | 96,714 | 23,325 | 81.4% |
| Kapilbastu | municipality | 88,874 | 15,382 | 73.1% |
| Shivaraj | municipality | 84,810 | 16,241 | 72.7% |
| Buddhabhumi | municipality | 76,507 | 15,379 | 71.5% |
| Krishnanagar | municipality | 70,111 | 10,670 | 67.0% |
| Maharajganj | municipality | 64,645 | 9,820 | 67.7% |
| Mayadevi | rural municipality | 55,972 | 8,443 | 72.6% |
| Shuddhodhan | rural municipality | 52,861 | 8,543 | 67.3% |
| Yasodhara | rural municipality | 44,900 | 6,999 | 69.4% |
| Bijayanagar | rural municipality | 43,291 | 7,059 | 64.2% |
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 →