District · Lumbini Province
Nawalparasi West District
नवलपरासी (बर्दघाट सुस्ता पश्चिम)
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 7 local governments.NP0547
Population
386,868
2021414,060 projected for 2023
Households
82,738
20214.68 people each
Area
726 km²
533 per km²
Literacy
78.0%
202132nd of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
386,868
National Statistics Office
198,686 women, 188,182 men — 51.4% female. 7.6% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 414,060 — 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+ | 1,530 | 1,642 | 3,172 |
| 75-79 | 1,969 | 2,161 | 4,130 |
| 70-74 | 3,479 | 3,703 | 7,182 |
| 65-69 | 5,485 | 5,342 | 10,827 |
| 60-64 | 6,692 | 5,690 | 12,382 |
| 55-59 | 8,216 | 7,132 | 15,348 |
| 50-54 | 10,157 | 8,223 | 18,380 |
| 45-49 | 11,367 | 10,040 | 21,407 |
| 40-44 | 14,086 | 10,806 | 24,892 |
| 35-39 | 17,161 | 13,683 | 30,844 |
| 30-34 | 20,185 | 17,654 | 37,839 |
| 25-29 | 22,147 | 21,011 | 43,158 |
| 20-24 | 21,091 | 21,702 | 42,793 |
| 15-19 | 18,899 | 20,131 | 39,030 |
| 10-14 | 16,812 | 17,819 | 34,631 |
| 5-9 | 16,629 | 17,809 | 34,438 |
| 0-4 | 16,524 | 17,083 | 33,607 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.0%
Population aged 5 and over
1.7 pp above the national figure · 32nd of 77.
86.3% of men, 70.2% of women — a 16.1-point gap.
78.0%
Nawalparasi West
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Nawalparasi West 78.0%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Nawalparasi West marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.0%
- Cannot read or write21.4%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.0%
355,735 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 277,362 | 129,082 | 148,280 |
| Cannot read or write | 76,103 | 53,294 | 22,809 |
| Can read only | 2,110 | 1,408 | 702 |
| Not stated | 160 | 75 | 85 |
Local governments
7 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
Literacy rate
70.4%–85.3%
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 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardaghat | municipality | 76,703 | 18,501 | 82.5% |
| Sunawal | municipality | 72,085 | 17,418 | 83.9% |
| Ramgram | municipality | 64,017 | 13,137 | 77.7% |
| Pratapapur | rural municipality | 49,897 | 9,702 | 72.9% |
| Sarawal | rural municipality | 42,207 | 8,745 | 74.5% |
| Susta | rural municipality | 40,655 | 8,026 | 73.0% |
| Palhinandan | rural municipality | 38,186 | 7,180 | 71.9% |
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 →