District · Lumbini Province
Palpa District
पाल्पा जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0546
Population
245,027
2021252,870 projected for 2023
Households
65,049
20213.77 people each
Area
1,462 km²
168 per km²
Literacy
83.7%
20216th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
245,027
National Statistics Office
132,266 women, 112,761 men — 54.0% female. 4.8% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 252,870 — 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+ | 1,470 | 1,400 | 2,870 |
| 75-79 | 1,936 | 1,615 | 3,551 |
| 70-74 | 2,787 | 2,363 | 5,150 |
| 65-69 | 4,295 | 3,561 | 7,856 |
| 60-64 | 5,424 | 4,449 | 9,873 |
| 55-59 | 6,756 | 4,851 | 11,607 |
| 50-54 | 7,703 | 5,515 | 13,218 |
| 45-49 | 8,584 | 6,105 | 14,689 |
| 40-44 | 8,808 | 5,489 | 14,297 |
| 35-39 | 9,807 | 6,953 | 16,760 |
| 30-34 | 12,288 | 9,726 | 22,014 |
| 25-29 | 13,678 | 11,213 | 24,891 |
| 20-24 | 12,444 | 10,862 | 23,306 |
| 15-19 | 11,810 | 11,670 | 23,480 |
| 10-14 | 10,199 | 10,647 | 20,846 |
| 5-9 | 9,665 | 10,105 | 19,770 |
| 0-4 | 9,083 | 9,609 | 18,692 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.7%
Population aged 5 and over
7.4 pp above the national figure · 6th of 77.
90.5% of men, 78.0% of women — a 12.5-point gap.
83.7%
Palpa
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Palpa 83.7%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Palpa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.7%
- Cannot read or write15.7%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.0%
227,126 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 190,041 | 96,558 | 93,483 |
| Cannot read or write | 35,586 | 26,255 | 9,331 |
| Can read only | 1,411 | 982 | 429 |
| Not stated | 88 | 48 | 40 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tansen | municipality | 50,792 | 14,782 | 89.0% |
| Rampur | municipality | 40,883 | 11,363 | 84.9% |
| Mathagadhi | rural municipality | 24,053 | 5,823 | 83.3% |
| Rainadevi Chhahara | rural municipality | 23,149 | 6,330 | 82.6% |
| Baganaskali | rural municipality | 18,497 | 5,115 | 81.7% |
| Nisdi | rural municipality | 18,120 | 4,165 | 78.5% |
| Tinau | rural municipality | 17,777 | 4,201 | 81.9% |
| Rambha | rural municipality | 17,155 | 4,689 | 78.7% |
| Purbakhola | rural municipality | 16,052 | 4,121 | 81.0% |
| Ribdikot | rural municipality | 15,473 | 4,402 | 80.6% |
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 →