District · Lumbini Province
Pyuthan District
प्युठान जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 9 local governments.NP0555
Population
232,019
2021242,520 projected for 2023
Households
56,203
20214.13 people each
Area
1,321 km²
176 per km²
Literacy
80.1%
202120th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
232,019
National Statistics Office
127,887 women, 104,132 men — 55.1% female. 4.5% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 242,520 — 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+ | 910 | 857 | 1,767 |
| 75-79 | 1,426 | 1,208 | 2,634 |
| 70-74 | 2,180 | 1,941 | 4,121 |
| 65-69 | 3,338 | 2,758 | 6,096 |
| 60-64 | 4,402 | 3,493 | 7,895 |
| 55-59 | 5,141 | 3,684 | 8,825 |
| 50-54 | 6,123 | 4,093 | 10,216 |
| 45-49 | 6,851 | 4,438 | 11,289 |
| 40-44 | 7,520 | 4,275 | 11,795 |
| 35-39 | 8,550 | 5,349 | 13,899 |
| 30-34 | 10,834 | 7,636 | 18,470 |
| 25-29 | 12,490 | 9,334 | 21,824 |
| 20-24 | 13,203 | 9,736 | 22,939 |
| 15-19 | 13,537 | 11,605 | 25,142 |
| 10-14 | 13,798 | 13,777 | 27,575 |
| 5-9 | 12,392 | 12,710 | 25,102 |
| 0-4 | 11,299 | 11,632 | 22,931 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.1%
Population aged 5 and over
3.9 pp above the national figure · 20th of 77.
87.9% of men, 74.0% of women — a 13.9-point gap.
80.1%
Pyuthan
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Pyuthan 80.1%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Pyuthan marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.1%
- Cannot read or write19.4%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.0%
210,494 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 168,663 | 87,038 | 81,625 |
| Cannot read or write | 40,758 | 29,859 | 10,899 |
| Can read only | 997 | 670 | 327 |
| Not stated | 76 | 46 | 30 |
Local governments
9 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pyuthan | municipality | 42,130 | 11,235 | 84.5% |
| Naubahini | rural municipality | 32,682 | 7,133 | 74.1% |
| Sworgadwari | municipality | 32,037 | 8,218 | 81.0% |
| Jhimaruk | rural municipality | 26,130 | 6,534 | 81.8% |
| Gaumukhi | rural municipality | 25,980 | 5,578 | 78.2% |
| Aairawati | rural municipality | 20,428 | 5,112 | 78.2% |
| Sarumarani | rural municipality | 19,783 | 4,453 | 79.1% |
| Mandavi | rural municipality | 15,863 | 3,794 | 81.6% |
| Mallarani | rural municipality | 15,646 | 4,138 | 80.0% |
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 →