District · Lumbini Province
Rolpa District
रोल्पा जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0554
Population
234,793
2021246,489 projected for 2023
Households
52,221
20214.50 people each
Area
1,885 km²
125 per km²
Literacy
75.6%
202145th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
234,793
National Statistics Office
124,922 women, 109,871 men — 53.2% female. 4.6% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 246,489 — 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+ | 803 | 657 | 1,460 |
| 75-79 | 1,335 | 1,156 | 2,491 |
| 70-74 | 2,189 | 1,836 | 4,025 |
| 65-69 | 2,889 | 2,581 | 5,470 |
| 60-64 | 3,969 | 3,248 | 7,217 |
| 55-59 | 4,992 | 3,704 | 8,696 |
| 50-54 | 5,821 | 4,354 | 10,175 |
| 45-49 | 6,534 | 4,896 | 11,430 |
| 40-44 | 7,187 | 4,583 | 11,770 |
| 35-39 | 7,724 | 5,650 | 13,374 |
| 30-34 | 10,563 | 8,876 | 19,439 |
| 25-29 | 11,945 | 10,875 | 22,820 |
| 20-24 | 13,781 | 12,334 | 26,115 |
| 15-19 | 13,447 | 12,585 | 26,032 |
| 10-14 | 13,349 | 13,483 | 26,832 |
| 5-9 | 11,615 | 11,864 | 23,479 |
| 0-4 | 12,825 | 12,839 | 25,664 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
75.6%
Population aged 5 and over
0.6 pp below the national figure · 45th of 77.
84.0% of men, 68.4% of women — a 15.5-point gap.
75.6%
Rolpa
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Rolpa 75.6%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rolpa marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write75.6%
- Cannot read or write23.5%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.1%
210,714 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 159,372 | 77,524 | 81,848 |
| Cannot read or write | 49,614 | 34,610 | 15,004 |
| Can read only | 1,597 | 1,054 | 543 |
| Not stated | 131 | 73 | 58 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rolpa | municipality | 35,376 | 8,745 | 79.0% |
| Sunil Smriti | rural municipality | 30,617 | 7,009 | 74.5% |
| Runtigadhi | rural municipality | 28,291 | 6,224 | 78.6% |
| Lungri | rural municipality | 26,325 | 5,486 | 69.0% |
| Tribeni | rural municipality | 23,412 | 5,357 | 76.9% |
| Pariwartan | rural municipality | 21,671 | 4,682 | 73.9% |
| Gangadev | rural municipality | 21,503 | 4,433 | 77.3% |
| Madi | rural municipality | 18,056 | 4,133 | 77.1% |
| Sunchhahari | rural municipality | 17,241 | 3,586 | 72.1% |
| Thawang | rural municipality | 10,851 | 2,551 | 73.3% |
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 →