District · Lumbini Province
Rukum East District
पूर्वी रुकुम जिल्ला
A district of Lumbini Province, made up of 4 local governments.NP0552
Population
56,786
202158,948 projected for 2023
Households
12,886
20214.41 people each
Area
1,682 km²
34 per km²
Literacy
71.4%
202158th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
56,786
National Statistics Office
29,270 women, 27,516 men — 51.5% female. 1.1% of Lumbini.
A 2023 projection puts it at 58,948 — 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+ | 158 | 168 | 326 |
| 75-79 | 302 | 250 | 552 |
| 70-74 | 586 | 530 | 1,116 |
| 65-69 | 761 | 740 | 1,501 |
| 60-64 | 1,059 | 878 | 1,937 |
| 55-59 | 1,256 | 1,035 | 2,291 |
| 50-54 | 1,396 | 1,137 | 2,533 |
| 45-49 | 1,589 | 1,284 | 2,873 |
| 40-44 | 1,582 | 1,122 | 2,704 |
| 35-39 | 1,765 | 1,546 | 3,311 |
| 30-34 | 2,204 | 2,250 | 4,454 |
| 25-29 | 2,670 | 2,833 | 5,503 |
| 20-24 | 3,132 | 3,054 | 6,186 |
| 15-19 | 3,079 | 3,141 | 6,220 |
| 10-14 | 2,974 | 2,930 | 5,904 |
| 5-9 | 2,861 | 2,763 | 5,624 |
| 0-4 | 2,917 | 2,996 | 5,913 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.4%
Population aged 5 and over
4.9 pp below the national figure · 58th of 77.
79.7% of men, 63.7% of women — a 16.0-point gap.
71.4%
Rukum East
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Rukum East 71.4%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rukum East marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.4%
- Cannot read or write28.3%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.1%
51,170 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 36,510 | 16,926 | 19,584 |
| Cannot read or write | 14,468 | 9,560 | 4,908 |
| Can read only | 165 | 84 | 81 |
| Not stated | 27 | 16 | 11 |
Local governments
4 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Literacy rate
66.8%–76.5%
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 4 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhoome | rural municipality | 19,829 | 4,211 | 70.6% |
| Sisne | rural municipality | 18,534 | 4,299 | 75.6% |
| Putha Uttanganga | rural municipality | 18,308 | 4,368 | 67.7% |
| Dhorpatan | protected_area | — | — | — |
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 →