Province
Madhesh Province
मधेश प्रदेश
One of Nepal’s seven provinces, made up of 8 districts.NP02
Population
6,114,600
20216,499,667 projected for 2023
Households
1,156,715
20215.29 people each
Area
9,591 km²
638 per km²
Literacy
63.5%
20217th of 7
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
6,114,600
National Statistics Office
3,048,849 women, 3,065,751 men — 49.9% female. 21.0% of Nepal.
A 2023 projection puts it at 6,499,667 — 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+ | 17,295 | 18,787 | 36,082 |
| 75-79 | 26,758 | 32,279 | 59,037 |
| 70-74 | 55,618 | 60,906 | 116,524 |
| 65-69 | 75,569 | 79,868 | 155,437 |
| 60-64 | 90,516 | 85,804 | 176,320 |
| 55-59 | 107,861 | 101,299 | 209,160 |
| 50-54 | 127,345 | 119,725 | 247,070 |
| 45-49 | 166,029 | 150,384 | 316,413 |
| 40-44 | 177,537 | 152,669 | 330,206 |
| 35-39 | 234,999 | 189,701 | 424,700 |
| 30-34 | 262,080 | 241,973 | 504,053 |
| 25-29 | 303,548 | 311,384 | 614,932 |
| 20-24 | 308,269 | 324,491 | 632,760 |
| 15-19 | 295,188 | 332,284 | 627,472 |
| 10-14 | 323,967 | 343,585 | 667,552 |
| 5-9 | 335,880 | 354,593 | 690,473 |
| 0-4 | 331,810 | 359,666 | 691,476 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
63.5%
Population aged 5 and over
12.7 pp below the national figure · 7th of 7.
72.5% of men, 54.7% of women — a 17.7-point gap.
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Madhesh marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write63.5%
- Cannot read or write36.2%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
5,473,478 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 3,477,413 | 1,504,953 | 1,972,460 |
| Cannot read or write | 1,981,166 | 1,238,435 | 742,731 |
| Can read only | 14,231 | 7,372 | 6,859 |
| Not stated | 668 | 317 | 351 |
Districts by population
8 districts. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
Literacy rate
56.4%–70.5%
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 8 districts
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhanusa | district | 867,747 | 177,143 | 65.2% |
| Sarlahi | district | 862,470 | 164,893 | 60.3% |
| Rautahat | district | 813,573 | 137,032 | 57.8% |
| Bara | district | 763,137 | 131,240 | 64.5% |
| Siraha | district | 739,953 | 148,571 | 65.1% |
| Mahottari | district | 706,994 | 137,902 | 59.8% |
| Saptari | district | 706,255 | 146,854 | 67.7% |
| Parsa | district | 654,471 | 113,080 | 69.1% |
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 →