District · Madhesh Province
Bara District
बारा जिल्ला
A district of Madhesh Province, made up of 17 local governments.NP0233
Population
763,137
2021808,672 projected for 2023
Households
131,240
20215.81 people each
Area
1,273 km²
600 per km²
Literacy
64.5%
202173rd of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
763,137
National Statistics Office
373,350 women, 389,787 men — 48.9% female. 12.5% of Madhesh.
A 2023 projection puts it at 808,672 — 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+ | 1,938 | 2,273 | 4,211 |
| 75-79 | 3,315 | 3,895 | 7,210 |
| 70-74 | 6,301 | 6,755 | 13,056 |
| 65-69 | 8,517 | 9,034 | 17,551 |
| 60-64 | 10,322 | 9,635 | 19,957 |
| 55-59 | 12,465 | 11,865 | 24,330 |
| 50-54 | 15,422 | 15,465 | 30,887 |
| 45-49 | 20,252 | 19,660 | 39,912 |
| 40-44 | 21,888 | 20,687 | 42,575 |
| 35-39 | 28,399 | 25,712 | 54,111 |
| 30-34 | 32,725 | 32,956 | 65,681 |
| 25-29 | 36,456 | 41,957 | 78,413 |
| 20-24 | 36,766 | 42,631 | 79,397 |
| 15-19 | 37,524 | 42,839 | 80,363 |
| 10-14 | 40,409 | 42,842 | 83,251 |
| 5-9 | 41,302 | 43,153 | 84,455 |
| 0-4 | 40,692 | 42,620 | 83,312 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
64.5%
Population aged 5 and over
11.7 pp below the national figure · 73rd of 77.
73.1% of men, 55.6% of women — a 17.5-point gap.
64.5%
Bara
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Bara 64.5%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bara marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write64.5%
- Cannot read or write35.2%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
685,509 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 442,431 | 187,261 | 255,170 |
| Cannot read or write | 241,491 | 148,522 | 92,969 |
| Can read only | 1,565 | 837 | 728 |
| Not stated | 22 | 12 | 10 |
Local governments
17 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. 9 more in the table below.
View all 17 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kalaiya | sub-metropolitan city | 136,222 | 22,125 | 68.1% |
| Jitpur Simara | sub-metropolitan city | 127,307 | 25,650 | 71.7% |
| Mahagadhimai | municipality | 59,424 | 9,761 | 61.5% |
| Simroungadh | municipality | 54,878 | 8,531 | 57.5% |
| Kolhabi | municipality | 51,182 | 10,561 | 65.7% |
| Pacharauta | municipality | 40,524 | 6,167 | 59.2% |
| Nijagadh | municipality | 37,687 | 8,424 | 73.8% |
| Subarna | rural municipality | 35,141 | 5,073 | 47.3% |
| Aadarsha Kotwal | rural municipality | 31,364 | 4,888 | 51.9% |
| Baragadhi | rural municipality | 29,555 | 4,940 | 60.1% |
| Karaiyamai | rural municipality | 29,165 | 5,051 | 65.2% |
| Pheta | rural municipality | 28,395 | 4,202 | 64.4% |
| Prasauni | rural municipality | 25,414 | 3,968 | 67.3% |
| Devtal | rural municipality | 25,361 | 3,980 | 59.1% |
| Bishrampur | rural municipality | 24,892 | 3,886 | 64.6% |
| Parawanipur | rural municipality | 24,745 | 3,972 | 66.1% |
| Parsa | 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 →