District · Madhesh Province
Mahottari District
महोत्तरी जिल्ला
A district of Madhesh Province, made up of 15 local governments.NP0218
Population
706,994
2021750,959 projected for 2023
Households
137,902
20215.13 people each
Area
1,001 km²
706 per km²
Literacy
59.8%
202176th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
706,994
National Statistics Office
357,835 women, 349,159 men — 50.6% female. 11.6% of Madhesh.
A 2023 projection puts it at 750,959 — 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+ | 1,871 | 2,157 | 4,028 |
| 75-79 | 2,660 | 3,571 | 6,231 |
| 70-74 | 6,341 | 7,348 | 13,689 |
| 65-69 | 9,145 | 10,180 | 19,325 |
| 60-64 | 10,816 | 10,672 | 21,488 |
| 55-59 | 12,785 | 11,825 | 24,610 |
| 50-54 | 14,770 | 13,227 | 27,997 |
| 45-49 | 19,049 | 16,903 | 35,952 |
| 40-44 | 20,419 | 16,317 | 36,736 |
| 35-39 | 27,768 | 20,127 | 47,895 |
| 30-34 | 30,444 | 25,939 | 56,383 |
| 25-29 | 35,657 | 33,624 | 69,281 |
| 20-24 | 35,182 | 35,639 | 70,821 |
| 15-19 | 34,856 | 38,485 | 73,341 |
| 10-14 | 39,280 | 40,937 | 80,217 |
| 5-9 | 40,362 | 41,298 | 81,660 |
| 0-4 | 39,148 | 42,157 | 81,305 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
59.8%
Population aged 5 and over
16.5 pp below the national figure · 76th of 77.
68.4% of men, 51.5% of women — a 16.8-point gap.
59.8%
Mahottari
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Mahottari 59.8%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Mahottari marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write59.8%
- Cannot read or write39.9%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
631,664 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 377,568 | 166,350 | 211,218 |
| Cannot read or write | 252,123 | 155,380 | 96,743 |
| Can read only | 1,868 | 941 | 927 |
| Not stated | 105 | 53 | 52 |
Local governments
15 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. 7 more in the table below.
View all 15 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardibas | municipality | 74,361 | 16,824 | 72.5% |
| Gaushala | municipality | 72,481 | 14,446 | 61.0% |
| Jaleshwor | municipality | 63,802 | 12,380 | 67.6% |
| Bhangaha | municipality | 55,354 | 10,915 | 57.2% |
| Manara Shisawa | municipality | 52,191 | 10,050 | 58.9% |
| Balawa | municipality | 49,473 | 9,437 | 51.9% |
| Loharpatti | municipality | 45,773 | 9,133 | 56.1% |
| Sonama | rural municipality | 43,082 | 7,602 | 56.1% |
| Pipara | rural municipality | 40,535 | 8,302 | 60.4% |
| Samsi | rural municipality | 38,585 | 6,815 | 51.2% |
| Aurahi | municipality | 37,361 | 7,042 | 55.7% |
| Ram Gopalpur | municipality | 36,201 | 6,606 | 56.1% |
| Matihani | municipality | 36,136 | 6,709 | 57.5% |
| Ekadara | rural municipality | 31,770 | 5,938 | 58.7% |
| Mahottari | rural municipality | 28,807 | 5,687 | 60.4% |
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 →