Metropolitan City · Parsa District
Birgunj
बिरगन्ज महानगरपालिका
A metropolitan city in Parsa District, Madhesh Province, one of 16 local governments there.NP0234101
Population
272,382
2021
Households
47,114
20215.78 people each
Area
132 km²
2062 per km²
Literacy
76.0%
20216th of 6
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
272,382
National Statistics Office
130,187 women, 142,195 men — 47.8% female. 41.6% of Parsa.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.0%
Population aged 5 and over
0.2 pp below the national figure · 6th of 6.
83.6% of men, 67.8% of women — a 15.8-point gap.
76.0%
Birgunj
69.1%
Parsa
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Birgunj 76.0%, Parsa 69.1%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Birgunj marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write76.0%
- Cannot read or write23.7%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
247,791 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 188,416 | 80,535 | 107,881 |
| Cannot read or write | 58,720 | 37,889 | 20,831 |
| Can read only | 614 | 318 | 296 |
| Not stated | 41 | 17 | 24 |
In context
Where Birgunj sits among the 16 local governments of Parsa. 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. 8 more in the table below.
View all 16 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birgunj | metropolitan city | 272,382 | 47,114 | 76.0% |
| Bahudarmai | municipality | 43,478 | 6,957 | 63.4% |
| Parsagadhi | municipality | 41,569 | 7,632 | 64.5% |
| Pokhariya | municipality | 37,675 | 6,076 | 64.4% |
| Sakhuwa Prasauni | rural municipality | 35,399 | 6,295 | 61.8% |
| Jagarnathpur | rural municipality | 32,649 | 5,582 | 62.7% |
| Chhipaharmai | rural municipality | 29,082 | 4,663 | 62.6% |
| Paterwa Sugauli | rural municipality | 25,498 | 4,753 | 62.4% |
| Bindabasini | rural municipality | 24,991 | 3,892 | 66.3% |
| Kalikamai | rural municipality | 23,480 | 3,697 | 66.5% |
| Jirabhawani | rural municipality | 22,677 | 4,871 | 61.3% |
| Dhobini | rural municipality | 22,606 | 3,499 | 64.9% |
| Pakaha Mainpur | rural municipality | 22,585 | 3,530 | 64.4% |
| Thori | rural municipality | 17,219 | 4,452 | 71.0% |
| Parsa | protected_area | — | — | — |
| Chitawan | 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 →