District · Madhesh Province
Rautahat District
रौतहट जिल्ला
A district of Madhesh Province, made up of 18 local governments.NP0232
Population
813,573
2021871,027 projected for 2023
Households
137,032
20215.94 people each
Area
1,038 km²
784 per km²
Literacy
57.8%
202177th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
813,573
National Statistics Office
405,170 women, 408,403 men — 49.8% female. 13.3% of Madhesh.
A 2023 projection puts it at 871,027 — 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+ | 2,310 | 2,433 | 4,743 |
| 75-79 | 3,736 | 4,420 | 8,156 |
| 70-74 | 7,102 | 7,365 | 14,467 |
| 65-69 | 8,971 | 8,994 | 17,965 |
| 60-64 | 10,083 | 9,421 | 19,504 |
| 55-59 | 12,238 | 12,070 | 24,308 |
| 50-54 | 15,010 | 15,075 | 30,085 |
| 45-49 | 20,374 | 19,159 | 39,533 |
| 40-44 | 22,185 | 20,010 | 42,195 |
| 35-39 | 28,387 | 24,101 | 52,488 |
| 30-34 | 32,177 | 30,553 | 62,730 |
| 25-29 | 37,281 | 40,878 | 78,159 |
| 20-24 | 40,133 | 44,659 | 84,792 |
| 15-19 | 41,319 | 45,273 | 86,592 |
| 10-14 | 47,228 | 48,779 | 96,007 |
| 5-9 | 51,486 | 51,708 | 103,194 |
| 0-4 | 53,188 | 52,921 | 106,109 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
57.8%
Population aged 5 and over
18.5 pp below the national figure · 77th of 77.
66.0% of men, 49.5% of women — a 16.5-point gap.
57.8%
Rautahat
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Rautahat 57.8%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rautahat marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write57.8%
- Cannot read or write41.9%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
716,200 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 413,631 | 177,074 | 236,557 |
| Cannot read or write | 300,155 | 179,553 | 120,602 |
| Can read only | 2,387 | 1,229 | 1,158 |
| Not stated | 27 | 9 | 18 |
Local governments
18 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. 10 more in the table below.
View all 18 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandrapur | municipality | 81,807 | 16,820 | 70.9% |
| Garuda | municipality | 60,857 | 9,862 | 57.6% |
| Rajpur | municipality | 54,083 | 8,078 | 46.9% |
| Gujara | municipality | 54,033 | 9,575 | 61.8% |
| Ishanath | municipality | 51,855 | 7,937 | 56.5% |
| Brindaban | municipality | 49,742 | 8,142 | 54.3% |
| Gadhimai | municipality | 49,135 | 7,787 | 53.2% |
| Katahariya | municipality | 45,821 | 7,642 | 55.9% |
| Paroha | municipality | 45,702 | 7,024 | 55.0% |
| Phatuwa Bijayapur | municipality | 42,218 | 7,354 | 54.7% |
| Madhav Narayan | municipality | 40,894 | 7,020 | 56.4% |
| Gaur | municipality | 39,846 | 7,235 | 69.5% |
| Boudhimai | municipality | 39,325 | 6,078 | 54.9% |
| Dewahi Gonahi | municipality | 38,690 | 6,222 | 50.7% |
| Rajdevi | municipality | 35,658 | 6,146 | 61.3% |
| Maulapur | municipality | 32,325 | 5,268 | 56.4% |
| Yamunamai | rural municipality | 28,414 | 4,711 | 51.9% |
| Durga Bhagawati | rural municipality | 22,864 | 4,124 | 61.1% |
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 →