District · Madhesh Province
Saptari District
सप्तरी जिल्ला
A district of Madhesh Province, made up of 19 local governments.NP0215
Population
706,255
2021747,875 projected for 2023
Households
146,854
20214.81 people each
Area
1,281 km²
551 per km²
Literacy
67.7%
202169th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
706,255
National Statistics Office
354,887 women, 351,368 men — 50.2% female. 11.6% of Madhesh.
A 2023 projection puts it at 747,875 — 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+ | 2,260 | 2,307 | 4,567 |
| 75-79 | 3,808 | 4,463 | 8,271 |
| 70-74 | 7,971 | 8,214 | 16,185 |
| 65-69 | 10,144 | 9,799 | 19,943 |
| 60-64 | 11,601 | 10,520 | 22,121 |
| 55-59 | 13,959 | 13,089 | 27,048 |
| 50-54 | 16,878 | 14,884 | 31,762 |
| 45-49 | 20,202 | 18,528 | 38,730 |
| 40-44 | 22,075 | 18,344 | 40,419 |
| 35-39 | 28,932 | 23,009 | 51,941 |
| 30-34 | 31,165 | 28,560 | 59,725 |
| 25-29 | 35,992 | 36,919 | 72,911 |
| 20-24 | 36,738 | 37,548 | 74,286 |
| 15-19 | 32,450 | 36,113 | 68,563 |
| 10-14 | 33,216 | 35,673 | 68,889 |
| 5-9 | 34,232 | 36,561 | 70,793 |
| 0-4 | 34,003 | 37,718 | 71,721 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
67.7%
Population aged 5 and over
8.6 pp below the national figure · 69th of 77.
78.2% of men, 57.5% of women — a 20.7-point gap.
67.7%
Saptari
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Saptari 67.7%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Saptari marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write67.7%
- Cannot read or write32.0%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
639,351 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 432,802 | 186,376 | 246,426 |
| Cannot read or write | 204,885 | 136,902 | 67,983 |
| Can read only | 1,621 | 898 | 723 |
| Not stated | 43 | 21 | 22 |
Local governments
19 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. 11 more in the table below.
View all 19 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rajbiraj | municipality | 70,803 | 14,133 | 76.6% |
| Kanchanrup | municipality | 58,466 | 12,535 | 67.3% |
| Hanumannagar Kankalini | municipality | 52,796 | 10,645 | 65.3% |
| Khadak | municipality | 52,778 | 11,069 | 69.6% |
| Surunga | municipality | 49,460 | 10,487 | 67.7% |
| Dakneshwori | municipality | 47,739 | 10,002 | 67.9% |
| Bode Barsain | municipality | 46,017 | 9,722 | 68.0% |
| Shambhunath | municipality | 39,634 | 8,679 | 67.1% |
| Tilathi Koiladi | rural municipality | 33,658 | 6,768 | 64.9% |
| Rajgadh | rural municipality | 32,462 | 6,675 | 62.2% |
| Agnisair Krishna Sabaran | rural municipality | 31,634 | 6,581 | 69.1% |
| Mahadewa | rural municipality | 30,315 | 6,279 | 59.9% |
| Chhinnamasta | rural municipality | 29,946 | 6,170 | 64.0% |
| Rupani | rural municipality | 29,877 | 6,324 | 66.4% |
| Bishnupur | rural municipality | 27,703 | 5,465 | 68.4% |
| Tirahut | rural municipality | 24,034 | 5,116 | 62.4% |
| Balan-Bihul | rural municipality | 23,527 | 4,948 | 63.8% |
| Saptakoshi | municipality | 23,510 | 5,218 | 74.2% |
| Koshi Tappu | 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 →