District · Madhesh Province
Sarlahi District
सर्लाही जिल्ला
A district of Madhesh Province, made up of 20 local governments.NP0219
Population
862,470
2021915,320 projected for 2023
Households
164,893
20215.23 people each
Area
1,263 km²
683 per km²
Literacy
60.3%
202175th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
862,470
National Statistics Office
427,339 women, 435,131 men — 49.5% female. 14.1% of Madhesh.
A 2023 projection puts it at 915,320 — 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+ | 2,598 | 2,834 | 5,432 |
| 75-79 | 4,059 | 4,603 | 8,662 |
| 70-74 | 7,724 | 8,222 | 15,946 |
| 65-69 | 9,865 | 10,501 | 20,366 |
| 60-64 | 12,560 | 12,241 | 24,801 |
| 55-59 | 15,141 | 13,929 | 29,070 |
| 50-54 | 17,361 | 17,134 | 34,495 |
| 45-49 | 22,811 | 21,432 | 44,243 |
| 40-44 | 24,967 | 22,344 | 47,311 |
| 35-39 | 32,075 | 26,800 | 58,875 |
| 30-34 | 35,900 | 34,743 | 70,643 |
| 25-29 | 41,808 | 45,455 | 87,263 |
| 20-24 | 43,156 | 47,945 | 91,101 |
| 15-19 | 42,814 | 48,190 | 91,004 |
| 10-14 | 47,281 | 49,243 | 96,524 |
| 5-9 | 46,990 | 48,859 | 95,849 |
| 0-4 | 45,673 | 48,062 | 93,735 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
60.3%
Population aged 5 and over
15.9 pp below the national figure · 75th of 77.
68.2% of men, 52.3% of women — a 15.9-point gap.
60.3%
Sarlahi
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Sarlahi 60.3%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sarlahi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write60.3%
- Cannot read or write39.5%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
775,410 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 467,669 | 202,158 | 265,511 |
| Cannot read or write | 306,128 | 183,329 | 122,799 |
| Can read only | 1,477 | 717 | 760 |
| Not stated | 136 | 57 | 79 |
Local governments
20 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. 12 more in the table below.
View all 20 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barahathawa | municipality | 81,120 | 15,343 | 60.8% |
| Ishworpur | municipality | 68,377 | 13,521 | 63.7% |
| Lalbandi | municipality | 66,419 | 14,873 | 73.7% |
| Malangawa | municipality | 54,550 | 10,033 | 68.2% |
| Godaita | municipality | 54,270 | 9,303 | 60.1% |
| Hariwan | municipality | 49,988 | 10,740 | 71.0% |
| Balara | municipality | 47,912 | 8,622 | 54.5% |
| Bagmati | municipality | 47,106 | 10,768 | 68.6% |
| Kabilashi | municipality | 44,204 | 8,130 | 53.2% |
| Haripur | municipality | 43,233 | 8,350 | 60.3% |
| Haripurwa | municipality | 38,714 | 7,140 | 53.9% |
| Chandranagar | rural municipality | 36,908 | 6,713 | 54.6% |
| Brahmapuri | rural municipality | 31,378 | 5,939 | 54.3% |
| Ramnagar | rural municipality | 31,366 | 5,377 | 54.2% |
| Chakraghatta | rural municipality | 29,550 | 5,039 | 55.4% |
| Kaudena | rural municipality | 28,702 | 5,476 | 51.3% |
| Bishnu | rural municipality | 28,570 | 5,272 | 53.7% |
| Dhanakaul | rural municipality | 27,974 | 5,112 | 48.1% |
| Basbariya | rural municipality | 25,905 | 4,586 | 51.0% |
| Parsa | rural municipality | 24,005 | 4,487 | 58.2% |
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 →