Province
Sudur Paschim Province
सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश
One of Nepal’s seven provinces, made up of 9 districts.NP07
Population
2,694,783
20212,835,636 projected for 2023
Households
577,102
20214.67 people each
Area
19,744 km²
136 per km²
Literacy
76.2%
20215th of 7
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
2,694,783
National Statistics Office
1,421,997 women, 1,272,786 men — 52.8% female. 9.2% of Nepal.
A 2023 projection puts it at 2,835,636 — 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+ | 12,066 | 8,876 | 20,942 |
| 75-79 | 16,857 | 13,772 | 30,629 |
| 70-74 | 28,734 | 22,758 | 51,492 |
| 65-69 | 33,597 | 29,110 | 62,707 |
| 60-64 | 43,320 | 35,297 | 78,617 |
| 55-59 | 53,593 | 42,509 | 96,102 |
| 50-54 | 67,569 | 51,321 | 118,890 |
| 45-49 | 77,595 | 60,932 | 138,527 |
| 40-44 | 86,841 | 62,021 | 148,862 |
| 35-39 | 100,403 | 78,172 | 178,575 |
| 30-34 | 122,648 | 105,862 | 228,510 |
| 25-29 | 139,744 | 129,306 | 269,050 |
| 20-24 | 153,592 | 132,104 | 285,696 |
| 15-19 | 151,791 | 142,260 | 294,051 |
| 10-14 | 153,925 | 159,497 | 313,422 |
| 5-9 | 128,962 | 135,445 | 264,407 |
| 0-4 | 122,744 | 132,413 | 255,157 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.2%
Population aged 5 and over
0.0 pp below the national figure · 5th of 7.
85.4% of men, 68.2% of women — a 17.2-point gap.
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Sudur Paschim marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write76.2%
- Cannot read or write23.1%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.0%
2,455,644 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 1,871,952 | 893,737 | 978,215 |
| Cannot read or write | 566,996 | 406,152 | 160,844 |
| Can read only | 15,640 | 10,171 | 5,469 |
| Not stated | 1,056 | 566 | 490 |
Districts by population
9 districts. 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 districts
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kailali | district | 904,666 | 195,957 | 77.6% |
| Kanchanpur | district | 513,757 | 111,217 | 79.6% |
| Baitadi | district | 242,157 | 49,428 | 76.8% |
| Achham | district | 228,852 | 49,595 | 72.6% |
| Doti | district | 204,831 | 45,182 | 70.7% |
| Bajhang | district | 189,085 | 38,048 | 70.5% |
| Dadeldhura | district | 139,602 | 31,193 | 78.2% |
| Bajura | district | 138,523 | 28,065 | 71.2% |
| Darchula | district | 133,310 | 28,417 | 77.8% |
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 →