District · Sudur Paschim Province
Achham District
अछाम जिल्ला
A district of Sudur Paschim Province, made up of 11 local governments.NP0769
Population
228,852
2021234,175 projected for 2023
Households
49,595
20214.61 people each
Area
1,700 km²
135 per km²
Literacy
72.6%
202152nd of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
228,852
National Statistics Office
123,533 women, 105,319 men — 54.0% female. 8.5% of Sudur Paschim.
A 2023 projection puts it at 234,175 — 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+ | 1,172 | 749 | 1,921 |
| 75-79 | 1,870 | 1,275 | 3,145 |
| 70-74 | 2,893 | 1,929 | 4,822 |
| 65-69 | 2,650 | 2,214 | 4,864 |
| 60-64 | 3,527 | 2,773 | 6,300 |
| 55-59 | 4,246 | 3,161 | 7,407 |
| 50-54 | 5,351 | 3,547 | 8,898 |
| 45-49 | 5,818 | 4,103 | 9,921 |
| 40-44 | 6,425 | 3,859 | 10,284 |
| 35-39 | 6,976 | 5,123 | 12,099 |
| 30-34 | 8,228 | 6,796 | 15,024 |
| 25-29 | 9,173 | 8,756 | 17,929 |
| 20-24 | 11,545 | 9,648 | 21,193 |
| 15-19 | 13,759 | 11,673 | 25,432 |
| 10-14 | 15,956 | 15,563 | 31,519 |
| 5-9 | 13,600 | 13,479 | 27,079 |
| 0-4 | 13,141 | 13,197 | 26,338 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.6%
Population aged 5 and over
3.6 pp below the national figure · 52nd of 77.
82.8% of men, 64.2% of women — a 18.5-point gap.
72.6%
Achham
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Achham 72.6%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Achham marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.6%
- Cannot read or write26.7%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
203,771 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 148,014 | 71,563 | 76,451 |
| Cannot read or write | 54,316 | 38,929 | 15,387 |
| Can read only | 1,311 | 836 | 475 |
| Not stated | 130 | 79 | 51 |
Local governments
11 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. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mangalsen | municipality | 26,557 | 6,222 | 72.8% |
| Panchdebal Binayak | municipality | 26,088 | 5,412 | 69.8% |
| Sanphebagar | municipality | 25,891 | 6,311 | 74.4% |
| Turmakhand | rural municipality | 24,574 | 5,249 | 73.6% |
| Ramaroshan | rural municipality | 23,600 | 4,832 | 71.1% |
| Mellekh | rural municipality | 22,785 | 4,722 | 76.1% |
| Dhakari | rural municipality | 21,998 | 4,305 | 72.8% |
| Chaurpati | rural municipality | 21,681 | 4,811 | 70.3% |
| Kamal bazar | municipality | 21,032 | 4,569 | 70.3% |
| Bannigadhi Jayagadh | rural municipality | 13,519 | 3,134 | 73.7% |
| Khaptad | 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 →