District · Sudur Paschim Province
Baitadi District
बैतडी जिल्ला
A district of Sudur Paschim Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0774
Population
242,157
2021251,031 projected for 2023
Households
49,428
20214.90 people each
Area
1,493 km²
162 per km²
Literacy
76.8%
202141st of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
242,157
National Statistics Office
128,293 women, 113,864 men — 53.0% female. 9.0% of Sudur Paschim.
A 2023 projection puts it at 251,031 — 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+ | 1,344 | 972 | 2,316 |
| 75-79 | 1,960 | 1,249 | 3,209 |
| 70-74 | 2,662 | 2,060 | 4,722 |
| 65-69 | 3,186 | 2,835 | 6,021 |
| 60-64 | 4,108 | 3,434 | 7,542 |
| 55-59 | 5,086 | 4,240 | 9,326 |
| 50-54 | 6,147 | 4,675 | 10,822 |
| 45-49 | 7,157 | 5,361 | 12,518 |
| 40-44 | 7,423 | 5,181 | 12,604 |
| 35-39 | 7,994 | 5,953 | 13,947 |
| 30-34 | 9,567 | 8,496 | 18,063 |
| 25-29 | 10,846 | 10,188 | 21,034 |
| 20-24 | 13,477 | 10,838 | 24,315 |
| 15-19 | 13,692 | 12,963 | 26,655 |
| 10-14 | 14,716 | 14,958 | 29,674 |
| 5-9 | 11,822 | 11,962 | 23,784 |
| 0-4 | 11,770 | 12,709 | 24,479 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
76.8%
Population aged 5 and over
0.5 pp above the national figure · 41st of 77.
87.7% of men, 67.4% of women — a 20.3-point gap.
76.8%
Baitadi
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Baitadi 76.8%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Baitadi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write76.8%
- Cannot read or write22.6%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
219,006 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 168,167 | 79,162 | 89,005 |
| Cannot read or write | 49,462 | 37,477 | 11,985 |
| Can read only | 1,232 | 796 | 436 |
| Not stated | 145 | 83 | 62 |
Local governments
10 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puchaundi | municipality | 38,281 | 7,145 | 71.4% |
| Dasharathchand | municipality | 31,567 | 7,198 | 80.4% |
| Patan | municipality | 29,230 | 6,442 | 80.5% |
| Dogada Kedar | rural municipality | 23,104 | 4,672 | 77.9% |
| Dilasaini | rural municipality | 22,966 | 4,509 | 76.7% |
| Sigas | rural municipality | 21,814 | 4,114 | 74.3% |
| Melauli | municipality | 20,658 | 4,536 | 79.3% |
| Shivanath | rural municipality | 18,064 | 3,434 | 75.9% |
| Surnaya | rural municipality | 17,945 | 3,783 | 74.8% |
| Pancheshwor | rural municipality | 17,796 | 3,574 | 76.3% |
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 →