District · Sudur Paschim Province
Bajura District
बाजुरा जिल्ला
A district of Sudur Paschim Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0768
Population
138,523
2021145,006 projected for 2023
Households
28,065
20214.94 people each
Area
2,298 km²
60 per km²
Literacy
71.2%
202159th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
138,523
National Statistics Office
71,453 women, 67,070 men — 51.6% female. 5.1% of Sudur Paschim.
A 2023 projection puts it at 145,006 — 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+ | 485 | 394 | 879 |
| 75-79 | 852 | 684 | 1,536 |
| 70-74 | 1,384 | 1,237 | 2,621 |
| 65-69 | 1,621 | 1,493 | 3,114 |
| 60-64 | 2,080 | 1,811 | 3,891 |
| 55-59 | 2,516 | 2,207 | 4,723 |
| 50-54 | 3,072 | 2,597 | 5,669 |
| 45-49 | 3,818 | 3,139 | 6,957 |
| 40-44 | 3,905 | 2,921 | 6,826 |
| 35-39 | 4,457 | 3,793 | 8,250 |
| 30-34 | 4,848 | 4,654 | 9,502 |
| 25-29 | 5,342 | 6,219 | 11,561 |
| 20-24 | 7,302 | 6,789 | 14,091 |
| 15-19 | 8,092 | 7,375 | 15,467 |
| 10-14 | 9,147 | 9,325 | 18,472 |
| 5-9 | 7,992 | 7,808 | 15,800 |
| 0-4 | 7,750 | 7,897 | 15,647 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.2%
Population aged 5 and over
5.0 pp below the national figure · 59th of 77.
79.8% of men, 63.3% of women — a 16.5-point gap.
71.2%
Bajura
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Bajura 71.2%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bajura marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.2%
- Cannot read or write28.3%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
123,900 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 88,267 | 40,798 | 47,469 |
| Cannot read or write | 35,020 | 23,280 | 11,740 |
| Can read only | 530 | 312 | 218 |
| Not stated | 83 | 46 | 37 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budhiganga | municipality | 20,185 | 4,554 | 71.9% |
| Budhinanda | municipality | 20,072 | 4,150 | 69.2% |
| Khaptad Chhededaha | rural municipality | 19,307 | 3,574 | 71.4% |
| Badimalika | municipality | 18,414 | 4,046 | 77.3% |
| Tribeni | municipality | 17,798 | 3,702 | 71.5% |
| Swamikartik Khapar | rural municipality | 12,576 | 2,362 | 67.2% |
| Himali | rural municipality | 10,309 | 1,998 | 64.4% |
| Jagannath | rural municipality | 10,158 | 1,939 | 68.8% |
| Gaumul | rural municipality | 8,913 | 1,716 | 74.2% |
| 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 →