District · Sudur Paschim Province
Dadeldhura District
डडेलधुरा जिल्ला
A district of Sudur Paschim Province, made up of 7 local governments.NP0773
Population
139,602
2021145,125 projected for 2023
Households
31,193
20214.48 people each
Area
1,502 km²
93 per km²
Literacy
78.2%
202130th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
139,602
National Statistics Office
73,709 women, 65,893 men — 52.8% female. 5.2% of Sudur Paschim.
A 2023 projection puts it at 145,125 — 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+ | 773 | 435 | 1,208 |
| 75-79 | 953 | 750 | 1,703 |
| 70-74 | 1,639 | 1,100 | 2,739 |
| 65-69 | 1,762 | 1,515 | 3,277 |
| 60-64 | 2,397 | 1,967 | 4,364 |
| 55-59 | 2,800 | 2,289 | 5,089 |
| 50-54 | 3,660 | 2,735 | 6,395 |
| 45-49 | 4,161 | 3,276 | 7,437 |
| 40-44 | 4,162 | 3,049 | 7,211 |
| 35-39 | 4,889 | 3,845 | 8,734 |
| 30-34 | 5,725 | 5,340 | 11,065 |
| 25-29 | 6,839 | 6,306 | 13,145 |
| 20-24 | 8,013 | 6,491 | 14,504 |
| 15-19 | 7,848 | 7,235 | 15,083 |
| 10-14 | 7,820 | 8,109 | 15,929 |
| 5-9 | 6,561 | 7,035 | 13,596 |
| 0-4 | 6,509 | 7,137 | 13,646 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
78.2%
Population aged 5 and over
1.9 pp above the national figure · 30th of 77.
89.1% of men, 68.7% of women — a 20.4-point gap.
78.2%
Dadeldhura
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Dadeldhura 78.2%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Dadeldhura marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write78.2%
- Cannot read or write21.1%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.0%
126,692 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 99,059 | 46,538 | 52,521 |
| Cannot read or write | 26,705 | 20,567 | 6,138 |
| Can read only | 876 | 618 | 258 |
| Not stated | 52 | 27 | 25 |
Local governments
7 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.
View all 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parashuram | municipality | 35,590 | 7,434 | 78.7% |
| Amargadhi | municipality | 24,149 | 6,182 | 81.8% |
| Nawadurga | rural municipality | 18,672 | 4,318 | 72.1% |
| Aalital | rural municipality | 18,112 | 3,710 | 81.0% |
| Ajayameru | rural municipality | 15,161 | 3,453 | 75.7% |
| Ganyapdhura | rural municipality | 13,722 | 3,281 | 74.1% |
| Bhageshwor | rural municipality | 13,132 | 2,794 | 80.0% |
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 →