District · Sudur Paschim Province
Darchula District
दार्चुला जिल्ला
A district of Sudur Paschim Province, made up of 9 local governments.NP0775
Population
133,310
2021138,974 projected for 2023
Households
28,417
20214.69 people each
Area
2,340 km²
57 per km²
Literacy
77.8%
202134th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
133,310
National Statistics Office
68,886 women, 64,424 men — 51.7% female. 4.9% of Sudur Paschim.
A 2023 projection puts it at 138,974 — 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+ | 652 | 628 | 1,280 |
| 75-79 | 916 | 817 | 1,733 |
| 70-74 | 1,430 | 1,212 | 2,642 |
| 65-69 | 1,904 | 1,828 | 3,732 |
| 60-64 | 2,205 | 2,033 | 4,238 |
| 55-59 | 2,809 | 2,433 | 5,242 |
| 50-54 | 3,421 | 2,754 | 6,175 |
| 45-49 | 3,993 | 3,420 | 7,413 |
| 40-44 | 4,166 | 3,242 | 7,408 |
| 35-39 | 4,685 | 3,899 | 8,584 |
| 30-34 | 5,577 | 5,147 | 10,724 |
| 25-29 | 6,056 | 6,283 | 12,339 |
| 20-24 | 6,920 | 6,353 | 13,273 |
| 15-19 | 7,244 | 7,096 | 14,340 |
| 10-14 | 7,752 | 7,824 | 15,576 |
| 5-9 | 6,354 | 6,285 | 12,639 |
| 0-4 | 5,638 | 5,998 | 11,636 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.8%
Population aged 5 and over
1.5 pp above the national figure · 34th of 77.
87.3% of men, 69.0% of women — a 18.3-point gap.
77.8%
Darchula
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Darchula 77.8%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Darchula marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.8%
- Cannot read or write21.8%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
122,340 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 95,146 | 43,970 | 51,176 |
| Cannot read or write | 26,659 | 19,416 | 7,243 |
| Can read only | 488 | 329 | 159 |
| Not stated | 47 | 25 | 22 |
Local governments
9 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mahakali | municipality | 24,081 | 5,982 | 82.9% |
| Shailyashikhar | municipality | 21,807 | 4,501 | 74.9% |
| Malikarjun | rural municipality | 15,635 | 3,174 | 79.9% |
| Naugad | rural municipality | 15,528 | 2,975 | 74.2% |
| Marma | rural municipality | 15,124 | 3,025 | 77.1% |
| Lekam | rural municipality | 13,743 | 3,030 | 75.2% |
| Duhun | rural municipality | 9,842 | 2,196 | 77.9% |
| Byas | rural municipality | 9,668 | 2,143 | 73.4% |
| Apihimal | rural municipality | 6,798 | 1,355 | 80.9% |
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 →