District · Sudur Paschim Province
Doti District
डोटी जिल्ला
A district of Sudur Paschim Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0770
Population
204,831
2021212,415 projected for 2023
Households
45,182
20214.53 people each
Area
2,050 km²
100 per km²
Literacy
70.7%
202160th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
204,831
National Statistics Office
111,227 women, 93,604 men — 54.3% female. 7.6% of Sudur Paschim.
A 2023 projection puts it at 212,415 — 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+ | 891 | 523 | 1,414 |
| 75-79 | 1,169 | 858 | 2,027 |
| 70-74 | 2,247 | 1,536 | 3,783 |
| 65-69 | 2,604 | 1,949 | 4,553 |
| 60-64 | 3,728 | 2,540 | 6,268 |
| 55-59 | 4,029 | 2,742 | 6,771 |
| 50-54 | 4,941 | 3,146 | 8,087 |
| 45-49 | 5,560 | 3,813 | 9,373 |
| 40-44 | 6,387 | 3,617 | 10,004 |
| 35-39 | 6,689 | 4,563 | 11,252 |
| 30-34 | 8,370 | 6,446 | 14,816 |
| 25-29 | 9,547 | 7,861 | 17,408 |
| 20-24 | 11,088 | 8,914 | 20,002 |
| 15-19 | 11,835 | 10,525 | 22,360 |
| 10-14 | 13,261 | 13,771 | 27,032 |
| 5-9 | 11,778 | 12,066 | 23,844 |
| 0-4 | 11,328 | 12,093 | 23,421 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
70.7%
Population aged 5 and over
5.5 pp below the national figure · 60th of 77.
82.9% of men, 60.9% of women — a 22.0-point gap.
70.7%
Doti
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Doti 70.7%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Doti marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write70.7%
- Cannot read or write28.4%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.0%
182,722 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 129,257 | 61,397 | 67,860 |
| Cannot read or write | 51,870 | 38,495 | 13,375 |
| Can read only | 1,530 | 948 | 582 |
| Not stated | 65 | 34 | 31 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dipayal Silgadhi | municipality | 33,968 | 8,385 | 73.3% |
| Shikhar | municipality | 30,399 | 7,016 | 69.0% |
| Aadarsha | rural municipality | 24,495 | 5,317 | 67.0% |
| Purbichouki | rural municipality | 21,494 | 5,148 | 67.9% |
| K.I. Singh | rural municipality | 20,736 | 4,680 | 69.5% |
| Sayal | rural municipality | 20,456 | 4,207 | 62.1% |
| Jorayal | rural municipality | 19,788 | 4,320 | 77.8% |
| Bogatan Phudsil | rural municipality | 15,540 | 3,162 | 70.4% |
| Badi Kedar | rural municipality | 14,902 | 2,905 | 76.1% |
| 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 →