District · Sudur Paschim Province
Kailali District
कैलाली जिल्ला
A district of Sudur Paschim Province, made up of 13 local governments.NP0771
Population
904,666
2021966,165 projected for 2023
Households
195,957
20214.62 people each
Area
3,285 km²
275 per km²
Literacy
77.6%
202135th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
904,666
National Statistics Office
471,210 women, 433,456 men — 52.1% female. 33.6% of Sudur Paschim.
A 2023 projection puts it at 966,165 — 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+ | 3,477 | 2,824 | 6,301 |
| 75-79 | 4,897 | 4,550 | 9,447 |
| 70-74 | 9,036 | 7,685 | 16,721 |
| 65-69 | 11,175 | 9,669 | 20,844 |
| 60-64 | 13,626 | 11,202 | 24,828 |
| 55-59 | 17,802 | 14,156 | 31,958 |
| 50-54 | 22,946 | 18,066 | 41,012 |
| 45-49 | 26,267 | 21,816 | 48,083 |
| 40-44 | 30,462 | 23,578 | 54,040 |
| 35-39 | 37,402 | 30,915 | 68,317 |
| 30-34 | 47,023 | 42,014 | 89,037 |
| 25-29 | 53,561 | 50,941 | 104,502 |
| 20-24 | 54,008 | 49,032 | 103,040 |
| 15-19 | 49,250 | 47,803 | 97,053 |
| 10-14 | 46,064 | 48,674 | 94,738 |
| 5-9 | 38,591 | 42,010 | 80,601 |
| 0-4 | 35,944 | 39,699 | 75,643 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.6%
Population aged 5 and over
1.4 pp above the national figure · 35th of 77.
85.2% of men, 70.8% of women — a 14.3-point gap.
77.6%
Kailali
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Kailali 77.6%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kailali marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.6%
- Cannot read or write21.6%
- Can read only0.7%
- Not stated0.0%
834,407 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 647,609 | 310,812 | 336,797 |
| Cannot read or write | 180,477 | 123,972 | 56,505 |
| Can read only | 5,969 | 3,935 | 2,034 |
| Not stated | 352 | 186 | 166 |
Local governments
13 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. 5 more in the table below.
View all 13 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dhangadhi | sub-metropolitan city | 198,792 | 44,779 | 83.3% |
| Godawari | municipality | 98,746 | 21,250 | 79.4% |
| Lamki Chuha | municipality | 90,971 | 20,412 | 75.9% |
| Tikapur | municipality | 89,835 | 20,930 | 77.8% |
| Ghodaghodi | municipality | 86,034 | 18,383 | 76.2% |
| Gauriganga | municipality | 64,558 | 13,781 | 75.2% |
| Bhajani | municipality | 53,494 | 10,845 | 73.3% |
| Kailari | rural municipality | 49,917 | 10,174 | 72.5% |
| Janaki | rural municipality | 49,860 | 11,041 | 73.0% |
| Bardagoriya | rural municipality | 37,682 | 7,940 | 76.0% |
| Joshipur | rural municipality | 37,187 | 7,751 | 72.7% |
| Chure | rural municipality | 21,400 | 4,239 | 77.7% |
| Mohanyal | rural municipality | 21,082 | 4,347 | 76.6% |
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 →