Sub-Metropolitan City · Kailali District
Dhangadhi
धनगढी उपमहानगरपालिका
A sub-metropolitan city in Kailali District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 13 local governments there.NP0771201
Population
198,792
2021
Households
44,779
20214.44 people each
Area
261 km²
761 per km²
Literacy
83.3%
20215th of 11
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
198,792
National Statistics Office
100,608 women, 98,184 men — 50.6% female. 22.0% of Kailali.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.3%
Population aged 5 and over
7.0 pp above the national figure · 5th of 11.
89.9% of men, 76.9% of women — a 13.0-point gap.
83.3%
Dhangadhi
77.6%
Kailali
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Dhangadhi 83.3%, Kailali 77.6%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Dhangadhi marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.3%
- Cannot read or write16.3%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.0%
184,740 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 153,844 | 72,521 | 81,323 |
| Cannot read or write | 30,145 | 21,294 | 8,851 |
| Can read only | 693 | 441 | 252 |
| Not stated | 58 | 35 | 23 |
In context
Where Dhangadhi sits among the 13 local governments of Kailali. 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 →