District · Sudur Paschim Province
Kanchanpur District
कञ्चनपुर जिल्ला
A district of Sudur Paschim Province, made up of 10 local governments.NP0772
Population
513,757
2021546,613 projected for 2023
Households
111,217
20214.62 people each
Area
1,618 km²
318 per km²
Literacy
79.6%
202126th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
513,757
National Statistics Office
273,071 women, 240,686 men — 53.2% female. 19.1% of Sudur Paschim.
A 2023 projection puts it at 546,613 — 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+ | 2,282 | 1,856 | 4,138 |
| 75-79 | 2,848 | 2,648 | 5,496 |
| 70-74 | 5,106 | 4,479 | 9,585 |
| 65-69 | 6,304 | 5,687 | 11,991 |
| 60-64 | 8,678 | 7,166 | 15,844 |
| 55-59 | 10,817 | 8,529 | 19,346 |
| 50-54 | 13,718 | 10,400 | 24,118 |
| 45-49 | 15,717 | 12,265 | 27,982 |
| 40-44 | 18,151 | 12,830 | 30,981 |
| 35-39 | 21,266 | 15,543 | 36,809 |
| 30-34 | 26,496 | 20,912 | 47,408 |
| 25-29 | 30,905 | 25,188 | 56,093 |
| 20-24 | 31,486 | 25,426 | 56,912 |
| 15-19 | 28,407 | 27,404 | 55,811 |
| 10-14 | 26,216 | 28,159 | 54,375 |
| 5-9 | 21,308 | 23,924 | 45,232 |
| 0-4 | 20,878 | 23,614 | 44,492 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.6%
Population aged 5 and over
3.4 pp above the national figure · 26th of 77.
87.9% of men, 72.6% of women — a 15.4-point gap.
79.6%
Kanchanpur
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Kanchanpur 79.6%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kanchanpur marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write79.6%
- Cannot read or write19.7%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.0%
472,393 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 376,228 | 184,494 | 191,734 |
| Cannot read or write | 93,095 | 67,819 | 25,276 |
| Can read only | 2,947 | 1,926 | 1,021 |
| Not stated | 123 | 57 | 66 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhimdatta | municipality | 122,320 | 27,570 | 84.3% |
| Krishnapur | municipality | 71,500 | 15,111 | 77.3% |
| Punarbas | municipality | 61,748 | 13,626 | 78.2% |
| Bedkot | municipality | 57,680 | 12,595 | 78.5% |
| Shuklaphanta | municipality | 53,969 | 12,058 | 77.1% |
| Belouri | municipality | 53,910 | 11,151 | 79.3% |
| Dodhara Chandani | municipality | 42,974 | 9,610 | 79.2% |
| Laljhadi | rural municipality | 25,037 | 4,745 | 75.9% |
| Beldandi | rural municipality | 21,888 | 4,701 | 78.1% |
| Shuklaphanta | 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 →