District · Gandaki Province
Gorkha District
11 local governments · P-code
NP0436- Population
- 259k
- 2023 projection · UNFPA
- Area
- 3,646
- km²
- Density
- 71
- people per km²
- Share of Gandaki
- 10.0%
- by population
- Share of Nepal
- 0.84%
- by population
Population
2023 projection from UNFPA. Nepal's most recent census was 2021.
Total
258,538
Female
137,257
53.1%
Male
121,281
46.9%
Age and sex structure
Five-year age bands. Both sides share one scale, so bar lengths are directly comparable.
FemaleMale2023 · hover a band for exact counts
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| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 2,592 | 2,644 | 5,236 |
| 75-79 | 2,621 | 2,402 | 5,023 |
| 70-74 | 3,765 | 3,452 | 7,217 |
| 65-69 | 5,371 | 4,920 | 10,291 |
| 60-64 | 6,930 | 5,827 | 12,757 |
| 55-59 | 7,874 | 5,911 | 13,785 |
| 50-54 | 8,463 | 6,329 | 14,792 |
| 45-49 | 8,560 | 6,249 | 14,809 |
| 40-44 | 8,992 | 5,913 | 14,905 |
| 35-39 | 9,060 | 6,795 | 15,855 |
| 30-34 | 10,652 | 9,006 | 19,658 |
| 25-29 | 11,846 | 11,138 | 22,984 |
| 20-24 | 10,923 | 10,296 | 21,219 |
| 15-19 | 11,110 | 11,136 | 22,246 |
| 10-14 | 10,555 | 10,832 | 21,387 |
| 5-9 | 9,249 | 9,460 | 18,709 |
| 0-4 | 8,694 | 8,971 | 17,665 |
Local governments
11 in this district. Population at this level is not published by the source used here, which stops at district.
Municipality · 2
- Gorkha · गोरखा नगरपालिका
- Palungtar · पालुङटार नगरपालिका
Rural municipality · 9
- Aarughat
- Ajirkot · अजिरकोट गाउँपालिका
- Barpak Sulikot · सुलीकोट गाउँपालिका
- Bhimsenthapa · भीमसेन गाउँपालिका
- Chumanubri
- Dharche · धार्चे गाउँपालिका
- Gandaki · गण्डकी गाउँपालिका
- Shahid Lakhan
- Siranchowk · सिरानचोक गाउँपालिका
Sources & methodology
UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2024) · United Nations Population Fund (2023) · Wikidata (2026) · World Bank (1960-2024)
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