District
Kathmandu District, Nepal
काठमाडौं
Kathmandu District in Bagmati Province had 2,041,587 residents in Nepal's 2021 census. Its eleven local governments include Kathmandu Metropolitan City.
Place record
Kathmandu District at a glance
Kathmandu District is recorded as district within Bagmati Province.
- Administrative system
- Current federal system
- Directly linked places
- 22
- Recorded surname links
- 0
- Record updated
- October 2026
Places within Kathmandu District
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Kathmandu Metropolitan CityMetropolitan city · काठमाडौं ।Budhanilakantha MunicipalityMunicipality · बुढानिलकण्ठChandragiri MunicipalityMunicipality · चन्द्रागिरिDakshinkali MunicipalityMunicipality · दक्षिणकालीGokarneshwor MunicipalityMunicipality · गोकर्णेश्वरKageshwori Manahora MunicipalityMunicipality · कागेश्वरी मनहोराKirtipur MunicipalityMunicipality · कीर्तिपुरNagarjun MunicipalityMunicipality · नागार्जुनShankharapur MunicipalityMunicipality · शंखरापुरTarakeshwor MunicipalityMunicipality · तारकेश्वरTokha MunicipalityMunicipality · टोखाBudanilkanthaFormer village development committee · बुढानिलकण्ठChandragiriFormer village development committee · चन्द्रागिरीDakshinkaliFormer village development committee · दक्षिणकालीGokarneshworFormer village development committee · गोकर्णेश्वरKageshwori ManoharaFormer village development committee · कागेश्वरी मनोहराKathmanduFormer village development committee · काठमाण्डौंKirtipurFormer village development committee · कीर्तिपुरNagarjunFormer village development committee · नागार्जुनShankharapurFormer village development committee · शङ्खरापुरTarkeshworFormer village development committee · तारकेश्वरTokhaFormer village development committee · टोखा
The district and the city are not the same place
Kathmandu District contains Kathmandu Metropolitan City, but the district also includes ten other municipalities, among them Kirtipur, Tokha, Budhanilakantha and Dakshinkali. An address that says only Kathmandu may therefore be too broad to identify a family's locality. A ward, municipality or older village name can make the location more precise.
What the 2021 census measures
The National Statistics Office counted 2,041,587 district residents in 2021, compared with 1,744,240 in the 2011 census. Table 15 reports 544,867 households, an average household size of 3.75, and a population density of 5,169 people per square kilometre. These are district-wide figures, not figures for Kathmandu Metropolitan City alone. They describe where people usually lived at the census date, not the ancestral origin of everyone who lived there. When comparing a family document with a current address, first identify its municipality and ward, then check whether the document used an older administrative name.
Kathmandu District in the 2021 census
These National Statistics Office figures describe the entire administrative area, not an individual family or ancestral origin.
- Population
- 2,041,587
- Male population
- 1,035,726
- Female population
- 1,005,861
- Households
- 544,867
- Average household size
- 3.75
- Population density
- 5,169 people per km²
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