Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City Profile | Facts & Statistics

Dharan is a Sub-Metropolitan City, which is located in Sunsari district, Province No. 1 of Nepal. Dharan has total 20 wards, which are scattered across 192 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City had total population of 137,705.

As of 2011, 15,662 population in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City were absent from their households, which equals to 11.37 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 11,623, which equals to 17.97 percent of total 64,671 males. Same as, 4,039 females were absent, which equals to 5.53 percent of 73,034 females. At least one member of 10,157 (31.07 percent) households were absent.

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As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 7.79, while male to female absentee population ratio was 2.88. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 2.22.

In terms of age, the largest population in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City were between 15 and 19 years of age with total 16,416. However, gender wise largest population age group differs from the total population, such as largest male population falls between 15 and 19 with total 8,111 while female population falls between 20 and 24 with total 8,465 population. The least populated age group was between 70 and 74 with total 2,018 population, which consistes of 943 males and 1,075 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 15 and 19 (16,416), between 10 and 14 (15,108), between 20 and 24 (14,963), between 5 and 9 (12,949), between 25 and 29 (12,588) with total population of 72,024. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were between 70 and 74 (2,018), above 75 (2,652), between 65 and 69 (2,727), between 60 and 64 (3,840), and between 55 and 59 (4,367) with total population of 15,604. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 8,759.

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Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 15 and 19 (8,111), between 10 and 14 (7,652), between 5 and 9 (6,643), between 20 and 24 (6,498), and between 25 and 29 (5,063), with total population of 33,967. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (943), above 75 (1,216), between 65 and 69 (1,288),between 60 and 64 (1,726), and between 55 and 59 (2,129), with total population of 7,302. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 20 and 24 (8,465), between 15 and 19 (8,305), between 25 and 29 (7,525), between 10 and 14 (7,456), and between 5 and 9 (6,306), with total population of 38,057. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (1,075), above 75 (1,436), between 65 and 69 (1,439),between 60 and 64 (2,114), and between 55 and 59 (2,238), with total population of 8,302.

The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.08, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 25 to 29 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.67. The age-groups below 4, 5 to 9, 10 to 14 had majority of male population while age-groups 15 to 19, 55 to 59, 50 to 54, 45 to 49, 65 to 69, 40 to 44, 70 to 74, above 75, 60 to 64, 35 to 39, 20 to 24, 30 to 34, 25 to 29 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.

The population pyramid for Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City visually illustrates the male vs. female population based on different age groups. The population data and ratio tables are also available in this link.

As illustrated in the pie-chart, overall ratio of male to female population in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City as per 2011 population census was 0.89 with 46.96% (64,671) of males and 53.04% (73,034) of females.

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There were 67.55 % (93,021 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 27.08 % with total number of 37,287. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 5.37 % with total number of 7,397. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 32.45 with total number of 44,684

There were 43,466 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 9,230. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 212 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.

According to Nepal Government records as of 2017, there were total 6,515 in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City with 3,128 (48.01%) of males and 3,387 (51.99%) females. There were total 147 schools. In average, 44 students were studying in each school.

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The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.

Mostly spoken language in Dharan is Nepali, which is spoken by 58,515 people. The Dharan has people who speak other languages, such as Limbu, Newar, Rai, Tamang, Bantawa, Maithili, Magar, Chamling, Kulung, Gurung, Sampang, Urdu, Hindi, Rajsthani, Yakkha, Sherpa, Tharu, Thulung, Bhojpuri, Sunuwar, Dumi, Bhujel, Bahing, Khaling, Wambule, Mewahang, Sindhi, Bangla, Koyee, Nachhiring, Uranw/Urau, Majhi, Puma, Dungmali, Rajbanshi, Lohorung, Chhiling, Yamphu/Yamphe, Doteli, Santhali, Thami, Tilung, Dhimal, English, Punjabi, Khash, Danuwar, Lapcha, Sign Language, etc.

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Out of total population, 31,006 female speaks Nepali language, while 27,509 male speaks Nepali language.Details information about languages spoken by male and female groups of population has been illustrated in the table.

According to 2011 census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City was inhabitted by mostly the people of Rai caste with total population of 28,536. There were as little as Munda caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Dharan are Limbu, Newar, Chhetri, Tamang, Brahmin - Hill, Kami, Magar, Damai/Dholi, Gurung, Kulung, Gharti/Bhujel, Muslim, Marwadi, Tharu, Sarki, Teli, Bantaba, Sherpa, Yakkha, Haluwai, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Sunuwar, Chamling, Majhi, Kathbaniyan, Yadav, Hajam/Thakur, Kalwar, Brahmin - Tarai, Bangali, Undefined Others, Dom, Rajput, Jhangad/Dhagar, Terai Others, Dhimal, Dhanuk, Thakuri, Thulung, Samgpang, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Rajbansi, Punjabi/Shikh, Kayastha, Bhote, Baraee, Dalit Others, Badi, Sonar, Bahing, Khawas, Mallaha, Khaling, Badhaee, Koiri/Kushwaha, Satar/Santhal, Dhobi, Yamphu, Mewahang Bala, Thami, Danuwar, Sudhi, Dev, Kewat, Ghale, Tatma/Tatwa, Kumal, Musahar, Foreigner, Lohar, Nachhiring, Kanu, Janajati Others, Halkhor, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Bantar/Sardar, Kumhar, Rajdhob, Khatwe, Lepcha, Dhunia, Munda, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.

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Top five castes of people in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City are Rai (28,536), Limbu (16,061), Newar (15,237), Chhetri (14,692) and Tamang (10,003) with total population of 84,529, which forms 61.38 percent out of total population of 137,705 in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City.

Out of total population of 137,705, there were total 1,679 (1.22%) disabled persons in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City with 867 (51.64%) males and 812 (48.36%) females. The physically disabled persons were 497, while mentally disabled people were 163 and intellectually disabled were 68.

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Similarly, there were 172 people who were blind and 242 people were deaf, while 33 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 308 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 196 people had multiple disabilities.

The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.

Out of total 32693 households in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, there were 3,074 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 11,802 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 8,234 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 8,700houses were founded on wood.

With respect to wall of the houses, 1,130 houses were mud bonded, 19,090 houses were cement bonded, 4,832 houses were wood planks bonded, 6,439 houses were bamboo bonded and 41 houses had unbaked bricks on their outer walls.Rest of the houses were reported of having other types of outer wall, while some of them reported nothing of having the outer wall bonding.

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There were several types of house roofs reported. Total 541 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 17,663 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 81 houses had roof of tile, 13,755 houses had RCC roofs, 139 houses had roof of woods while 0 houses were reported having roof of mud. As per 2011 CBS census, some of the houses had other types of roofs while some didn't report about the roof structure.

With respect to the toilets, 955 out of 32,693 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 23,764 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 7,736 houses reported having ordinary toilets.

In Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, there were total 30,678 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 58 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 94 houses had covered well while 188 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (375) and river stream (117), which were reported of the household's source of water.

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With reference to source of fuel, 11,405 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 474 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 20,259 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (16), bio-gas (213), fuel electricity (12), etc.

Same as, total 31,136 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 1,065, while 22 households used solar energy as source of lights. Total 0 households also reported of using bio-gas as a source of light. The ratio of use of electricity as compared to other source of light was 0.95.

out of 32,693 households in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City, 2,010 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 30,389 households reported of using at least one facility. Households using at least one facility, such as radio, television, internet, etc. have been illustrated in the table below.MobilePhone was used by the maximum households with total users of 26,355, while Television was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 18,509.

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According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 8,433 establishments in Dharan Sub-Metropolitan City that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 30,169 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 16,929 and female engagement of 13,240 persons.In every business, there were an average of 3.58 people engaged with average males are 2.01 and females are 1.57. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.28, which means as many as 1.28 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.

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Similarly, the engagement of males were 56.11 percent while the females are 43.89 percent.

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