At the time of the
2021 Nepal census, Jhapa District had a population of 998,054. 23.25% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 82.83% and a sex ratio of 1085 females per 1000 males. 704,357 (70.57%) lived in municipalities. Jhapa District has average population density of around 619 per square kilometer. The district population growth rate is 1.93%. However, the growth is balanced and in-migration is rapidly increasing day to day into the district. At the time of the
2021 Nepal census, Jhapa District had a population of 994,090 making it the 4th largest district in Nepal after
Kathmandu,
Morang and
Rupandehi. Being at the cross-roads of the eastern hills and the eastern Terai, Jhapa has huge ethnic diversity with 110 castes/ethnic groups represented. The largest communities are
Bahun and
Chhetri. Other communities include the Janajati
Limbu and other
Kirati peoples, Dalit communities like Kami and Damai, as well as
Tamang,
Newar and
Magar and Adivasi communities like the
Rajbanshi/Tajpuriya,
Gangai or Ganesh,
Santal,
Tharu and
Dhimal in the Terai. As their first language, 61.47% of the population spoke
Nepali, 8.54%
Rajbanshi, 5.43%
Limbu, 4.18%
Maithili, 3.22%
Santali, 2.01%
Tamang, 1.82%
Rai, 1.79%
Gangai, 1.31% Tajpuriya and 1.06%
Magar as their first language. In 2011, Nepali was spoken by 55.82% of the population as their first language. Religion: 79.10% were
Hindu, 9.38%
Kirati, 4.94%
Buddhist, 3.33%
Muslim, 2.60%
Christian, 0.63%
Prakriti and 0.02% others. == International Borders ==