Kapilvastu District
Kapilvastu District, often Kapilbastu, is one of the districts of Lumbini Province, Nepal. The district, with Kapilbastu municipality as its district headquarters, covers an area of and in 2001 had a population of 481,976, which increased to 571,936 in 2011 and later according 2021 census it further increased to 686,739 Kapilvastu district has 3 number of seats for central whereas 6 seats for state level elections.
Geography and climate
The district is situated at a height of above sea level. Geographically, the district can be divided into the low land plains of Terai and the low Chure hills.Kapilvastu is bounded by Rupandehi District to the east, Dang District to the northwest, Arghakhanchi District to the north, Balrampur district, Awadh region, Uttar Pradesh, India to the west and Siddharthnagar district, Purvanchal region, Uttar Pradesh to the south.
| Climate zone | Elevation range | % of area |
| Lower Tropical | below 300 meters | 86.8% |
| Upper Tropical | 300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft. | 12.0% |
| Subtropical | 1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft. | 1.2% |
The summer is hot with temperature above 40 °C and winter temperature remains below 15 °C.
Due to extremely hot and cold climatic conditions, the people suffer from viral fever, dengue, malaria etc. and cold and diarrohea respectively.
Demographics
At the time of the 2021 Nepal census, Kapilvastu District had a population of 682,961. 10.05% of the population is under 5 years of age. It has a literacy rate of 71.82% and a sex ratio of 1041 females per 1000 males. 481,661 lived in municipalities.Muslims are the largest group, making 17% of the population. Khas people are 15% of the population. Tharus are 11% of the population, and Hill Janjati peoples, mostly Magar, made up 4% of the population.
At the time of the 2021 census, 66.92% of the population spoke Awadhi, 18.95% Nepali, 10.59% Tharu, 1.28% Urdu and 1.10% Magar as their first language.
Administration
The district consists of ten municipalities, out of which six are urban municipalities and four are rural municipalities. These are as follows:- Kapilvastu Municipality
- Banganga Municipality
- Buddhabhumi Municipality
- Shivaraj Municipality
- Krishnanagar Municipality
- Maharajgunj Municipality
- Mayadevi Rural Municipality
- Yashodhara Rural Municipality
- Suddhodhan Rural Municipality
- Bijaynagar Rural Municipality
Economy
Most of the population of the district is dependent on agriculture. Paddy rice is a major crop of the district. A number of youths rely on foreign employment while sugarcane is an important cash crop.| Crop | Production in metric tonnes |
| Paddy | > 150,000 |
| Wheat | 25,000-35,000 |
| Sugarcane | > 175,000 |
| Oil seed | 1,000-5,000 |
Population
In 2021 National population and Housing census 2021 was reported that total population of kapilvastu district was 686,739.Male=337,604 and Female=348604 and number of total household was 101,321
Data source: central bureau of statistics, kathmandu government of Nepal.