Nawalpur District

Nawalpur (, नवलपुर, ) is one of 11 districts of Gandaki Province of Nepal. The headquarters of the district is Kawasoti.

Nawalpur District and Parasi District were formerly a single district, Nawalparasi District, until a reorganization effective 20 September 2015.

The total area of Nawalpur District is 1331.16 km2 and total population of this district as of 2011 Nepal census is 310864 individuals.

History
During Rana regime, Nawalpur district was a sub-district of Chitwan District then it established separately and again merged with a small portion (Parasi) of Butwal District and established Nawalparasi District. In 2015 again Nawalpur District was again separately reestablished.

Divisions
The district is divided into four urban municipalities and four rural municipalities.

Urban municipalities

 * Kawasoti Municipality (Headquarters)
 * Gaindakot Municipality
 * Devachuli
 * Madhyabindu

Rural municipalities

 * Baudikali Rural Municipality
 * Bulingtar Rural Municipality
 * Binayi Tribeni Rural Municipality
 * Hupsekot Rural Municipality

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Nawalpur District had a population of 311,604.

As their first language, 55.3% spoke Nepali, 25.2% Magar, 11.0% Tharu, 1.9% Gurung, 1.6% Newari, 1.2% Bhojpuri, 0.8% Tamang, 0.7% Kumhali, 0.5% Bote, 0.4% Khash, 0.4% Maithili, 0.3% Darai, 0.2% Hindi, 0.1% Bhujel, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Urdu and 0.1% other languages.

Ethnicity/caste: 29.1% were Magar, 23.8% Hill Brahmin, 11.8% Tharu, 7.7% Chhetri, 5.4% Kami, 3.9% Kumal, 2.9% Gurung, 2.9% Newar, 2.5% Damai/Dholi, 1.8% Thakuri, 1.4% Tamang, 1.0% Sarki, 0.8% other Dalit, 0.7% Bote, 0.6% Darai, 0.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Musalman, 0.4% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.3% Musahar, 0.2% Badi, 0.2% Kathabaniyan, 0.2% Rai, 0.1% Koiri/Kushwaha, 0.1% Kurmi, 0.1% Majhi, 0.1% Mallaha, 0.1% Sunuwar, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Yadav and 0.2% others.

Religion: 87.8% were Hindu, 8.7% Buddhist, 2.7% Christian, 0.5% Muslim, 0.1% Prakriti and 0.1% others.

Literacy: 74.7% could read and write, 2.1% could only read and 23.1% could neither read nor write.