Diese Liste der Städte in Nepal listet die selbständigen Gemeinden (: nagarpalika; : municipality) von Nepal und bietet einen Überblick über die Entwicklung der Einwohnerzahl.

Bei der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung gibt es in Nepal je nach Größe und Leistungskraft der Kommune drei unterschiedlich ausgeprägte Stufen: (PDF; 2,1 MB)

Die meisten Gemeinden Nepals haben das Stadtrecht 3. Ordnung (); Pokhara, Lalitpur, Biratnagar, Bharatpur, Birganj, Butwal, Janakpur, Dharan und Dhangadhi haben das Stadtrecht 2. Ordnung (); Kathmandu hat das Stadtrecht 1. Ordnung ().

Im Mai 2014 wurde die Anzahl der municipalities von 58 auf 130 erhöht; Ende 2014 kamen weitere 61 hinzu und im September 2015 nochmals 26. Im Zuge der Neustrukturierung der lokalen Ebene und der Schaffung der Gaunpalikas (Landgemeinden) durch Zusammenlegung und Abschaffung der Village Development Committees am 10. März 2017 erhöhte sich die Zahl der municipalities auf insgesamt 293.

Die Tabelle enthält die Ergebnisse der Volkszählungen (VZ) vom 22. Juni 1991, 28. Mai 2001 und vom 22. Juni 2011. (PDF; 457 kB)Angeführt ist auch der Distrikt, in dem die Stadt liegt.

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Liste Rang Name VZ 1991 VZ 2001 VZ 2011 VZ 2021 (PDF; 2,1 MB) Distrikt 1. Kathmandu 421.258 671.846 1.003.285 862.400 Kathmandu 2. Pokhara 95.288 283.137 413.934 513.504 Kaski 3. Lalitpur 115.865 200.020 292.848 294.098 Lalitpur 4. Birganj 69.005 194.960 244.086 272.382 Parsa 5. Biratnagar 129.388 166.674 218.526 243.927 Morang 6. Bharatpur 54.670 210.593 285.167 369.268 Chitwan 7. Janakpur 54.710 74.192 162.842 194.556 Dhanusha 8. Hetauda 53.836 129.872 154.660 193.576 Makwanpur 9. Nepalganj 47.819 57.535 141.241 164.444 Banke 10. Itahari 26.824 90.364 143.786 197.241 Sunsari 11. Dharan 66.457 114.571 141.439 166.531 Sunsari 12. Butwal 44.272 91.252 141.262 194.335 Rupandehi 13. Dhangadhi 44.753 105.586 149.818 198.792 Kailali 14. Budhanilkantha --- 112.281 177.557 Kathmandu 15. Gokarneshwar 57.698 110.452 149.366 Kathmandu 16. Bhim Datta 62.050 80.839 106.666 122.320 Kanchanpur 17. Tilottama --- 100.438 149.479 Rupandehi 18. Tokha 42.308 100.780 133.755 Kathmandu 19. Birendranagar 22.973 67.649 105.107 153.863 Surkhet 20. Kalaiya 18.498 32.260 123.575 136.222 Bara 21. Tulsipur 22.654 115.759 142.869 179.755 Dang Deukhuri 22. Chandragiri 55.032 87.553 136.860 Kathmandu 23. Madhyapur Thimi 31.970 47.751 84.142 119.756 Bhaktapur 24. Bhaktapur 61.405 72.543 83.658 79.136 Bhaktapur 25. Gadhimai --- --- 83.367 Bara 26. Tarakeshwar 37.268 82.060 151.479 Kathmandu 27. Lahan 19.018 81.918 92.040 102.031 Siraha 28. Damak 41.321 35.009 75.743 107.227 Jhapa 29. Banganga --- --- 75.242 Kapilbastu 30. Godawari 66.240 80.376 97.633 Kailali 31. Lumbini Sanskritik --- --- 72.497 Rupandehi 32. Chandrapur --- --- 72.059 Rautahat 33. Triyuga 37.512 71.131 88.967 102.725 Udayapur 34. Ratnanagar 25.118 58.824 70.226 89.905 Chitwan 35. Lekhnath 30.107 41.369 58.816 69.304 Kaski 36. Nagarjun 33.055 68.863 115.437 Kathmandu 37. Kirtipur 31.338 40.835 67.171 81.578 Kathmandu 38. Ghorahi 29.050 43.126 62.928 65.107 Dang Deukhuri 39. Siddharthanagar 39.473 52.569 64.566 74.436 Rupandehi 40. Kohalpur 41.999 72.748 101.667 Banke 41. Mahalaxmi 35.802 62.624 123.116 Lalitpur 42. Lamki Chuha --- --- 61.352 Kailali 43. Ghodaghodi --- --- 60.531 Kailali 44. Kageshwari-Manohara 32.077 60.553 130.433 Kathmandu 45. Birtamod 58.001 82.592 116.192 Jhapa 46. Siraha 21.866 75.171 82.920 95.410 Siraha 47. Mechinagar 37.108 97.422 112.997 133.073 Jhapa 48. Gulariya 30.621 56.532 68.164 74.505 Bardiya 49. Tikapur 25.639 59.917 76.940 89.835 Kailali 50. Kawasoti 51.413 62.583 86.821 Nawalparasi 51. Khairahani --- --- 56.094 Chitwan 52. Bansgadhi --- --- 55.875 Bardiya 53. Gaidakot --- --- 55.205 Nawalparasi 54. Belauri --- --- 53.544 Kanchanpur 55. Rajapur --- --- 29.659 52.438 Bardiya 56. Bhadrapur 15.210 18.145 18.164 50.731 Jhapa 57. Barahathwa --- --- 50.424 Sarlahi 58. Shivaraj --- --- 49.988 Kapilbastu 59. Pathari-Shanishchare --- --- 49.808 Morang 60. Bedkot --- --- 49.749 Kanchanpur 61. Golbazar --- --- 47.763 49.042 Siraha 62. Kanchan Rup --- --- 42.377 48.691 Saptari 63. Koshi Haraicha --- --- 47.723 Morang 64. Vyas 20.124 28.245 42.899 47.593 Tanahu 65. Dhangadhimai --- --- 47.449 Siraha 66. Gauradaha --- --- 47.393 Jhapa 67. Rapti --- --- 46.510 Chitwan 68. Mirchaiya --- --- 45.716 Siraha 69. Sainamaina --- --- 45.178 Rupandehi 70. Arjundhara --- --- 45.174 Jhapa 71. Dhanushadham --- --- 45.008 Dhanusha 72. Jaleshwar 18.088 22.046 23.533 44.052 Mahottari 73. Punarwas --- --- 43.996 Kanchanpur 74. Kapilavastu 17.126 27.170 30.428 43.933 Kapilbastu 75. Chireshwarnath --- 34.350 43.745 Dhanusha 76. Devdaha --- --- 42.953 Rupandehi 77. Hariwan --- 37.738 42.783 Sarlahi 78. Jhalari-Pipaladi --- --- 42.026 Kanchanpur 79. Tripur --- --- 41.183 Dang Deukhuri 80. Kamalamai 24.368 32.838 39.413 41.117 Sindhuli 81. Gorkha 20.633 25.783 32.473 40.654 Gorkha 82. Ishwarpur --- --- 40.511 Sarlahi 83. Suryabinayak 55.744 78.845 140.085 Bhaktapur 84. Sandhikharka --- --- 22.098 Arghakhanchi 85. Kankai --- --- 40.141 Jhapa 86. Narayani --- --- 39.907 Chitwan 87. Sunwal --- 34.937 39.843 Nawalparasi 88. Shivasatakshi --- --- 39.689 Jhapa 89. Garuda --- --- 39.637 Rautahat 90. Nilkantha --- 33.653 39.578 Dhading 91. Dodhara-Chandani --- --- 39.253 Kanchanpur 92. Bajrabarahi --- --- 39.203 Lalitpur 93. Mahagadhimai --- --- 38.751 Bara 94. Kalika --- --- 38.666 Chitwan 95. Dhankuta 17.073 20.668 26.440 38.543 Dhankuta 96. Pyuthan --- 13.211 38.536 Pyuthan 97. Shuklagandaki --- 26.313 38.307 Tanahu 98. Rajbiraj 24.227 30.353 68.899 70.803 Saptari 99. Bhajani-Trishakti --- --- 38.149 Kailali 100. Karyabinayak --- 30.614 38.036 Lalitpur 101. Anantalingeshwar --- --- 37.989 Bhaktapur 102. Madi --- --- 37.683 Chitwan 103. Bardibas --- --- 37.048 Mahottari 104. Sukhipur --- --- 36.883 Siraha 105. Krishnapur --- --- 36.706 Kanchanpur 106 Rampur --- --- 35.936 Palpa 107. Gaur 20.434 25.383 34.937 35.370 Rautahat 108. Nijgadh --- --- 35.335 Bara 109. Urlabari --- 18.224 35.166 Morang 110. Parashuram --- --- 34.913 Dadeldhura 111. Chitrawan --- --- 34.913 Chitwan 112. Ganeshman Charnath --- --- 34.770 Dhanusha 113. Bardaghat --- --- 34.417 Nawalparasi 114. Lamahi --- --- 34.285 Dang Deukhuri 115. Panchkhal --- 22.975 33.847 Kabhrepalanchok 116. Sharada --- --- 33.730 Salyan 117. Bherimalika --- --- 33.515 Jajarkot 118. Sundar Dulari --- --- 32.795 Morang 119. Changunarayan --- --- 32.522 Bhaktapur 120. Bheriganga --- --- 32.511 Surkhet 121. Kushma --- 23.250 32.419 Parbat 122. Gaushala --- --- 32.111 Mahottari 123. Belbari --- --- 31.647 Morang 124. Mithila --- --- 31.575 Dhanusha 125. Devchuli --- --- 31.484 Nawalparasi 126. Putalibazar 25.870 29.667 30.704 31.338 Syangja 127. Tansen 13.599 20.431 29.095 31.161 Palpa 128. Lalbandi --- --- 30.785 Sarlahi 129. Baglung 15.219 20.852 29.360 30.763 Baglung 130. Dullu --- --- 30.457 Dailekh 131. Malangwa 14.142 18.484 25.102 30.333 Sarlahi 132. Shambhunath --- --- 30.207 Saptari 133. Bagchaur --- 16.398 30.039 Salyan 134. Besisahar --- 24.745 29.604 Lamjung 135. Ramgram 18.911 22.630 25.990 28.973 Nawalparasi 136. Melamchi --- 15.606 28.955 Sindhupalchok 137. Inaruwa 18.547 23.200 64.749 74.914 Sunsari 138. Godawari --- --- 28.793 Lalitpur 139. Resunga --- 14.845 28.763 Gulmi 140. Manthali --- 14.932 28.657 Ramechhap 141. Ramdhuni-Bhasi --- --- 28.549 Sunsari 142. Rangeli --- --- 28.516 Morang 143. Beni --- 21.747 28.511 Myagdi 144. Panauti 20.467 25.563 27.604 28.312 Kabhrepalanchok 145. Madhyabindu --- --- 28.244 Nawalparasi 146. Katari --- --- 28.123 Udayapur 147. Bidur 18.694 21.193 26.750 27.953 Nuwakot 148. Babai --- --- 27.838 Bardia 149. Pokhariya --- --- 27.672 Parsa 150. Suryodaya --- --- 27.040 Ilam 151. Khandbari 18.756 21.789 26.301 26.658 Sankhuwasabha 152. Dipayal Silgadhi 12.360 22.061 23.416 26.508 Doti 153. Sanoshri-Taratal --- --- 26.431 Bardia 154. Bhrikuti --- --- 26.282 Kapilbastu 155. Duhabi-Bhaluwa --- --- 25.545 Sunsari 156. Shankharapur --- 15.189 25.338 Kathmandu 157. Dudhauli --- --- 24.944 Sindhuli 158. Sabaila --- --- 24.896 Dhanusha 159. Banepa 12.537 15.822 57.722 67.690 Kabhrepalanchok 160. Phidim --- --- 24.768 Panchthar 161. Chainpur --- --- 24.735 Sankhuwasabha 162. Simraungadh --- --- 24.615 Bara 163. Shubhaghat Gangamala --- --- 24.339 Surkhet 164. Dakshinkali --- --- 24.297 Kathmandu 165. Waling 16.712 20.414 24.006 24.199 Syangja 166. Beltar-Basaha --- --- 23.918 Udayapur 167. Letang-Bhogateni --- --- --- Morang 168. Kolhabi --- --- 23.765 Bara 169. Palungtar --- --- 23.461 Gorkha 170. Bhimeshwar 19.260 21.916 22.537 23.337 Dolakha 171. Mangalsen --- 16.677 23.150 Achham 172. Mahamanjushri-Nagarkot --- --- 22.908 Bhaktapur 173. Amargadhi 16.494 18.390 21.245 22.241 Dadeldhura 174. Narayan 15.738 19.446 21.110 21.995 Dailekh 175. Beldandi --- --- 21.959 Kanchanpur 176. Thaha --- --- 21.717 Makwanpur 177. Kashikhanda --- --- 21.324 Kabhrepalanchok 178. Dhulikhel --- 11.521 14.283 21.190 Kabhrepalanchok 179. Saptakoshi --- --- 21.131 Saptari 180. Hanumannagar Yoginimai --- --- 20.915 Saptari 181. Api --- --- 20.797 Darchula 182. Sundarbazar --- --- 20.474 Lamjung 183. Krishnanagar --- --- 20.395 Kapilbastu 184. Jayaprithvi --- 12.940 20.280 Bajhang 185. Buddhabatika --- --- 20.158 Kapilbastu 186. Patan --- --- 19.911 Baitadi 187. Myanglung --- 16.046 19.659 Terhathum 188. Ilam 13.197 16.237 18.633 19.427 Ilam 189. Taplejung --- --- 19.085 Taplejung 190. Chandannath --- 12.116 19.047 Jumla 191. Rainas --- --- 18.527 Jumla 192. Musikot --- --- 18.431 Rukum 193. Bhanu --- --- 18.249 Tanahu 194. Sanphebagar --- --- 18.239 Achham 195. Badimalika --- --- 18.207 Bajura 196. Bhirkot --- --- 18.134 Syangja 197. Pakhribas --- --- 17.949 Dhankuta 198. Diktel --- 11.743 17.793 Khotang 199. Dasharathchand 18.054 18.345 17.427 Baitadi 200. Laligurans --- --- 16.934 Terhathum 201. Siddhicharan --- --- 16.696 Okhaldhunga 202. Anbu Khaireni --- --- 16.382 Tanahu 203. Bhojpur --- --- 16.102 Bhojpur 204. Kamalbazar --- --- 15.740 Achham 205. Chautara --- --- 15.606 Sindhupalchok 206. Bandipur --- --- 15.591 Tanahu 207. Chaurjahari --- --- 14.489 Rukum 208. Madi --- --- 14.470 Sankhuwasabha 209. Jiri --- --- 13.648 Dolakha 210. Liwang --- --- 13.477 Rolpa 211. Shadanand --- --- 13.272 Bhojpur 212. Chapakot --- --- 12.742 Syangja 213. Ramechhap --- --- 12.263 Ramechhap 214. Dudhkunda --- --- 11.247 Solukhumbu 215. Deumai --- --- 10.964 Ilam 216. Madhyanepal --- --- 10.852 Lamjung 217. Karaputar --- --- 10.836 Lamjung

Quelle: Government of Nepal, Ministry of Finance

Siehe auch Verwaltungsgliederung Nepals Liste der Städtelisten nach Ländern

Weblinks Central Bureau of Statistics Ministry of Finance – Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden Nepals (PDF; 556 kB) City Population – Einwohnerzahlen der Gemeinden Nepals http://www.digitalhimalaya.com/collections/nepalcensus/form.php?selection=1

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