At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 5,786 people living in 1,132 individual households.

The government of Nepal has established Devghat Area Development Committee for the integrated development of this area while the non-resident Nepalese Association has established a project to construct 200 retirement homes in the Chitwan district of the town.

It is expected that living standards in the area will improve if the project goes ahead through religious tourism.

Devghat Area Development committee has started constructing Hindu end of life ritual sites, with economic assistance from the Government of Nepal.

Trekking route is under construction which will connect Devghat with other holy shrines and important tourist destinations around this area.