Rural Municipality · Baglung District
Badigad
बडिगाड गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Baglung District, Gandaki Province, one of 11 local governments there.NP0443403
Population
28,839
2021
Households
6,745
20214.28 people each
Area
179 km²
161 per km²
Literacy
81.5%
202135th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
28,839
National Statistics Office
15,439 women, 13,400 men — 53.5% female. 11.6% of Baglung.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
81.5%
Population aged 5 and over
5.2 pp above the national figure · 35th of 460.
86.8% of men, 77.0% of women — a 9.8-point gap.
81.5%
Badigad
80.0%
Baglung
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Badigad 81.5%, Baglung 80.0%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Badigad marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write81.5%
- Cannot read or write18.1%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
26,165 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 21,321 | 10,880 | 10,441 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,737 | 3,179 | 1,558 |
| Can read only | 92 | 64 | 28 |
| Not stated | 15 | 8 | 7 |
In context
Where Badigad sits among the 11 local governments of Baglung. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing. 3 more in the table below.
View all 11 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baglung | municipality | 56,102 | 15,924 | 83.5% |
| Galkot | municipality | 30,588 | 7,714 | 80.5% |
| Dhorpatan | municipality | 30,068 | 7,485 | 80.0% |
| Badigad | rural municipality | 28,839 | 6,745 | 81.5% |
| Jaimuni | municipality | 24,628 | 6,828 | 78.8% |
| Nisikhola | rural municipality | 23,119 | 5,635 | 72.0% |
| Kathekhola | rural municipality | 22,526 | 5,892 | 78.4% |
| Bareng | rural municipality | 11,158 | 2,925 | 76.9% |
| Tarakhola | rural municipality | 10,120 | 2,337 | 82.1% |
| Tamankhola | rural municipality | 9,982 | 2,611 | 75.5% |
| Dhorpatan | protected_area | — | — | — |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →