Municipality · Myagdi District
Beni
बेनी नगरपालिका
A municipality in Myagdi District, Gandaki Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0444301
Population
32,697
2021
Households
9,336
20213.50 people each
Area
77 km²
427 per km²
Literacy
83.2%
202148th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
32,697
National Statistics Office
17,336 women, 15,361 men — 53.0% female. 30.5% of Myagdi.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.2%
Population aged 5 and over
7.0 pp above the national figure · 48th of 276.
91.1% of men, 76.4% of women — a 14.7-point gap.
83.2%
Beni
79.7%
Myagdi
81.7%
Gandaki
76.2%
Nepal
Beni 83.2%, Myagdi 79.7%, Gandaki 81.7%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Beni marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.2%
- Cannot read or write16.3%
- Can read only0.4%
- Not stated0.1%
30,384 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 25,292 | 12,422 | 12,870 |
| Cannot read or write | 4,961 | 3,748 | 1,213 |
| Can read only | 111 | 78 | 33 |
| Not stated | 20 | 9 | 11 |
In context
Where Beni sits among the 7 local governments of Myagdi. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
71.0%–84.6%
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.
View all 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beni | municipality | 32,697 | 9,336 | 83.2% |
| Malika | rural municipality | 18,332 | 4,590 | 77.9% |
| Mangala | rural municipality | 14,688 | 3,911 | 80.9% |
| Raghuganga | rural municipality | 14,114 | 4,153 | 72.3% |
| Dhawalagiri | rural municipality | 12,616 | 3,176 | 76.2% |
| Annapurna | rural municipality | 12,323 | 3,600 | 80.7% |
| 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 →