Rural Municipality · Siraha District
Bhagawanpur
भगवानपुर गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Siraha District, Madhesh Province, one of 17 local governments there.NP0216409
Population
23,380
2021
Households
4,606
20215.08 people each
Area
33 km²
709 per km²
Literacy
65.2%
2021374th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
23,380
National Statistics Office
11,899 women, 11,481 men — 50.9% female. 3.2% of Siraha.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
65.2%
Population aged 5 and over
11.0 pp below the national figure · 374th of 460.
77.5% of men, 53.7% of women — a 23.8-point gap.
65.2%
Bhagawanpur
65.1%
Siraha
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Bhagawanpur 65.2%, Siraha 65.1%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bhagawanpur marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write65.2%
- Cannot read or write34.6%
- Can read only0.2%
21,083 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,754 | 5,829 | 7,925 |
| Cannot read or write | 7,289 | 5,002 | 2,287 |
| Can read only | 40 | 22 | 18 |
In context
Where Bhagawanpur sits among the 17 local governments of Siraha. 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. 9 more in the table below.
View all 17 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lahan | municipality | 102,031 | 20,577 | 69.2% |
| Siraha | municipality | 95,410 | 18,917 | 63.0% |
| Golbazar | municipality | 63,885 | 13,133 | 67.5% |
| Mirchaiya | municipality | 59,425 | 12,250 | 66.1% |
| Kalyanpur | municipality | 58,872 | 11,835 | 61.0% |
| Dhangadhimai | municipality | 53,355 | 10,842 | 69.3% |
| Sukhipur | municipality | 42,033 | 8,321 | 63.5% |
| Karjanha | municipality | 38,557 | 8,289 | 61.8% |
| Laxmipur Patari | rural municipality | 31,118 | 6,044 | 64.8% |
| Bariyarpatti | rural municipality | 29,712 | 5,686 | 67.1% |
| Arnama | rural municipality | 27,899 | 5,179 | 66.1% |
| Aurahi | rural municipality | 26,478 | 5,469 | 61.0% |
| Bhagawanpur | rural municipality | 23,380 | 4,606 | 65.2% |
| Bishnupur | rural municipality | 22,781 | 4,566 | 65.1% |
| Naraha | rural municipality | 22,760 | 4,373 | 60.9% |
| Sakhuwa Nankarkatti | rural municipality | 20,844 | 4,236 | 66.5% |
| Nawarajpur | rural municipality | 20,788 | 4,226 | 57.7% |
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 →