Municipality · Bajura District
Budhiganga
बुढीगंगा नगरपालिका
A municipality in Bajura District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0768303
Population
20,185
2021
Households
4,554
20214.43 people each
Area
59 km²
341 per km²
Literacy
71.9%
2021182nd of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
20,185
National Statistics Office
10,931 women, 9,254 men — 54.2% female. 14.6% of Bajura.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
71.9%
Population aged 5 and over
4.4 pp below the national figure · 182nd of 276.
82.8% of men, 62.9% of women — a 19.9-point gap.
71.9%
Budhiganga
71.2%
Bajura
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Budhiganga 71.9%, Bajura 71.2%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Budhiganga marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write71.9%
- Cannot read or write27.6%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.0%
18,320 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 13,165 | 6,330 | 6,835 |
| Cannot read or write | 5,049 | 3,667 | 1,382 |
| Can read only | 103 | 69 | 34 |
| Not stated | 3 | 1 | 2 |
In context
Where Budhiganga sits among the 10 local governments of Bajura. 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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budhiganga | municipality | 20,185 | 4,554 | 71.9% |
| Budhinanda | municipality | 20,072 | 4,150 | 69.2% |
| Khaptad Chhededaha | rural municipality | 19,307 | 3,574 | 71.4% |
| Badimalika | municipality | 18,414 | 4,046 | 77.3% |
| Tribeni | municipality | 17,798 | 3,702 | 71.5% |
| Swamikartik Khapar | rural municipality | 12,576 | 2,362 | 67.2% |
| Himali | rural municipality | 10,309 | 1,998 | 64.4% |
| Jagannath | rural municipality | 10,158 | 1,939 | 68.8% |
| Gaumul | rural municipality | 8,913 | 1,716 | 74.2% |
| Khaptad | 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
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