Rural Municipality · Dadeldhura District
Bhageshwor
भागेश्वर गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dadeldhura District, Sudur Paschim Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0773401
Population
13,132
2021
Households
2,794
20214.70 people each
Area
233 km²
56 per km²
Literacy
80.0%
202162nd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
13,132
National Statistics Office
6,828 women, 6,304 men — 52.0% female. 9.4% of Dadeldhura.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
80.0%
Population aged 5 and over
3.8 pp above the national figure · 62nd of 460.
91.1% of men, 70.0% of women — a 21.1-point gap.
80.0%
Bhageshwor
78.2%
Dadeldhura
76.2%
Sudur Paschim
76.2%
Nepal
Bhageshwor 80.0%, Dadeldhura 78.2%, Sudur Paschim 76.2%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Bhageshwor marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write80.0%
- Cannot read or write19.7%
- Can read only0.3%
11,966 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 9,573 | 4,397 | 5,176 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,360 | 1,864 | 496 |
| Can read only | 33 | 22 | 11 |
In context
Where Bhageshwor sits among the 7 local governments of Dadeldhura. 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.
View all 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parashuram | municipality | 35,590 | 7,434 | 78.7% |
| Amargadhi | municipality | 24,149 | 6,182 | 81.8% |
| Nawadurga | rural municipality | 18,672 | 4,318 | 72.1% |
| Aalital | rural municipality | 18,112 | 3,710 | 81.0% |
| Ajayameru | rural municipality | 15,161 | 3,453 | 75.7% |
| Ganyapdhura | rural municipality | 13,722 | 3,281 | 74.1% |
| Bhageshwor | rural municipality | 13,132 | 2,794 | 80.0% |
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 →