Bandipur

वन्दिपुर
Province: Gandaki (4)/District: Tanahun/Rural Municipality: Bandipur
79.55%
Literacy Rate

Bandipur Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Tanahun District of Gandaki Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 18,532, comprising 8,882 males (47.9%) and 9,650 females (52.1%), with a literacy rate of 79.55%. Spanning 102.0 square kilometers, Bandipur Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 182 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 6 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Bandipur has 38 schools. Of these, 5 are private and 33 are public. The breakdown includes 30 pre-schools, 35 basic schools, and 9 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 6 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Manaslu English Boarding School, Pabitra Secondary School, Notre Dame Secondary School, Deepshikha School Dumre, and Bhanu Secondary School Tanahun.

Educational Institutions

Click the links below to view complete lists of educational institutions in this area.

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 2
Community
2

School

Total: 41
Model School
1
Private
5
Public
33
Technical School
2

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD30
BasicGrades 1-835
SecondaryGrades 9-129
+2Grades 11-126

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.55%
Male Literacy Rate87.85%
Female Literacy Rate72.07%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)18,532
Male Population8,882
Female Population9,650
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)92.04
Population in 201120,013
Population Growth Rate-0.74

Geographic Information

Area102.00 sq.km
Population Density182 per sq.km
Number of Wards6

Household Information

Total Households (2021)5,208
Household Size3.56
Households in 20114,853

Sources

Center for Education and Human Resource Development. (2081 BS). IEMIS Report 2081. CEHRD.

Central Bureau of Statistics. (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021. CBS Nepal.

YIPL, MoFaLD, & OKN. (n.d.). Nepal local level map [Dataset]. GitHub. https://github.com/younginnovations/nepal-locallevel-map