Bhageshwor

भागेश्वर
Province: Sudurpashchim (7)/District: Dadeldhura/Rural Municipality: Bhageshwor
80%
Literacy Rate

Bhageshwor Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Dadeldhura District of Sudurpashchim Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 13,132, comprising 6,304 males (48.0%) and 6,828 females (52.0%), with a literacy rate of 80%. Spanning 233.38 square kilometers, Bhageshwor Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 56 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 5 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Bhageshwor has 32 schools. Of these, 32 are public. The breakdown includes 27 pre-schools, 32 basic schools, and 8 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 2 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Ashigram Secondary School, Saraswoti Secondary School, Saraswoti Model Secondary School, Govindpuri Secondary School, and Kailpal Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 33
Model School
1
Public
32

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD27
BasicGrades 1-832
SecondaryGrades 9-128
+2Grades 11-122

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate80%
Male Literacy Rate91.08%
Female Literacy Rate69.98%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)13,132
Male Population6,304
Female Population6,828
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)92.33
Population in 201114,129
Population Growth Rate-0.7

Geographic Information

Area233.38 sq.km
Population Density56 per sq.km
Number of Wards5

Household Information

Total Households (2021)2,794
Household Size4.7
Households in 20112,462

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