Bagchaur

बागचौर
Province: Karnali (6)/District: Salyan/Municipality: Bagchaur
79.75%
Literacy Rate

Bagchaur Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Salyan District of Karnali Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 34,021, comprising 16,474 males (48.4%) and 17,547 females (51.6%), with a literacy rate of 79.75%. Spanning 163.14 square kilometers, Bagchaur Municipality exhibits the population density of 209 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 12 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Bagchaur has 70 schools. Of these, 4 are private and 66 are public. The breakdown includes 63 pre-schools, 70 basic schools, and 13 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Jana Kalyan Secondary School Salyan, Saraswati Secondary School Shivarath, Durga Saraswati Secondary School Banphukhola, Bal Kanya Secondary School Kotbara, Salyan, and Secondary Schoo Lastam Banechaur.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 72
Model School
1
Private
4
Public
66
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD63
BasicGrades 1-870
SecondaryGrades 9-1213
+2Grades 11-125

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.75%
Male Literacy Rate86.04%
Female Literacy Rate73.95%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)34,021
Male Population16,474
Female Population17,547
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)93.88
Population in 201134,118
Population Growth Rate-0.03

Geographic Information

Area163.14 sq.km
Population Density209 per sq.km
Number of Wards12

Household Information

Total Households (2021)7,498
Household Size4.54
Households in 20115,906

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