Baijanath

बैजनाथ
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Banke/Rural Municipality: Baijanath
77.95%
Literacy Rate

Baijanath Rural Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Banke District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 69,472, comprising 32,073 males (46.2%) and 37,399 females (53.8%), with a literacy rate of 77.95%. Spanning 141.67 square kilometers, Baijanath Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 490 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Baijanath has 53 schools. Of these, 14 are private and 37 are public. The breakdown includes 40 pre-schools, 53 basic schools, and 29 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 6 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Dynamic English Medium School, Himalaya Vidhya Niketan, Janata Adarsha Secondary School, Prayatna English Medium School, and Shree Saraswati English Medium Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 53
Private
14
Public
37
Religious
2

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD40
BasicGrades 1-853
SecondaryGrades 9-1229
+2Grades 11-126

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate77.95%
Male Literacy Rate84.96%
Female Literacy Rate72.1%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)69,472
Male Population32,073
Female Population37,399
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)85.76
Population in 201154,418
Population Growth Rate2.34

Geographic Information

Area141.67 sq.km
Population Density490 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)16,469
Household Size4.22
Households in 201111,066

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