Banganga

बाणगंगा
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Kapilvastu/Municipality: Banganga
81.44%
Literacy Rate

Banganga Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Kapilvastu District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 96,714, comprising 45,407 males (46.9%) and 51,307 females (53.1%), with a literacy rate of 81.44%. Spanning 233.68 square kilometers, Banganga Municipality exhibits the population density of 414 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 11 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Banganga has 85 schools. Of these, 29 are private and 51 are public. The breakdown includes 69 pre-schools, 76 basic schools, and 33 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 13 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Janata Secondary School Kapilvastu, Hillbert English Boarding School, Horizon English Boarding Secondary School, Hathausa Little Star English Boarding School, and Banganga Secondary School Kapilvastu.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 3
Community
2
Private
1

School

Total: 85
Private
29
Public
51
Religious
5

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD69
BasicGrades 1-876
SecondaryGrades 9-1233
+2Grades 11-1213

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate81.44%
Male Literacy Rate88.19%
Female Literacy Rate75.61%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)96,714
Male Population45,407
Female Population51,307
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)88.5
Population in 201175,242
Population Growth Rate2.41

Geographic Information

Area233.68 sq.km
Population Density414 per sq.km
Number of Wards11

Household Information

Total Households (2021)23,325
Household Size4.15
Households in 201115,965

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