Barbardiya

बारबर्दिया
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Bardiya/Municipality: Barbardiya
79.06%
Literacy Rate

Barbardiya Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Bardiya District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 72,533, comprising 34,126 males (47.0%) and 38,407 females (53.0%), with a literacy rate of 79.06%. Spanning 226.09 square kilometers, Barbardiya Municipality exhibits the population density of 321 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), Barbardiya has 56 schools. Of these, 16 are private and 40 are public. The breakdown includes 43 pre-schools, 56 basic schools, and 16 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 10 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Anshuburma Secondary School, Panchajanya Secondary School, Saraswati Secondary School, Yubak Secondary School, and Janasewa Secondary School Bardiya.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 2
Community
1
Public
1

School

Total: 60
Model School
1
Private
16
Public
40
Technical School
3

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD43
BasicGrades 1-856
SecondaryGrades 9-1216
+2Grades 11-1210

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.06%
Male Literacy Rate84.39%
Female Literacy Rate74.41%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)72,533
Male Population34,126
Female Population38,407
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)88.85
Population in 201168,012
Population Growth Rate0.62

Geographic Information

Area226.09 sq.km
Population Density321 per sq.km
Number of Wards11

Household Information

Total Households (2021)16,897
Household Size4.29
Households in 201113,268

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