Bateshwor

बटेश्वर
Province: Madhesh (2)/District: Dhanusha/Rural Municipality: Bateshwor
68.67%
Literacy Rate

Bateshwor Rural Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities in Dhanusha District of Madhesh Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 21,742, comprising 10,708 males (49.3%) and 11,034 females (50.7%), with a literacy rate of 68.67%. Spanning 31.66 square kilometers, Bateshwor Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 687 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), Bateshwor has 24 schools. Of these, 7 are private and 17 are public. The breakdown includes 23 pre-schools, 24 basic schools, and 4 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 1 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Shiva Shakti Secondary School Dhanusha, Janapriya Secondary School, Kartik Kumar Sunshine Englishboarding School, National Basic School, and Laxmi Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 25
Model School
1
Private
7
Public
17

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD23
BasicGrades 1-824
SecondaryGrades 9-124
+2Grades 11-121

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate68.67%
Male Literacy Rate77.48%
Female Literacy Rate60.39%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)21,742
Male Population10,708
Female Population11,034
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)97.05
Population in 201121,530
Population Growth Rate0.09

Geographic Information

Area31.66 sq.km
Population Density687 per sq.km
Number of Wards5

Household Information

Total Households (2021)4,647
Household Size4.68
Households in 20113,671

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