Bedkot

वेदकोट
Province: Sudurpashchim (7)/District: Kanchanpur/Municipality: Bedkot
78.46%
Literacy Rate

Bedkot Municipality is one of the 9 municipalities in Kanchanpur District of Sudurpashchim Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 57,680, comprising 27,033 males (46.9%) and 30,647 females (53.1%), with a literacy rate of 78.46%. Spanning 159.92 square kilometers, Bedkot Municipality exhibits the population density of 361 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 10 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Bedkot has 44 schools. Of these, 22 are private and 22 are public. The breakdown includes 36 pre-schools, 44 basic schools, and 21 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 8 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Baijanath Secondary School Jadepani, Bhuwaneshwari Secondary School Kanchanpur, Gyan Batika Boarding Secondary School, Shishu Vidhya Mandir Daijee, and Bal Jagritee Secondary School Suda Kanchanpur.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 46
Model School
1
Private
22
Public
22
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD36
BasicGrades 1-844
SecondaryGrades 9-1221
+2Grades 11-128

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate78.46%
Male Literacy Rate87.6%
Female Literacy Rate70.66%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)57,680
Male Population27,033
Female Population30,647
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)88.21
Population in 201149,479
Population Growth Rate1.47

Geographic Information

Area159.92 sq.km
Population Density361 per sq.km
Number of Wards10

Household Information

Total Households (2021)12,595
Household Size4.58
Households in 20119,219

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