Bheriganga

भेरीगंगा
Province: Karnali (6)/District: Surkhet/Municipality: Bheriganga
81.15%
Literacy Rate

Bheriganga Municipality is one of the 9 municipalities in Surkhet District of Karnali Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 48,203, comprising 22,538 males (46.8%) and 25,665 females (53.2%), with a literacy rate of 81.15%. Spanning 256.2 square kilometers, Bheriganga Municipality exhibits the population density of 188 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 13 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Bheriganga has 66 schools. Of these, 14 are private and 52 are public. The breakdown includes 60 pre-schools, 64 basic schools, and 18 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 6 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Chhinchu English Boarding School, Deuti Bidya Mandir Secondary School, Shikhar Secondary School, Janajyoti Secondary School, Jhingni, and Sharada Secondary School Surkhet.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 66
Private
14
Public
52

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD60
BasicGrades 1-864
SecondaryGrades 9-1218
+2Grades 11-126

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate81.15%
Male Literacy Rate86.95%
Female Literacy Rate76.21%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)48,203
Male Population22,538
Female Population25,665
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)87.82
Population in 201141,407
Population Growth Rate1.46

Geographic Information

Area256.20 sq.km
Population Density188 per sq.km
Number of Wards13

Household Information

Total Households (2021)11,539
Household Size4.18
Households in 20118,825

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