Bijayanagar

विजयनगर
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Kapilvastu/Rural Municipality: Bijayanagar
64.25%
Literacy Rate

Bijayanagar Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Kapilvastu District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 43,291, comprising 21,410 males (49.5%) and 21,881 females (50.5%), with a literacy rate of 64.25%. Spanning 173.19 square kilometers, Bijayanagar Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 250 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 7 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Bijayanagar has 39 schools. Of these, 5 are private and 23 are public. The breakdown includes 25 pre-schools, 38 basic schools, and 8 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 2 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Shree Dudhdhari Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, Trinetra Secondary School, Shree Lautan Ram Dropadi Devi Secondary School, Haribodh Secondary School Premnagar, Vijaynagar-6, and Shiva Madhyamik Bidhyalay.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 39
Private
5
Public
23
Religious
11

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD25
BasicGrades 1-838
SecondaryGrades 9-128
+2Grades 11-122

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate64.25%
Male Literacy Rate71.94%
Female Literacy Rate56.74%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)43,291
Male Population21,410
Female Population21,881
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)97.85
Population in 201136,937
Population Growth Rate1.52

Geographic Information

Area173.19 sq.km
Population Density250 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)7,059
Household Size6.13
Households in 20115,670

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