Budhiganga

बुढीगंगा
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Morang/Rural Municipality: Budhiganga
75.93%
Literacy Rate

Budhiganga Rural Municipality is one of the 17 municipalities in Morang District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 51,497, comprising 25,307 males (49.1%) and 26,190 females (50.9%), with a literacy rate of 75.93%. Spanning 56.41 square kilometers, Budhiganga Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 913 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 9 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Budhiganga has 31 schools. Of these, 12 are private and 17 are public. The breakdown includes 20 pre-schools, 29 basic schools, and 11 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Naragram Secondary School, Xavier's English School, Morang Public English Secondary English Boarding School, Karmaveer Secondary School, and Saraswati Secondary School Morang.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 31
Private
12
Public
17
Religious
2

College

Total: 3
Public
3

University

Total: 1
Other
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD20
BasicGrades 1-829
SecondaryGrades 9-1211
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate75.93%
Male Literacy Rate82.94%
Female Literacy Rate69.21%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)51,497
Male Population25,307
Female Population26,190
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)96.63
Population in 201141,586
Population Growth Rate2.05

Geographic Information

Area56.41 sq.km
Population Density913 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)12,360
Household Size4.17
Households in 20119,621

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