Baijanath Rural Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Banke District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 69,472, comprising 32,073 males (46.2%) and 37,399 females (53.8%), with a literacy rate of 77.95%. Spanning 141.67 square kilometers, Baijanath Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 490 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.
According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Baijanath has 53 schools. Of these, 14 are private and 37 are public. The breakdown includes 40 pre-schools, 53 basic schools, and 29 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 6 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Dynamic English Medium School, Himalaya Vidhya Niketan, Janata Adarsha Secondary School, Prayatna English Medium School, and Shree Saraswati English Medium Secondary School.