Budhinanda Municipality (Nepali: बुढीनन्दा नगरपालिका) is the newly formed municipality in
Bajura District in the
Sudurpashchim Province
Sudurpashchim Province ( ne, सुदूरपश्चिम प्रदेश, ''Sudurpashchim Province'') (''Far-West Province'') is one of the seven provinces established by the new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September ...
of
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
. It was formed in March 2017 in line with the
Constitution of Nepal 2015 as per the requirement of
Ministry of Federal Affairs and General Administration. The name of this municipality is originated after the name of temple and pound ''Budhinanda''.
History
It is formed by merging previous
VDCs named
Kolti,
Kotila,
Pandusain, ward no. 8 & 9 of
Baddhu VDC and ward no. 9 of
Jagannath
Jagannath ( or, ଜଗନ୍ନାଥ, lit=Lord of the Universe, Jagannātha; formerly en, Juggernaut) is a deity worshipped in regional Hindu traditions in India and Bangladesh as part of a triad along with his brother Balabhadra, and sister ...
VDC.
Budhinanda municipality has an area of and the population of this municipality is 18,363. It is the second biggest municipality in terms of population and area of Bajura District. It is divided into 10 wards and the headquarter of this newly formed municipality is situated at Kolti. It is only municipality in Bajura which has an airport.
Demographics
At the time of the
2011 Nepal census
Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities an ...
, Budhinanda Municipality had a population of 18,883. Of these, 98.5% spoke
Nepali
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* Anything of, from, or related to Nepal
* Nepali people, citizens of Nepal
* Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...
, 1.4%
Sherpa and 0.2% other languages as their first language.
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 52.5% were
Chhetri, 9.6%
Kami
are the deities, divinities, spirits, phenomena or "holy powers", that are venerated in the Shinto religion. They can be elements of the landscape, forces of nature, or beings and the qualities that these beings express; they can also be the sp ...
, 8.7%
Lohar, 6.8%
Hill Brahmin, 4.8%
Thakuri, 4.8%
Damai/Dholi, 4.5%
Bhote, 3.3%
Sarki, 2.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7% other
Dalit
Dalit (from sa, दलित, dalita meaning "broken/scattered"), also previously known as untouchable, is the lowest stratum of the Caste system in India, castes in India. Dalits were excluded from the four-fold Varna (Hinduism), varna syste ...
, 0.5%
Mallaha, 0.5%
Musalman
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, 0.3%
Badi, 0.1%
Newar
Newar (; new, नेवार, endonym: Newa; new, नेवा, Pracalit script:) or Nepami, are the historical inhabitants of the Kathmandu Valley and its surrounding areas in Nepal and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisatio ...
and 0.3% others.
In terms of religion, 94.9% were
Hindu
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, 4.5%
Buddhist
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and 0.5%
Muslim
Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
In terms of literacy, 54.4% could read and write, 2.5% could only read and 43.0% could neither read nor write.
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References
{{Bajura District
Bajura District
Municipalities of Nepal
Nepal municipalities established in 2017
Municipalities in Bajura District