Badikedar () is a

Gaupalika A gaunpalika ( ) is an administrative division in Nepal. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development dissolved the existing village development committees and announced the establishment of this new local body. It is a sub-unit of a dis ...

( Nepali: गाउपालिका ; ''gaupalika'') in

Doti District Doti District ( ), part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the 77 List of districts of Nepal, districts of Nepal. This district, with Dipayal Silgadhi, Silgadhi as its headquarters, covers an area of with a population of 207,066 in 2001 and in ...

in the

Sudurpashchim Province Sudurpashchim Province () is one of the seven Provinces of Nepal, provinces established by the Constitution of Nepal, new constitution of Nepal which was adopted on 20 September 2015. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China to the north, ...

of far-western

Nepal Nepal, officially the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal, is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mainly situated in the Himalayas, but also includes parts of the Indo-Gangetic Plain. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region of China Ch ...

. Badikedar has a population of 16720.The land area is 332.55 km². It was formed by merging Ghangal, Mannakapadi and Lanakedareshwor VDCs.

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 in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the m ...

, Badikedar Rural Municipality had a population of 16,731. Of these, 67.2% spoke

Doteli Doteli, or Dotyali ( Doteli-Devanagari: ) is an Indo-Aryan language spoken by about 495,000 people, most of whom live in Nepal. It is a dialect of Khas, which is an ancient form of the modern Nepali language Nepali (; , ), or ''Gorkhali'' ...

, 28.1% Nepali, 3.6% Magar, 0.8%

Kham Kham (; ) is one of the three traditional Tibet, Tibetan regions, the others being Domey also known as Amdo in the northeast, and Ü-Tsang in central Tibet. The official name of this Tibetan region/province is Dotoe (). The original residents of ...

and 0.3% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 46.2% were

Chhetri Chhetri (Kshetri, Kshettri, Kshetry or Chhettri), ( ; IAST: ''Kṣetrī'') historically called Kshettriya or Kshetriya or Khas are Nepali language, Nepali speaking people historically associated with the warrior class and administration, some of ...

, 18.8% Magar, 9.1%

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, 8.8%

Thakuri The Thakuri (Nepali: ठकुरी) . This term is Nepalese title ""Thakuri"", which translates to 'master of the estate'. The term denotes the royal descendants of kings of Baise Rajya and Chaubisi Rajya. During the height of their influence ...

, 8.0%

Sarki Sarki may refer to: *Sarki, a well-dwelling snake slain by the mythological prince Bayajidda * Şarkı, a vocal genre in Ottoman classical music *Sarki (ethnic group) Sarki () is an indigenous people in Nepal. They are found in the region of t ...

, 4.5% Hill Brahmin, 1.5%

Damai Damai ( ; IAST: ''Damāĩ'') is an occupational caste found among indigenous people comprising 45 subgroups. Their surnames take after the subgroup they belong to. People belonging to this caste are traditionally tailors and musicians capable o ...

/Dholi, 1.0% Badi, 0.9% Tamang, 0.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4%

Gurung Gurung (exonym; ) or Tamu (endonym; Gurung language, Gurung: ) are a Tibetan people, Tibetan ethnic group living in the hills and mountains of Gandaki Province of Nepal. Gurungs speak Tamu kyi which is a Sino-Tibetan language derived from the ...

, 0.1% other

Dalit Dalit ( from meaning "broken/scattered") is a term used for untouchables and outcasts, who represented the lowest stratum of the castes in the Indian subcontinent. They are also called Harijans. Dalits were excluded from the fourfold var ...

and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 96.3% were

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, 3.6%

Buddhist Buddhism, also known as Buddhadharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and List of philosophies, philosophical tradition based on Pre-sectarian Buddhism, teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or ...

and 0.1%

Christian A Christian () is a person who follows or adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism, monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ. Christians form the largest religious community in the wo ...

. In terms of literacy, 62.8% could read and write, 4.3% could only read and 32.8% could neither read nor write.

References

{{Doti District Rural municipalities in Doti District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017