Badimalika Municipality (Nepali: बडिमालिका नगरपालिका) is a newly formed municipality in

Bajura District Bajura District ( ), a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Martadi (today part of Badimalika municipality) as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 1 ...

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, ...

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. It was formed in March, 2017 as decided by the Cabinet in line with the

Constitution of Nepal 2015 The Constitution of Nepal () is the present governing Constitution of Nepal. Nepal is governed according to the Constitution which came into effect on 20 September 2015, replacing the Interim Constitution of 2007. The constitution of Nepal is di ...

History

The name of this municipality is derived from the name of the famous religious place Badimalika Mai located in Triveni Municipality of this district. It is formed by merging previous 3 VDC named Martadi, Budiganga and Jugada.

Area and Population

The population of this municipality is about 16,818 with 3,446 household. The average size of household is 4.88. It is the least populated municipality among other municipalities of

Bajura district Bajura District ( ), a part of Sudurpashchim Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Martadi (today part of Badimalika municipality) as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 1 ...

, while it is the largest municipality on the basis of area. The total area of this municipality is (107 sq mi.). Mardati Bazzar is the local trade center of this municipality. District hospital and many other government offices are also located here.

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 ...

, Badimalika Municipality had a population of 17,259. Of these, 97.9% spoke Nepali, 1.2%

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, 0.2% Maithili, 0.2%

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% Tharu, 0.1%

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, 0.1%

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, 0.1% Tamang and 0.2% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 61.9% were

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, 9.5% Hill Brahmin, 7.9%

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, 5.8%

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, 3.7%

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/Dholi, 2.5%

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, 1.9% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.7% Badi, 1.5%

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, 1.4% Bhote, 1.1% other

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, 0.2%

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, 0.1% Tharu, 0.1% Tamang, 0.1% other Terai and 0.4% others. In terms of religion, 98.0% were

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, 1.7%

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and 0.2%

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. In terms of literacy, 61.1% could read and write, 3.0% could only read and 35.9% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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Geography

This municipality is located in the middle of

. It has Budhinanda Municipality in the East, Gaumul Rural Municipality, Chhededaha Rural Municipality and Budhiganga Municipality in the West, Budhinanda Municipality in the North while Triveni Municipality in the South.

References

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