Bheri () (earlier; Bheri Malika) is an urban

municipality A municipality is usually a single administrative division having municipal corporation, corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality' ...

located in Jajarkot District of Karnali Province of

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 ...

. The total area of the municipality is and the total population of the municipality as of

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 ...

is 33,515 individuals. The municipality is divided into total 13 wards. The municipality was established on 19 September 2015 merging Khalanga, Punama, Bhur and Jagatipur Village development committee. No changes were made in this municipality on 10 March 2017, when

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restricted old administrative structure and announced 744 local level units as per the new constitution of Nepal 2015.

Demographics

At the time of the

, Bheri Municipality had a population of 34,713. 99.9% of these spoke Nepali as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 30.4% 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 ...

, 27.8%

Kami are the Deity, deities, Divinity, divinities, Spirit (supernatural entity), spirits, mythological, spiritual, or natural phenomena that are venerated in the traditional Shinto religion of Japan. ''Kami'' can be elements of the landscape, forc ...

, 16.9%

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 ...

, 13.8% Magar, 3.8% Hill Brahmin, 2.8%

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, 1.6% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.7%

Newar Newar (; , endonym: Newa; , Pracalit script: ), or Nepami, are primarily inhabitants in Kathmandu Valley of Nepal and its surrounding areas, and the creators of its historic heritage and civilisation. Page 15. Newars are a distinct linguisti ...

, 0.5% Badi, 0.4% Gaine, 0.3% Sarki, 0.3% Raji, 0.2% other Terai, 0.2%

Chamar Chamar (or Jatav) is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's Reservation in India, system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade persons who were involved in leather tanning and shoemaking. They a ...

/Harijan/Ram, 0.1% Tharu and 0.1% others. In terms of religion, 99.2% were

Hindu Hindus (; ; also known as Sanātanīs) are people who religiously adhere to Hinduism, also known by its endonym Sanātana Dharma. Jeffery D. Long (2007), A Vision for Hinduism, IB Tauris, , pp. 35–37 Historically, the term has also be ...

and 0.8%

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, 60.5% could read and write, 3.2% could only read and 36.3% could neither read nor write. NepalMap Literac

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* Populated places in Jajarkot District Municipalities in Karnali Province Nepal municipalities established in 2015 {{Jajarkot-geo-stub