Bihadi is a

Rural municipality A rural municipality is a classification of municipality, a type of local government, found in several countries. These include: * Rural municipality (Canada), Rural municipalities in Canada, a Lists of municipalities in Canada, type of municipa ...

located within the Parbat District of the

Gandaki Province Gandaki Province ( ) ), is one of the seven federal provinces established by the current constitution of Nepal which was promulgated on 20 September 2015. Pokhara is the province's capital city. It borders the Tibet Autonomous Region in Southw ...

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 rural municipality spans of area, with a total population of 10828 according to a

2021 Nepal census The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics. The census was originally scheduled from 8 June to 22 June 2021, but was postponed to November 2021 due to a surge in COVID-19 case ...

. On March 10, 2017, the

Government of Nepal The Government of Nepal () is the central executive authority of the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal. The government is led by the Prime Minister of Nepal, prime minister (K. P. Sharma Oli, K.P. Oli since 15 July 2024) who selects all the o ...

restructured the local level bodies into 753 new local level structures. The previous Bahaki Thanti, Bachchha, Barachaur, Ranipani, Urampokhara and

Saligram A shaligram, or shaligrama shila ( deva, शालिग्राम शिला; IAST: ''Śāligrāma-śilā''), is a fossilized stone or ammonite collected from the riverbed or banks of the Kali Gandaki, a tributary of the Gandaki River in ...

VDCs were merged to form Bihadi Rural Municipality. Bihadi is divided into 6

wards Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

, with Bahaki Thanti declared the administrative center of the rural municipality.

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 ...

, Bihadi Rural Municipality had a population of 13,409. Of these, 90.0% spoke Nepali, 6.3% Magar, 3.3%

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 ...

, 0.3%

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 ...

and 0.1% other languages as their first language.

Bihadi Rural Municipality is located in the southern part of Parbat District in Gandaki Province. This rural municipality was established by the decision of the Government of Nepal dated 2073/11/27. This rural municipality is bordered by Mahashila Rural Municipality and Paiyu Rural Municipality in the east, Gulmi District and Baglung District in the west, Baglung District and Phalebas Municipality in the north, and Syangja District and Gulmi District in the south. The total area of this rural municipality is 44.8 sq km. According to the National Census 2078, this rural municipality has a total population of 10,828 including 5,715 females and 5,113 males and a total number of 2,723 families. According to the National Census 2078, the total literacy rate of this rural municipality is 79.7 percent. This rural municipality is made up of 6 former villages. V. S. Bachha, Barrachaur, Ranipani, Bahakithanti, Urampokhara, Shaligram. The center of this rural municipality is located in Bahakithanti, Ward No. 4 of Bihadi Rural Municipality.

Important tourist attractions in this rural municipality include Shaligram Rock, Bacheshwor Temple, Shivpuri Dham, Chapakot Temple, Luringkot Temple, Sheetal Cave, Ranipani Cave, Bhanjyang Devi Temple, etc. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 42.3% were Hill Brahmin, 10.4%

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 ...

, 10.4% Magar, 9.7%

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 ...

, 6.7%

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 ...

, 5.7%

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, 3.6%

, 3.3% Sanyasi/Dasnami 2.7%

and 5.2% others. In terms of religion, 90.8% 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 ...

, 8.8%

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 ...

, 0.2%

Muslim Muslims () are people who adhere to Islam, a Monotheism, monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God ...

, 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 ...

and 0.1% others.NepalMap Demographics
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References

External links

official website of the rural municipality
Rural municipalities in Parbat District Rural municipalities of Nepal established in 2017 {{Gandaki-geo-stub