Badikedar Rural Municipality

Badikedar Rural Municipality बड्डी केदार गाउँपालिका
Rural Municipality
Badikedar Rural Municipality बड्डी केदार गाउँपालिका Show map of Sudurpashchim Province Badikedar Rural Municipality Badikedar Rural Municipality (Nepal) Show map of Nepal
Coordinates: 29°01′18″N 80°52′55″E / 29.0216°N 80.882°E / 29.0216; 80.882
Country	Nepal
Province	Sudurpashchim Province
District	Doti District
Government
• Type	Local government
• Chairperson	Krishna Bahadur Chand
• Administrative Head	Dipak Raj Jaisi
Area
• Total	332.55 km2 (128.40 sq mi)
Population  (2011 census)
• Total	16,720
• Density	50.28/km2 (130.2/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+05:45 (Nepal Standard Time)
Website	http://badikedarmun.gov.np

Badikedar (Nepali: बड्डी केदार) is a Gaupalika (Nepali: गाउपालिका, romanized: gaupalika) in Doti District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal.¹ Badikedar has a population of 16720.The land area is 332.55 km².² It was formed by merging Ghangal, Mannakapadi and Lanakedareshwor VDCs.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Badikedar Rural Municipality had a population of 16,731. Of these, 67.2% spoke Doteli, 28.1% Nepali, 3.6% Magar, 0.8% Kham and 0.3% other languages as their first language.³

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 46.2% were Chhetri, 18.8% Magar, 9.1% Kami, 8.8% Thakuri, 8.0% Sarki, 4.5% Hill Brahmin, 1.5% Damai/Dholi, 1.0% Badi, 0.9% Tamang, 0.7% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.4% Gurung, 0.1% other Dalit and 0.2% others.⁴

In terms of religion, 96.3% were Hindu, 3.6% Buddhist and 0.1% Christian.⁵

In terms of literacy, 62.8% could read and write, 4.3% could only read and 32.8% could neither read nor write.⁶