Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Budhanilkantha Municipality had total 107,918 population with 54,185 males and 53,733 females. Out of total wards, ward number 10 had the largest population 24,050, while ward number 13 had least number of population with 24,050.
With respect to number of households, Budhanilkantha Municipality had total 26,485 households. The ward number 10 had most households with total 6,246, while ward number 13 had least number of households with total 859 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 1.01, which indicates that Budhanilkantha Municipality had -1 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.07, which means that in average 4.07 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 15.30, while male to female absentee population ratio was 2.69. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 4.73.
Population by Age Group
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 15 and 19 (6,469), between 20 and 24 (6,263), between 10 and 14 (5,684), between 25 and 29 (5,359), and between 30 and 34 (4,929), with total population of 28,704. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (457), above 75 (718), between 65 and 69 (723),between 60 and 64 (1,031), and between 55 and 59 (1,360), with total population of 4,289. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 20 and 24 (6,964), between 25 and 29 (6,477), between 15 and 19 (5,949), between 10 and 14 (5,196), and between 30 and 34 (5,183), with total population of 29,769. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (593), between 65 and 69 (812), above 75 (866),between 60 and 64 (1,128), and between 55 and 59 (1,216), with total population of 4,615.
The population with age-group 45 to 49 had male to female ratio of 1.17, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 70 to 74 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.77. The age-groups 45 to 49, 50 to 54, below 4, 5 to 9, 55 to 59, 40 to 44, 10 to 14, 15 to 19 had majority of male population while age-groups 30 to 34, 60 to 64, 20 to 24, 65 to 69, 25 to 29, above 75, 70 to 74 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 35 to 39 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Budhanilkantha Municipality visually illustrates the male vs. female population based on different age groups. The population data and ratio tables are also available in this link.
Population Ratios
There were 70.48 % (76,060 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 25.66 % with total number of 27,689. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 3.86 % with total number of 4,169. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 29.52 with total number of 31,858
There were 34,245 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 7,567. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 221 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.
Literacy, Education Levels & Schooling
Grade 1-12 Students & Schools
The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.
Population by Language Spoken
Mostly spoken language in Budhanilkantha is Nepali, which is spoken by 76,076 people. The Budhanilkantha has people who speak other languages, such as Newar, Tamang, Sherpa, Rai, Gurung, Magar, Maithili, Limbu, Tharu, Bhojpuri, Hindi, Sunuwar, Urdu, Kulung, Khaling, Thami, Bantawa, Chamling, English, Thulung, Doteli, Jirel, Thakali, Hyolmo/Yholmo, Bangla, Oriya, Nachhiring, Majhi, Dhimal, Punjabi, Bahing, Danuwar, Sampang, Ghale, Tibetan, Sanskrit, Wambule, etc.
Out of total population, 37,990 female speaks Nepali language, while 38,086 male speaks Nepali language.Details information about languages spoken by male and female groups of population has been illustrated in the table.Population by Castes
According to 2011 census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Budhanilkantha Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Chhetri caste with total population of 26,943. There were as little as Punjabi/Shikh caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Budhanilkantha are Brahmin - Hill, Newar, Tamang, Rai, Magar, Gurung, Sherpa, Thakuri, Kami, Limbu, Damai/Dholi, Sarki, Tharu, Dalit Others, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Muslim, Gharti/Bhujel, Sunuwar, Majhi, Badi, Yadav, Terai Others, Bhote, Hajam/Thakur, Teli, Thami, Thakali, Dhanuk, Ghale, Dhimal, Jirel, Foreigner, Lohar, Brahmin - Tarai, Bangali, Kulung, Badhaee, Haluwai, Koiri/Kushwaha, Kathbaniyan, Rajput, Kayastha, Kumal, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Danuwar, Kalwar, Khaling, Kanu, Sonar, Rajbansi, Chamling, Hyolmo, Yakkha, Chhantyal/Chhantel, Baraee, Dura, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Thulung, Musahar, Kumhar, Kurmi, Chepang/Praja, Darai, Marwadi, Pahari, Bantaba, Punjabi/Shikh, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Budhanilkantha Municipality are Chhetri (26,943), Brahmin - Hill (23,920), Newar (15,228), Tamang (13,084) and Rai (5,007) with total population of 84,182, which forms 78.01 percent out of total population of 107,918 in Budhanilkantha Municipality.Population by Disability
Similarly, there were 172 people who were blind and 159 people were deaf, while 33 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 119 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 83 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
With respect to wall of the houses, 2,558 houses were mud bonded, 22,838 houses were cement bonded, 116 houses were wood planks bonded, 213 houses were bamboo bonded and 230 houses had unbaked bricks on their outer walls.Rest of the houses were reported of having other types of outer wall, while some of them reported nothing of having the outer wall bonding.
There were several types of house roofs reported. Total 137 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 3,750 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 656 houses had roof of tile, 21,371 houses had RCC roofs, 40 houses had roof of woods while 0 houses were reported having roof of mud. As per 2011 CBS census, some of the houses had other types of roofs while some didn't report about the roof structure.
With respect to the toilets, 220 out of 26,485 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 22,050 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 4,055 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
With reference to source of fuel, 2,181 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 633 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 23,446 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (13), bio-gas (18), fuel electricity (7), etc.
Same as, total 26,039 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 123, while 11 households used solar energy as source of lights. Total 0 households also reported of using bio-gas as a source of light. The ratio of use of electricity as compared to other source of light was 0.98.
Facilities
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 6,397 establishments in Budhanilkantha Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 21,152 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 10,936 and female engagement of 10,216 persons.In every business, there were an average of 3.31 people engaged with average males are 1.71 and females are 1.60. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.07, which means as many as 1.07 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 51.70 percent while the females are 48.30 percent.
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