Badikedar Rural Municipality

Badikedar is a Gaupalika in Doti District in the Sudurpashchim Province of far-western Nepal. Badikedar has a population of 16720.The land area is 332.55 km². It was formed by merging Ghangal, Mannakapadi and Lanakedareshwor VDCs.

Demographics

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.
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.
In terms of religion, 96.3% were Hindu, 3.6% Buddhist and 0.1% Christian.
In terms of literacy, 62.8% could read and write, 4.3% could only read and 32.8% could neither read nor write.