Bharatpur Metropolitan City Profile | Facts & Statistics
Bharatpur is a Metropolitan City located in Chitwan District of Nepal. It has total 29 wards and 433 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 census, it had total population of 280,502.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Bharatpur Metropolitan City had total 280,502 population with 134,001 males and 146,501 females. Out of total wards, ward number 10 had the largest population 21,844, while ward number 24 had least number of population with 21,844.
With respect to number of households, Bharatpur Metropolitan City had total 69,035 households. The ward number 10 had most households with total 6,477, while ward number 24 had least number of households with total 981 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.91, which indicates that Bharatpur Metropolitan City had 9 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 4.06, which means that in average 4.06 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 9.35, while male to female absentee population ratio was 5.43. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 2.43.
Population by Age Group
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (17,134), between 15 and 19 (16,862), between 5 and 9 (13,759), between 20 and 24 (12,557), and below 4 (10,298), with total population of 70,610. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (2,100), between 65 and 69 (2,820), above 75 (3,037),between 60 and 64 (3,621), and between 55 and 59 (4,446), with total population of 16,024. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (16,301), between 15 and 19 (16,273), between 20 and 24 (16,079), between 25 and 29 (14,643), and between 5 and 9 (12,558), with total population of 75,854. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were between 70 and 74 (2,147), between 65 and 69 (2,971), above 75 (3,407),between 60 and 64 (3,790), and between 55 and 59 (4,349), with total population of 16,664.
The population with age-group below 4 had male to female ratio of 1.13, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 25 to 29 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.65. The age-groups below 4, 5 to 9, 10 to 14, 15 to 19, 50 to 54, 55 to 59 had majority of male population while age-groups 70 to 74, 45 to 49, 60 to 64, 65 to 69, 40 to 44, above 75, 20 to 24, 35 to 39, 30 to 34, 25 to 29 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Bharatpur Metropolitan City 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 65.91 % (184,871 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 28.22 % with total number of 79,149. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 5.88 % with total number of 16,482. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 34.09 with total number of 95,631
There were 86,066 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 19,397. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 225 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.
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 Bharatpur is Nepali, which is spoken by 218,211 people. The Bharatpur has people who speak other languages, such as Tharu, Gurung, Tamang, Newar, Magar, Bhojpuri, Darai, Maithili, Hindi, Bote, Urdu, Chepang, Rai, Kumal, Rajsthani, Bangla, Hyolmo/Yholmo, Kham, Ghale, Limbu, Bhujel, Thakali, Sunuwar, Doteli, Sherpa, Yakkha, Sign Language, Dura, Bajjika, Avadhi, Santhali, Majhi, Chinese, Nachhiring, Punjabi, etc.
Out of total population, 115,198 female speaks Nepali language, while 103,013 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), Bharatpur Metropolitan City was inhabitted by mostly the people of Brahmin - Hill caste with total population of 95,028. There were as little as Bantar/Sardar caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Bharatpur are Chhetri, Gurung, Tamang, Newar, Tharu, Kami, Magar, Kumal, Damai/Dholi, Sarki, Muslim, Darai, Thakuri, Gharti/Bhujel, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Rai, Chepang/Praja, Kathbaniyan, Bote, Ghale, Teli, Yadav, Kalwar, Badi, Kanu, Sunuwar, Marwadi, Haluwai, Koiri/Kushwaha, Hajam/Thakur, Dura, Kurmi, Terai Others, Limbu, Bangali, Hyolmo, Majhi, Brahmin - Tarai, Mallaha, Thakali, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Brahmu/Baramo, Kayastha, Rajput, Undefined Others, Dalit Others, Foreigner, Sudhi, Nuniya, Dhobi, Musahar, Mali, Lohar, Baraee, Gaine, Dhanuk, Bin, Sonar, Sherpa, Tatma/Tatwa, Kumhar, Yakkha, Badhaee, Bhote, Satar/Santhal, Chhantyal/Chhantel, Kewat, Danuwar, Dhimal, Khawas, Pahari, Nachhiring, Kamar, Rajbansi, Punjabi/Shikh, Lodh, Bantar/Sardar, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Bharatpur Metropolitan City are Brahmin - Hill (95,028), Chhetri (34,450), Gurung (24,287), Tamang (17,579) and Newar (17,007) with total population of 188,351, which forms 67.15 percent out of total population of 280,502 in Bharatpur Metropolitan City.Population by Disability
Similarly, there were 1,820 people who were blind and 858 people were deaf, while 123 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 555 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 471 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, 6,115 houses were mud bonded, 51,589 houses were cement bonded, 1,785 houses were wood planks bonded, 4,681 houses were bamboo bonded and 1,630 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 5,395 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 33,337 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 490 houses had roof of tile, 28,696 houses had RCC roofs, 167 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, 1,984 out of 69,035 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 57,605 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 9,146 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
With reference to source of fuel, 25,295 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 666 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 36,412 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (88), bio-gas (5,881), fuel electricity (140), etc.
Same as, total 67,109 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 1,323, while 63 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 0.97.
Facilities
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 17,077 establishments in Bharatpur Metropolitan City that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 64,812 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 39,479 and female engagement of 25,333 persons.In every business, there were an average of 3.80 people engaged with average males are 2.31 and females are 1.48. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.56, which means as many as 1.56 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 60.91 percent while the females are 39.09 percent.
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