Bhojpur District, Nepal


Bhojpur District is one of 14 districts of Province No. 1 of eastern Nepal. The district's area is 1,507 km² with a population of 182,459. The administrative center is Bhojpur. It is surrounded by Dhankuta and Sankhuwasabha in the east, Khotang in the west, again Sankhuwasabha in north-east and Solukhumbu in the north-west and Udayapur in the South.

Etymology

According to the DCC Bhojpur, this place was named after the Betula utilis. Betula utilis had found here in large quantity. The Nepali name for Betula utilis is "Bhojpatra".
"Bhojpur" is a combination of two words "Bhoj" and "Pur", Bhoj refers to Bhojpatra and "Pur refers to a place or city.

Geography and climate

Classified as a Hill District, Bhojpur actually spans five of Nepal's eight climate zones. 3% of the district's area is below 300 meters elevation in the Lower Tropical zone and 31% is Upper Tropical from 300 to 1,000 meters. 50% of the land area belongs to the Subtropical Zone between 1,000 and 2,000 meters and 15% is Temperate. 2% rises higher into the Subalpine Zone.
Climate ZoneElevation Range% of Area
Lower Tropicalbelow 300 meters 2.7%
Upper Tropical300 to 1,000 meters
1,000 to 3,300 ft.		30.5%
Subtropical1,000 to 2,000 meters
3,300 to 6,600 ft.		49.8%
Temperate2,000 to 3,000 meters
6,400 to 9,800 ft.		15.1%
Subalpine3,000 to 4,000 meters
9,800 to 13,100 ft.		 1.7%

Divisions

Bhojpur is divided into two urban and seven rural municipalities:

Towns and villages (former VDC)

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Bhojpur District had a population of 182,459. Of these, 49.1% spoke Nepali, 19.6% Bantawa, 7.5% Tamang, 4.5% Newari, 3.4% Magar, 3.0% Dungmali, 2.4% Kulung, 2.0% Sampang, 1.5% Sherpa, 1.4% Rai, 1.2% Chamling and 0.7% Nachhiring as their first language.
48.5% of the population in the district spoke Nepali and 0.6% Bantawa as their second language.
53% of the population are female. Major ethnicities in the district are Rai, Chhetri, Tamang, Newar, Bahun and others. The literacy rate is 69 percent.

2015 Nepal earthquake

The district was affected by an earthquake on 25 April 2015.