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. ==References==