At the time of the
2011 Nepal census, Bheriganga Municipality had a population of 41,865. Of these, 96.1% spoke
Nepali, 2.5%
Magar, 0.5%
Gurung, 0.3%
Raji, 0.2%
Hindi, 0.1%
Urdu, 0.1%
Newar, 0.1%
Maithili and 0.1% other languages as their first language. In terms of ethnicity/caste, 42.8% were
Chhetri, 23.5%
Kami, 13.5%
Magar, 4.9%
Sarki, 4.2%
Damai/Dholi, 4.1%
Hill Brahmin, 2.6%
Thakuri, 1.0% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.9%
Badi, 0.7%
Gurung, 0.4%
Newar, 0.4%
Raji, 0.3%
Musalman, 0.2%
Gaine, 0.1%
Halwai, 0.1%
Rai, 0.1%
Tamang, 0.1%
Tharu and 0.2% others. In terms of religion, 95.7% were
Hindu, 3.6%
Christian, 0.5%
Buddhist and 0.3%
Muslim. In terms of literacy, 70.9% could read and write, 2.7% could only read and 26.4% could neither read nor write. ==References==