Baranja, Nepal Explained

Baranja, Nepal
Native Name:बरन्जा
Settlement Type:Village development committee
Pushpin Map:Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Nepal
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Nepal
Subdivision Type1:Zone
Subdivision Name1:Dhaulagiri Zone
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Myagdi District
Population As Of:1991
Population Total:4576
Population Density Km2:auto
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Timezone:Nepal Time
Utc Offset:+5:45
Coordinates:28.35°N 83.46°W

Baranja is a village development committee in Myagdi District in the Dhaulagiri Zone of western-central Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census it had a population of 4576 people living in 891 individual households.[1]

Baranja VDC in Myagdi district was declared the first fully literate area in the district in December 2015.[2] The announcement was made as 95.2 percent of VDC's population can now read and write. Officials announced that all children had access to school in the VDC.

Resource person at the District Education Office Krishna Lal Sapkota said a total of 3,738 people between the ages of 15 and 60 years in the VDC are literate.

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