| Beni Municipality | |
| Native Name: | बेनी नगरपालिका |
| Other Name: | Beni Bazaar |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Motto: | दुई खोलाको संगम |
| Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map: | Nepal Gandaki Province#Nepal |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
| Coordinates: | 28.35°N 83.5667°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Nepal |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name1: | Gandaki Province |
| Subdivision Name2: | Myagdi District |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Surat K.C. (CPNUML) |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Jyoti Lmichhane (Nepal Communist Party Maoist Centre) |
| Area Total Km2: | 52.77 |
| Population Total: | 28511 |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Postal Code Type: | Postal code |
| Postal Code: | 33200 |
| Area Code: | 069 |
| Website: | http://benimun.gov.np/ |
| Timezone: | NST |
| Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
Beni is a municipality and the district headquarters of Myagdi District in Gandaki Province, Nepal. Municipality was announced by merging the then Ratnechaur, Jyamrukot, Arthunge, Pulachaur, Singa village development committees since 18 May 2014.[1]
Beni is located at the confluence of the Kali Gandaki River and Myagdi River at an altitude of 899 meters. Being the northernmost of the Tri-cities area of Nepal, it is located 12 km to the north of Zonal headquarters Baglung. It is mainly divided into two parts by the Kali Gandaki River. The Western Part lies in Myagdi District and the main offices lie there. The other part lies in Parbat District and is relatively small.
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Beni Municipality had a population of 34,878. Of these, 92.9% spoke Nepali, 2.8% Magar, 1.9% Newar, 0.7% Chantyal, 0.3% Bhojpuri, 0.2% Gurung, 0.2% Hindi, 0.2% Maithili, 0.2% Thakali, 0.1% Kham, 0.1% Sanskrit, 0.1% Tamang and 0.1% other languages as their first language.[2]
In terms of ethnicity/caste, 29.0% were Chhetri, 21.7% Magar, 13.3% Hill Brahmin, 8.1% Damai/Dholi, 8.0% Kami, 6.3% Sarki, 3.8% Newar, 2.6% Thakuri, 2.2% Chhantyal, 1.1% Gurung, 1.0% Thakali, 0.6% Kisan, 0.4% Musalman, 0.4% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.2% Rai, 0.2% Tamang, 0.1% Badi, 0.1% Halwai, 0.1% Koiri/Kushwaha, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Tharu and 0.4% others.[3]
In terms of religion, 92.2% were Hindu, 6.2% Buddhist, 1.0% Christian, 0.4% Muslim and 0.1% others.[4]
In terms of literacy, 77.2% could read and write, 2.3% could only read and 20.4% could neither read nor write.[5]
Beni meaning the place where two rivers meet was the winter headquarters of Parvat Rajya. It was on the Tibet-Nepal trading route before the invasion of Parvat Rajya.[6]
Beni municipality has many private, community as well as government schools. Some of them are as follows.
Although Beni is small but it is really beautiful. Some of the popular tourist destinations are: