Bagmati Province lies in central Nepal, covering about 20,300 square kilometers and a population of over 5.5 million people across 13 districts. It ranges from the Himalayan region in the north to the Terai plains in the south. Major rivers like the Bagmati, Trishuli, and Sunkoshi flow through the province. Bagmati Province has significant geographic, climatic, ethnic, and linguistic diversity. It is also the most developed province economically, with the highest GDP contribution and human development index of any province.

1. Bagmati Province
Prepared by: Dristant Maharjan and Atisha Shakya
Edited/Compiled by: Bishnu Karki

2. The Bagmati Province lies in the central nepal
covering the lands from upper himalayan region
to a certain part of the terai region covering
about 20300 sq.km with a population of
55,29,452 and 13 districts.
It is surrounded by Tibet in the north, the state
of bihar and province 2 at it’s southern part,
province 1 to the east, and Gandaki province to
it’s west. Hence it covers all three geographical
diversity of nepal from himalayas to hills to
terai. Rivers such as Bagmati, Trishuli, Sunkoshi
flow through this province.
Geographical aspects

3. Geography
● Bagmati province lies between 83055′ & 86034′ East longitude and 26055′ & 28023′
North latitude. It has an area of 20,300 sq.km i. e. 13.79% of the total area of the
country. Out of which 27.29% land is covered by forest.
● Topographically, the province can be divided into four main regions starting from the
the high Himalayan Region (above 5000m) in the north to the Low plain Terai or
Madesh (below 500m).
● Apart from the topographical divisions, administratively there are 13 Districts. As per
the new constitutional provision there are 119 local governments composed of 3
metropolitan city, 1 sub-metropolitan city, 41 municipalities and 74 rural-municipalities
with 1121 wards.
● Only 24.34% of land in the province is used for agriculture purpose. While 59.27% land
is occupied by forest and grassland area and 0.02% land is covered by ponds and lakes.

4. Climate
● Bagmati province has climatic variations, which is associated with the
diverse nature of its topography and altitude. Climatic zone of
Bagmati province starts from High Himal in the north, above 5000 m
with tundra and arctic climate to Siwalik region in the south, 500-
1000 m with sub-tropical climatic zone. The annual precipitation also
varies from 150-200 mm in the high Himalayas to 1100-3000 mm in
the southern plains. Similarly, average annual temperature of the
province varies from below 30c to 250c.
● There are 10 sub-basins and 33 major rivers flowing through the
province. The longest river is Sunkoshi measuring 160.19 km

5. Economic and Development Status
● Bagmati province in of itself is the largest contributor to national economy with a share of 41.35% in terms
of country’s GDP.
● The bagmati province is the most industrialised province having Hetauda industrial Zone, Patan and Balaju
Industrial Zone.
● Economic activities: Agriculture, tourism, Trade and business, mining, foreign employment
● Province 3 has the highest per capita income with people earning an average USD $1,534 .
● Regarding Infrastructure, this province is most developed among others. Highway in the provinces are B. P.
Highway, Araniko, Tribhuvan Rajpath, Kanti Rajpath, Prithivi Highway, Middle section of East-West
Highway, Kathmandu-Terai Fast Track etc.
● Melamchi Drinking Project and other many project are under construction.
● It is the most literate as well with the most developed infrastructure in terms of health, physical
infrastructures with the capital cities such as kathmandu and other major cities such as lalitpur bhaktapur and
chitwan. The human development index (HDI) of nepal as of 2019 is 0.661 being the province with the
highest HDI.
● It also is the second province with most electrification with 94.44% according to Kulman Ghising.
These all the facts proved that this province is most developed among others.

6. EXTRA INFORMATION
Tourism sites: Kathmandu valley, Chitwan, Nagarkot, Rasuwa (eight of ten UNESCO
World Heritage Sites are avaliable in this province).
Mountains: Langtan, Ganesh, Gaurishankhar
Major cities: Kathmandu, Lalitpur, Bhaktapur, Hetauda, Nuwakot, Bharatpur
Ethnic diversities: Tamang, Newar, Chhetri, Brahmin, Sherpa, Jerel, Chepang etc.
Lingual diversities: Newari, Tamang, Nepali etc.

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