# Baranja, Nepal

_Village development committee in Dhaulagiri Zone, Nepal_

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Last updated: 2026-11-06

> 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.

## Quick facts

- **Type:** ward of Nepal ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4858385#P31))
- **Located in:** Myagdi District (district of Nepal) › Gandaki Province (province of Nepal) ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4858385#P131))
- **Coordinates:** 28.3500, 83.4600

## About

Baranja VDC in Myagdi district was declared the first fully literate area in the district in December 2015. 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.

## Questions

**Where is Baranja, Nepal located?**  
Baranja, Nepal is located in Myagdi District, Gandaki Province, Nepal.

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## Sources

- [Wikipedia (English): Baranja, Nepal](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baranja,_Nepal) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikipedia (Nepali): बरञ्जा](https://ne.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%AC%E0%A4%B0%E0%A4%9E%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%9C%E0%A4%BE) — [CC BY-SA 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/)
- [Wikidata item Q4858385](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4858385) — [CC0 1.0](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)

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## Cite this page

"Baranja, Nepal". DigiNepal. Last updated 6 November 2026. https://diginpl.com/places/baranja-nepal. Retrieved 6 November 2026.