Bhojpur District (Nepali: भोजपुर जिल्ला [bʱod͡zpur] ) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. The district's area is 1,507 km with a population of 182,459 (2011). The administrative center is Bhojpur. It is surrounded by Dhankuta and Sankhuwasabha in the east, Khotang in the west, again Sankhuwasabha in north-east, Solukhumbu in the north-west and Udayapur in the South.

According to the District Coordination Committee Bhojpur, this place was named for the Himalayan birch (Betula utilis; Nepali भोजपत्र bhojpatra), which was found here in large quantities. Pur means 'city'.

Classified as a hill district, Bhojpur actually spans five of Nepal's eight climate zones. 3% of the district's area is below 300 meters elevation in the Lower Tropical zone and 31% is Upper Tropical from 300 to 1,000 meters. 50% of the land area belongs to the Subtropical Zone between 1,000 and 2,000 meters and 15% is Temperate (2,000 to 3,000 meters). 2% rises higher into the Subalpine Zone.

Climate Zone	Elevation Range	% of Area
Lower Tropical	below 300 meters (1,000 ft)	2.7%
Upper Tropical	300 to 1,000 meters 1,000 to 3,300 ft.	30.5%
Subtropical	1,000 to 2,000 meters 3,300 to 6,600 ft.	49.8%
Temperate	2,000 to 3,000 meters 6,400 to 9,800 ft.	15.1%
Subalpine	3,000 to 4,000 meters 9,800 to 13,100 ft.	1.7%

Bhojpur is divided into two urban and seven rural municipalities:

No.	Type	Name	Population (2011)	Area	Wards	Website
1	Urban	Bhojpur	28,107	159.51	12	[1]
2	Urban	Shadanand	31,612	241	14	[2]
3	Rural	Hatuwagadhi	20,404	142.61	9	[3]
4	Rural	Ramprasad Rai	18,848	158.83	8	[4]
5	Rural	Aamchok	18,720	184.89	10	[5]
6	Rural	Tyamke Maiyunm	17,911	173.41	9	[6]
7	Rural	Arun Gaunpalika	17,687	154.76	7	[7]
8	Rural	Pauwadungma	15,394	118.86	6	[8]
9	Rural	Salpasilichho	13,111	193.33	6	[9]
	District	Bhojpur	182,459	1,507	81	[10]

Historical population

Census year	Pop.	±% p.a.
1981	192,689	—
1991	198,784	+0.31%
2001	203,018	+0.21%
2011	182,459	−1.06%
2021	157,923	−1.43%
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At the 2021 Nepal census, Bhojpur District had a population of 157,923. Bhojpur had a literacy rate of 78.9% and a sex ratio of 1,019 females per 1,000 males. 55,349 (35.05%) lived in urban areas.

Ethnicity/caste: 34.11% of the population were Rai, 17.66% Chhetri, 10.78% Tamang, 7.65% Newar, 4.94% Magar, 4.58% Bahun, 4.27% Kami, 2.70% Damai, 2.44% Sarki, 2.20% Kulung, 1.88% Bhujel and 1.76% Sherpa.

Religion: 46.39% were Hindu, 36.29% Kirati, 16.04% Buddhist,1.21% Christian and 0.07% others.

As their first language, 47.81% of the population spoke Nepali, 20.04% Bantawa, 7.48% Tamang, 3.52% Magar, 3.29% Newari, 2.90% Kulung, 2.69% Dungmali, 2.19% Sampang, 1.86% Rai, 1.50% Sherpa, 1.49% Chamling. In 2011, 49.08% of the population spoke Nepali as their first language.

The district was affected by an earthquake on 25 April 2015.

• Zones of Nepal

27°10′21″N 87°02′53″E / 27.17250°N 87.04806°E / 27.17250; 87.04806