At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Bardagoriya Rural Municipality had a population of 32,683.

Of these, 41.7% spoke Tharu, 31.9% Nepali, 12.2% Doteli, 7.2% Achhami, 3.5% Maithili, 1.4% Magar, 0.8% Jumli, 0.4% Hindi, 0.1% Bajureli, 0.1% Dailekhi, 0.1% Kham, 0.1% Urdu and 0.1% other languages as their first language.

[2] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 41.8% were Tharu, 17.6% Chhetri, 13.9% Kami, 11.6% Hill Brahmin, 5.1% Thakuri, 3.3% Damai/Dholi, 2.1% Magar, 1.1% Sarki, 1.0% other Dalit, 0.8% Lohar, 0.4% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.3% Badi, 0.3% Musalman, 0.1% Terai Brahmin, 0.1% Gurung, 0.1% Newar, 0.1% Tatma/Tatwa, 0.1% other Terai, 0.1% Yadav and 0.2% others.

[5] Bardagoriya Rural Municipality is connected to the Mahendra Highway, which is the longest highway of Nepal, where transport includes auto rickshaws, public minibuses and public city buses.

On July 31, 2019, 43 bigha and 17 kathha (roughly 297,000 m2) of land was seized by the revolutionary Communist Party of Nepal under the name of Tharuwan Autonomous Province Bardagoriya People’s Council Nepal.