Bedkot Municipality was formed on 18 September 2015 by merging Daiji and Suda VDCs.

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Bedkot Municipality had a population of 49,490.

[2] In terms of ethnicity/caste, 33.0% were Chhetri, 22.0% Hill Brahmin, 19.0% Tharu, 6.1% Kami, 5.6% Thakuri, 3.2% Sarki, 2.9% Damai/Dholi, 2.6% other Dalit, 1.9% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.8% Magar, 0.6% Lohar, 0.4% Dhanuk, 0.2% Gurung, 0.2% Musalman, 0.1% Badi and 0.2% others.

[3] in terms of religion, 92.4% were Hindu, 4.9% Prakriti, 1.5% Buddhist, 0.9% Christian, 0.2% Muslim and 0.2% others.

It is located at the junction point of Plain (Terai) and Mountainous (Pahad) region of Far West Nepal.