Bhojpur District ( ) is one of 14 districts of Koshi Province of eastern Nepal. The district's area is 1,507 km<sup>2</sup> 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 à ¤Âà ¥Âà ¤Âà ¤ªà ¤¤à ¥Âà ¤° 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.
Bhojpur is divided into two urban and seven rural municipalities:
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: 36.31% 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, 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.