Balara

बलरा
Province: Madhesh (2)/District: Sarlahi/Municipality: Balara
54.48%
Literacy Rate

Balara Municipality is one of the 20 municipalities in Sarlahi District of Madhesh Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 47,912, comprising 24,771 males (51.7%) and 23,141 females (48.3%), with a literacy rate of 54.48%. Spanning 48.55 square kilometers, Balara Municipality exhibits the population density of 987 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 11 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Balara has 38 schools. Of these, 4 are private and 31 are public. The breakdown includes 31 pre-schools, 37 basic schools, and 5 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Janata Secondary School Gadahiya-Dumariya, Sarlahi, Saraswati Amresh Babunandan Singh Secondary School, Shree Sudha Rajeshwar Secondary School, Ram Sakhi Mohit Singh Janata Secondary School, and Nepal Rastriya Ramchandra Shivachandra Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

Click the links below to view complete lists of educational institutions in this area.

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 40
Model School
1
Private
4
Public
31
Religious
3
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD31
BasicGrades 1-837
SecondaryGrades 9-125
+2Grades 11-123

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate54.48%
Male Literacy Rate62.23%
Female Literacy Rate46.15%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)47,912
Male Population24,771
Female Population23,141
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)107.04
Population in 201145,194
Population Growth Rate0.56

Geographic Information

Area48.55 sq.km
Population Density987 per sq.km
Number of Wards11

Household Information

Total Households (2021)8,622
Household Size5.56
Households in 20117,693

Sources

Center for Education and Human Resource Development. (2081 BS). IEMIS Report 2081. CEHRD.

Central Bureau of Statistics. (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021. CBS Nepal.

YIPL, MoFaLD, & OKN. (n.d.). Nepal local level map [Dataset]. GitHub. https://github.com/younginnovations/nepal-locallevel-map