Balephi

बलेफी
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Sindhupalchok/Rural Municipality: Balephi
72.05%
Literacy Rate

Balephi Rural Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities in Sindhupalchok District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 17,085, comprising 8,407 males (49.2%) and 8,678 females (50.8%), with a literacy rate of 72.05%. Spanning 61.6 square kilometers, Balephi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 277 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Balephi has 31 schools. Of these, 4 are private and 27 are public. The breakdown includes 26 pre-schools, 30 basic schools, and 12 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Bal Shiksha Secondary School Sindhupalchok, Shree Greenland Secondary School, Ananda Secondary School Balefi Sindhupalchok, Shree Jalapadevi Secondary School, and Saraswati Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 31
Private
4
Public
27

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD26
BasicGrades 1-830
SecondaryGrades 9-1212
+2Grades 11-125

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate72.05%
Male Literacy Rate79.98%
Female Literacy Rate64.5%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)17,085
Male Population8,407
Female Population8,678
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)96.88
Population in 201118,909
Population Growth Rate-0.97

Geographic Information

Area61.60 sq.km
Population Density277 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)4,829
Household Size3.54
Households in 20114,429

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