Buddhashanti

बुद्धशान्ति
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Jhapa/Rural Municipality: Buddhashanti
84.75%
Literacy Rate

Buddhashanti Rural Municipality is one of the 15 municipalities in Jhapa District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 53,010, comprising 25,260 males (47.7%) and 27,750 females (52.3%), with a literacy rate of 84.75%. Spanning 79.78 square kilometers, Buddhashanti Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 664 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 7 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Buddhashanti has 34 schools. Of these, 17 are private and 16 are public. The breakdown includes 27 pre-schools, 34 basic schools, and 19 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Buddha Adarsha Secondary School Jhapa, Era Evergreen English Boarding School, Adarsha Secondary School Jhapa, Karnali Education Foundation, and Mahananda Sikshya Sadan.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 34
Private
17
Public
16
Religious
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD27
BasicGrades 1-834
SecondaryGrades 9-1219
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate84.75%
Male Literacy Rate90.06%
Female Literacy Rate79.99%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)53,010
Male Population25,260
Female Population27,750
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)91.03
Population in 201141,585
Population Growth Rate2.33

Geographic Information

Area79.78 sq.km
Population Density664 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)13,285
Household Size3.99
Households in 20119,498

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