Chandragiri

चन्द्रागिरी
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Kathmandu/Municipality: Chandragiri
87.27%
Literacy Rate

Chandragiri Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities in Kathmandu District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 136,860, comprising 68,303 males (49.9%) and 68,557 females (50.1%), with a literacy rate of 87.27%. Spanning 43.92 square kilometers, Chandragiri Municipality exhibits the population density of 3,116 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 15 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Chandragiri has 84 schools. Of these, 57 are private and 27 are public. The breakdown includes 65 pre-schools, 77 basic schools, and 54 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 11 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Bright Future Secondary School Naikap, West Point School, Mangalodaya Secondary School, Prabhat Secondary School, and Balambu Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 2
Community
1
Private
1

School

Total: 87
Model School
1
Private
57
Public
27
Technical School
2

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD65
BasicGrades 1-877
SecondaryGrades 9-1254
+2Grades 11-1211

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate87.27%
Male Literacy Rate93.46%
Female Literacy Rate81.16%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)136,860
Male Population68,303
Female Population68,557
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)99.63
Population in 201185,198
Population Growth Rate4.55

Geographic Information

Area43.92 sq.km
Population Density3116 per sq.km
Number of Wards15

Household Information

Total Households (2021)35,994
Household Size3.8
Households in 201120,532

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