Changunarayan

चाँगुनारायण
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Bhaktapur/Municipality: Changunarayan
84.28%
Literacy Rate

Changunarayan Municipality is one of the 4 municipalities in Bhaktapur District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 88,083, comprising 43,674 males (49.6%) and 44,409 females (50.4%), with a literacy rate of 84.28%. Spanning 62.98 square kilometers, Changunarayan Municipality exhibits the population density of 1,399 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 9 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Changunarayan has 64 schools. Of these, 29 are private and 33 are public. The breakdown includes 54 pre-schools, 61 basic schools, and 31 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Pragya English Secondary School, Golden Sungava English Boarding School, Devi Secondary School Bhaktapur, Changunarayan Secondary School, and Mahendra Gram Secondary School.

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: 64
Private
29
Public
33
Religious
1
Other
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD54
BasicGrades 1-861
SecondaryGrades 9-1231
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate84.28%
Male Literacy Rate92.19%
Female Literacy Rate76.58%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)88,083
Male Population43,674
Female Population44,409
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)98.34
Population in 201155,430
Population Growth Rate4.44

Geographic Information

Area62.98 sq.km
Population Density1399 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)21,588
Household Size4.08
Households in 201112,170

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