Chapakot

चापाकोट
Province: Gandaki (4)/District: Syangja/Municipality: Chapakot
79.87%
Literacy Rate

Chapakot Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities in Syangja District of Gandaki Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 22,969, comprising 10,416 males (45.3%) and 12,553 females (54.7%), with a literacy rate of 79.87%. Spanning 120.59 square kilometers, Chapakot Municipality exhibits the population density of 190 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 10 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Chapakot has 53 schools. Of these, 6 are private and 46 are public. The breakdown includes 38 pre-schools, 50 basic schools, and 19 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 6 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Ganga Lal Secondary School, Janajyoti Secondary School Syangja, Janahit Secondary School Ratanpur Syangja, Golden Supervision Academy English Boarding School, and Bhanu Secondary School Syangja.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 2
Community
2

School

Total: 54
Private
6
Public
46
Religious
1
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD38
BasicGrades 1-850
SecondaryGrades 9-1219
+2Grades 11-126

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.87%
Male Literacy Rate87.93%
Female Literacy Rate73.35%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)22,969
Male Population10,416
Female Population12,553
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)82.98
Population in 201126,006
Population Growth Rate-1.19

Geographic Information

Area120.59 sq.km
Population Density190 per sq.km
Number of Wards10

Household Information

Total Households (2021)6,251
Household Size3.67
Households in 20115,934

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