Chichila

चिचिला
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Sankhuwasabha/Rural Municipality: Chichila
80.42%
Literacy Rate

Chichila Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Sankhuwasabha District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 6,577, comprising 3,262 males (49.6%) and 3,315 females (50.4%), with a literacy rate of 80.42%. Spanning 88.63 square kilometers, Chichila Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 74 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 5 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Chichila has 20 schools. Of these, 20 are public. The breakdown includes 19 pre-schools, 19 basic schools, and 4 secondary schools.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Saraswati Secondary School, Dharmadevi Secondary School, Jalapa Secondary School, Prabhat Secondary School, and Deurali Basic School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 20
Public
20

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD19
BasicGrades 1-819
SecondaryGrades 9-124
+2Grades 11-120

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate80.42%
Male Literacy Rate86.33%
Female Literacy Rate74.59%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)6,577
Male Population3,262
Female Population3,315
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)98.4
Population in 20117,065
Population Growth Rate-0.69

Geographic Information

Area88.63 sq.km
Population Density74 per sq.km
Number of Wards5

Household Information

Total Households (2021)1,664
Household Size3.95
Households in 20111,518

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