Chingad

चिङ्गाड
Province: Karnali (6)/District: Surkhet/Rural Municipality: Chingad
74.22%
Literacy Rate

Chingad Rural Municipality is one of the 9 municipalities in Surkhet District of Karnali Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 15,600, comprising 7,367 males (47.2%) and 8,233 females (52.8%), with a literacy rate of 74.22%. Spanning 170.19 square kilometers, Chingad Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 92 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 6 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Chingad has 42 schools. Of these, 1 are private and 40 are public. The breakdown includes 36 pre-schools, 42 basic schools, and 8 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Janata Secondary School Chingad, Nepal Rastriya Secondary School Dhaulachkhachaur, Bhairab Secondary School Surkhet, Malika Secondary School, Surkhet, and Saraswati Secondary School Surkhet.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 42
Private
1
Public
40
Other
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD36
BasicGrades 1-842
SecondaryGrades 9-128
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate74.22%
Male Literacy Rate82.78%
Female Literacy Rate66.78%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)15,600
Male Population7,367
Female Population8,233
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)89.48
Population in 201117,275
Population Growth Rate-0.98

Geographic Information

Area170.19 sq.km
Population Density92 per sq.km
Number of Wards6

Household Information

Total Households (2021)3,297
Household Size4.73
Households in 20112,923

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