Chishankhugadhi

चिशंखुगढी
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Okhaldhunga/Rural Municipality: Chishankhugadhi
74.78%
Literacy Rate

Chishankhugadhi Rural Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Okhaldhunga District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 13,844, comprising 6,784 males (49.0%) and 7,060 females (51.0%), with a literacy rate of 74.78%. Spanning 126.91 square kilometers, Chishankhugadhi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 109 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Chishankhugadhi has 39 schools. Of these, 1 are private and 38 are public. The breakdown includes 29 pre-schools, 39 basic schools, and 7 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 6 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Chhatra Pragati Secondary School, Saraswati Secondary School Bitalav Okhaldhunga, Jalpa Secondary School Kalimati, Jalpa Secondary School Diyale Okhaldhunga, and Parijat Smrittee Basic School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 39
Private
1
Public
38

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD29
BasicGrades 1-839
SecondaryGrades 9-127
+2Grades 11-126

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate74.78%
Male Literacy Rate81.98%
Female Literacy Rate67.89%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)13,844
Male Population6,784
Female Population7,060
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)96.09
Population in 201115,196
Population Growth Rate-0.89

Geographic Information

Area126.91 sq.km
Population Density109 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)3,305
Household Size4.19
Households in 20113,334

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