Kalika

कालिका
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Chitwan/Municipality: Kalika
79.06%
Literacy Rate

Kalika Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Chitwan District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 52,164, comprising 25,491 males (48.9%) and 26,673 females (51.1%), with a literacy rate of 79.06%. Spanning 149.08 square kilometers, Kalika Municipality exhibits the population density of 350 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 11 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Kalika has 46 schools. Of these, 11 are private and 35 are public. The breakdown includes 43 pre-schools, 46 basic schools, and 14 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Prithvi Secondary School Kalika Chitwan, Bhimodaya Secondary School Chitwan, Chitrawan Secondary School, Chaturmukhi Secondary School, and Siddhi Vinayak Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 46
Private
11
Public
35

College

Total: 1
Other
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD43
BasicGrades 1-846
SecondaryGrades 9-1214
+2Grades 11-123

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.06%
Male Literacy Rate84.47%
Female Literacy Rate74%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)52,164
Male Population25,491
Female Population26,673
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)95.57
Population in 201142,493
Population Growth Rate1.97

Geographic Information

Area149.08 sq.km
Population Density350 per sq.km
Number of Wards11

Household Information

Total Households (2021)12,258
Household Size4.26
Households in 20119,116

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