Gadhi

गढी
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Sunsari/Rural Municipality: Gadhi
70.78%
Literacy Rate

Gadhi Rural Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities in Sunsari District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 38,739, comprising 19,096 males (49.3%) and 19,643 females (50.7%), with a literacy rate of 70.78%. Spanning 67.7 square kilometers, Gadhi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 572 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), Gadhi has 37 schools. Of these, 13 are private and 22 are public. The breakdown includes 33 pre-schools, 36 basic schools, and 10 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Shree Secondary School Chhitaha Sunsari, Kamaksha Vidhya Mandir, Gadhi-1, Sunsari, Divine Temple English Boarding School, Everest English Boarding School, Gadhi-2, Sunsari, and Peace Buddha Jyoti Academy.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 37
Private
13
Public
22
Religious
2

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD33
BasicGrades 1-836
SecondaryGrades 9-1210
+2Grades 11-124
School Level Distribution4040303020201010003336104Pre-schoolPre-schoolBasicBasicSecondarySecondaryPlus-2Plus-2

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate70.78%
Male Literacy Rate78.85%
Female Literacy Rate63.04%
Literacy Rate by Gender80806060404020200078.8563.0470.78MaleMaleFemaleFemaleOverallOverall

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)38,739
Male Population19,096
Female Population19,643
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)97.22
Population in 201134,852
Population Growth Rate1.01
Population Trend (2011-2021)39,00039,00038,00038,00037,00037,00036,00036,00035,00035,00034,00034,00034,85238,7392011201120212021
49.3%50.7%Gender Distribution
Male
Female

Geographic Information

Area67.70 sq.km
Population Density572 per sq.km
Number of Wards6

Household Information

Total Households (2021)8,565
Household Size4.52
Households in 20117,039

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