Gaidahawa

गैडहवा
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Rupandehi/Rural Municipality: Gaidahawa
71.3%
Literacy Rate

Gaidahawa Rural Municipality is one of the 16 municipalities in Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 56,149, comprising 27,847 males (49.6%) and 28,302 females (50.4%), with a literacy rate of 71.3%. Spanning 96.79 square kilometers, Gaidahawa Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 580 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 9 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Gaidahawa has 46 schools. Of these, 12 are private and 22 are public. The breakdown includes 44 pre-schools, 45 basic schools, and 15 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Jogada Secondary School, Hasanapur Secondary School, Hasanapur, Shree Suryapura Secondary School, Jeevan Jyoti Secondary School, and Siddha Lumbini English School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 46
Private
12
Public
22
Religious
12

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD44
BasicGrades 1-845
SecondaryGrades 9-1215
+2Grades 11-125

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate71.3%
Male Literacy Rate81.99%
Female Literacy Rate60.89%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)56,149
Male Population27,847
Female Population28,302
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)98.39
Population in 201147,565
Population Growth Rate1.59

Geographic Information

Area96.79 sq.km
Population Density580 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)9,947
Household Size5.64
Households in 20117,285

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