Galyang

गल्याङ
Province: Gandaki (4)/District: Syangja/Municipality: Galyang
83.42%
Literacy Rate

Galyang Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities in Syangja District of Gandaki Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 31,034, comprising 14,154 males (45.6%) and 16,880 females (54.4%), with a literacy rate of 83.42%. Spanning 122.71 square kilometers, Galyang Municipality exhibits the population density of 253 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), Galyang has 65 schools. Of these, 7 are private and 56 are public. The breakdown includes 47 pre-schools, 65 basic schools, and 20 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 14 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Chirag English Boarding School, Adarsha Secondary School Syangja, Shree Sarbajanik Secondary School, Galyang Bhu. Pu. Sainik Boarding School, and Nepal Rastra Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 2
Community
2

School

Total: 65
Private
7
Public
56
Religious
1
Other
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD47
BasicGrades 1-865
SecondaryGrades 9-1220
+2Grades 11-1214

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate83.42%
Male Literacy Rate90.58%
Female Literacy Rate77.52%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)31,034
Male Population14,154
Female Population16,880
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)83.85
Population in 201137,809
Population Growth Rate-1.9

Geographic Information

Area122.71 sq.km
Population Density253 per sq.km
Number of Wards11

Household Information

Total Households (2021)7,933
Household Size3.91
Households in 20118,275

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