Gangadev

गंगादेव
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Rolpa/Rural Municipality: Gangadev
77.26%
Literacy Rate

Gangadev Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Rolpa District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 21,503, comprising 10,045 males (46.7%) and 11,458 females (53.3%), with a literacy rate of 77.26%. Spanning 124.38 square kilometers, Gangadev Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 173 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 7 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Gangadev has 41 schools. Of these, 2 are private and 39 are public. The breakdown includes 41 pre-schools, 40 basic schools, and 11 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Siddhartha Secondary School, Buddhi Bikash Secondary And Technical School, Prithvi Narayan Secondary School, Jivan Jyoti Secondary School, and Rastriya Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 42
Model School
1
Private
2
Public
39

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD41
BasicGrades 1-840
SecondaryGrades 9-1211
+2Grades 11-125

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate77.26%
Male Literacy Rate84.39%
Female Literacy Rate71.2%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)21,503
Male Population10,045
Female Population11,458
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)87.67
Population in 201120,009
Population Growth Rate0.69

Geographic Information

Area124.38 sq.km
Population Density173 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)4,433
Household Size4.85
Households in 20113,455

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