Garuda

गरुडा
Province: Madhesh (2)/District: Rautahat/Municipality: Garuda
57.65%
Literacy Rate

Garuda Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities in Rautahat District of Madhesh Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 60,857, comprising 30,951 males (50.9%) and 29,906 females (49.1%), with a literacy rate of 57.65%. Spanning 44.46 square kilometers, Garuda Municipality exhibits the population density of 1,369 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), Garuda has 37 schools. Of these, 14 are private and 22 are public. The breakdown includes 34 pre-schools, 36 basic schools, and 10 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Secondary School, New Divine Light Secondary English Boarding School, Ram Chandra Secondary School, Secondary School Naya Gamahariya, and Nepal Police School Garuda, Rautahat.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 38
Model School
1
Private
14
Public
22
Religious
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD34
BasicGrades 1-836
SecondaryGrades 9-1210
+2Grades 11-125

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate57.65%
Male Literacy Rate66.79%
Female Literacy Rate48.24%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)60,857
Male Population30,951
Female Population29,906
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)103.49
Population in 201150,481
Population Growth Rate1.79

Geographic Information

Area44.46 sq.km
Population Density1369 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)9,862
Household Size6.17
Households in 20117,444

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