Geruwa

गेरुवा
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Bardiya/Rural Municipality: Geruwa
79.53%
Literacy Rate

Geruwa Rural Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Bardiya District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 33,514, comprising 15,363 males (45.8%) and 18,151 females (54.2%), with a literacy rate of 79.53%. Spanning 78.41 square kilometers, Geruwa Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 427 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), Geruwa has 33 schools. Of these, 7 are private and 26 are public. The breakdown includes 29 pre-schools, 33 basic schools, and 7 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Ek Priya Rathor Secondary School, Cambridge English Secondary School, Pashupati Secondary School Bardiya, Ne.Ra. Ganesh Secondary School, and Janata Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Private
1

School

Total: 33
Private
7
Public
26

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD29
BasicGrades 1-833
SecondaryGrades 9-127
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.53%
Male Literacy Rate85.26%
Female Literacy Rate74.79%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)33,514
Male Population15,363
Female Population18,151
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)84.64
Population in 201134,871
Population Growth Rate-0.38

Geographic Information

Area78.41 sq.km
Population Density427 per sq.km
Number of Wards6

Household Information

Total Households (2021)7,762
Household Size4.32
Households in 20116,135

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