Ghiring

घिरिङ
Province: Gandaki (4)/District: Tanahun/Rural Municipality: Ghiring
72.98%
Literacy Rate

Ghiring Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Tanahun District of Gandaki Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 14,334, comprising 6,568 males (45.8%) and 7,766 females (54.2%), with a literacy rate of 72.98%. Spanning 126.0 square kilometers, Ghiring Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 114 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 5 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Ghiring has 34 schools. Of these, 3 are private and 30 are public. The breakdown includes 15 pre-schools, 33 basic schools, and 6 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Chandra Jyoti Secondary School, Saraswati Secondary School, Kamadhenu Madhyamik Bidhyalaya, Mahendra Jyoti Secondary School, and Enlightening Gandaki English Boarding School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 34
Private
3
Public
30
Religious
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD15
BasicGrades 1-833
SecondaryGrades 9-126
+2Grades 11-123

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate72.98%
Male Literacy Rate81.56%
Female Literacy Rate65.86%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)14,334
Male Population6,568
Female Population7,766
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)84.57
Population in 201119,318
Population Growth Rate-2.86

Geographic Information

Area126.00 sq.km
Population Density114 per sq.km
Number of Wards5

Household Information

Total Households (2021)3,783
Household Size3.79
Households in 20114,137

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