Ghorahi

घोराही
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Dang/Sub-Metropolitan City: Ghorahi
83.05%
Literacy Rate

Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City is one of the 10 municipalities in Dang District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the sub-metropolitan city has a total population of 200,530, comprising 93,806 males (46.8%) and 106,724 females (53.2%), with a literacy rate of 83.05%. Spanning 522.21 square kilometers, Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City exhibits the population density of 384 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 19 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Ghorahi has 174 schools. Of these, 76 are private, 95 are public, and 1 are community. The breakdown includes 137 pre-schools, 167 basic schools, and 75 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 29 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the metropolitan area include Janajyoti Vidyamandir English Boarding School, Gorkha International Public Secondary School, Mount View English Boarding School, Bal Bikash Secondary School Ghorahi, and Shree Secondary School Rajhena Dang.

Educational Institutions

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

In Ghorahi Sub-Metropolitan City

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 174
Private
77
Public
95
Religious
1
Other
1

College

Total: 13
Private
7
Public
6

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD137
BasicGrades 1-8167
SecondaryGrades 9-1275
+2Grades 11-1229

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate83.05%
Male Literacy Rate89.6%
Female Literacy Rate77.4%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)200,530
Male Population93,806
Female Population106,724
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)87.9
Population in 2011156,164
Population Growth Rate2.4

Geographic Information

Area522.21 sq.km
Population Density384 per sq.km
Number of Wards19

Household Information

Total Households (2021)49,761
Household Size4.03
Households in 201135,419

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