Gokarneshwar

गोकर्णेश्वर
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Kathmandu/Municipality: Gokarneshwar
85.53%
Literacy Rate

Gokarneshwar Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities in Kathmandu District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 149,366, comprising 73,235 males (49.0%) and 76,131 females (51.0%), with a literacy rate of 85.53%. Spanning 58.5 square kilometers, Gokarneshwar Municipality exhibits the population density of 2,553 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), Gokarneshwar has 123 schools. Of these, 102 are private and 19 are public. The breakdown includes 88 pre-schools, 113 basic schools, and 80 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 36 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Chamunda Secondary School Jorpati, East-Pole Secondary School, Chelsea World School, Timeline School, and Himshrinkhala Academy School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

College

Total: 17
A Levels School
2
Community
1
Private
11
Public
2
Technical School
1

School

Total: 125
A Levels School
1
Model School
1
Private
102
Public
19
Religious
1
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD88
BasicGrades 1-8113
SecondaryGrades 9-1280
+2Grades 11-1237

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate85.53%
Male Literacy Rate91.6%
Female Literacy Rate79.76%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)149,366
Male Population73,235
Female Population76,131
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)96.2
Population in 2011107,351
Population Growth Rate3.17

Geographic Information

Area58.50 sq.km
Population Density2553 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)39,771
Household Size3.76
Households in 201127,106

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