Gulariya

गुलरिया
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Bardiya/Municipality: Gulariya
70.05%
Literacy Rate

Gulariya Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Bardiya District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 74,505, comprising 36,727 males (49.3%) and 37,778 females (50.7%), with a literacy rate of 70.05%. Spanning 118.21 square kilometers, Gulariya Municipality exhibits the population density of 630 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 12 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Gulariya has 60 schools. Of these, 14 are private and 38 are public. The breakdown includes 52 pre-schools, 59 basic schools, and 15 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 7 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Mahakavi Devkota Secondary School Gulariya, Bagalamukhi Radha Krishna Tharu Secondary School, Nepal Rastriya Secondary School Gulariya, Janajyoti Secondary Boarding School Gulariya, and Sunrise School Gulariya.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 60
Private
14
Public
38
Religious
7
Other
1

College

Total: 1
Public
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD52
BasicGrades 1-859
SecondaryGrades 9-1215
+2Grades 11-127

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate70.05%
Male Literacy Rate76.63%
Female Literacy Rate63.71%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)74,505
Male Population36,727
Female Population37,778
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)97.22
Population in 201166,679
Population Growth Rate1.07

Geographic Information

Area118.21 sq.km
Population Density630 per sq.km
Number of Wards12

Household Information

Total Households (2021)16,002
Household Size4.66
Households in 201113,064

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