Gurbhakot

गुर्भाकोट
Province: Karnali (6)/District: Surkhet/Municipality: Gurbhakot
82.83%
Literacy Rate

Gurbhakot Municipality is one of the 9 municipalities in Surkhet District of Karnali Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 48,216, comprising 22,183 males (46.0%) and 26,033 females (54.0%), with a literacy rate of 82.83%. Spanning 228.62 square kilometers, Gurbhakot Municipality exhibits the population density of 211 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 14 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Gurbhakot has 87 schools. Of these, 12 are private and 75 are public. The breakdown includes 64 pre-schools, 87 basic schools, and 16 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 6 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Nepal Rastriya Secondary School Badakholi, Jana Gyanbhandar Secondary School, Baldip United Public Secondary School, Surya Jyoti Secondary School Surkhet, and Gurbhakot United Public School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 87
Private
12
Public
75

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD64
BasicGrades 1-887
SecondaryGrades 9-1216
+2Grades 11-126

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate82.83%
Male Literacy Rate89.14%
Female Literacy Rate77.59%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)48,216
Male Population22,183
Female Population26,033
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)85.21
Population in 201143,765
Population Growth Rate0.93

Geographic Information

Area228.62 sq.km
Population Density211 per sq.km
Number of Wards14

Household Information

Total Households (2021)11,798
Household Size4.09
Households in 20119,572

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