Guthichaur

गुठिचौर
Province: Karnali (6)/District: Jumla/Rural Municipality: Guthichaur
69.19%
Literacy Rate

Guthichaur Rural Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Jumla District of Karnali Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 10,922, comprising 5,381 males (49.3%) and 5,541 females (50.7%), with a literacy rate of 69.19%. Spanning 427.0 square kilometers, Guthichaur Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 26 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), Guthichaur has 13 schools. Of these, 13 are public. The breakdown includes 12 pre-schools, 12 basic schools, and 4 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 1 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Khadgadevi Secondary School, Satyabadi Secondary School, Shankar Secondary School, Tribhuwan Secondary School Guthichaur, and Tinmase Basic School Gadhigaun.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 14
Public
13
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD12
BasicGrades 1-812
SecondaryGrades 9-124
+2Grades 11-121

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate69.19%
Male Literacy Rate79.08%
Female Literacy Rate59.71%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)10,922
Male Population5,381
Female Population5,541
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)97.11
Population in 20119,870
Population Growth Rate0.97

Geographic Information

Area427.00 sq.km
Population Density26 per sq.km
Number of Wards5

Household Information

Total Households (2021)2,444
Household Size4.47
Households in 20111,848

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