Jahada

जहदा
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Morang/Rural Municipality: Jahada
67.23%
Literacy Rate

Jahada Rural Municipality is one of the 17 municipalities in Morang District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 47,639, comprising 24,035 males (50.5%) and 23,604 females (49.5%), with a literacy rate of 67.23%. Spanning 62.38 square kilometers, Jahada Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 764 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 7 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Jahada has 45 schools. Of these, 7 are private and 32 are public. The breakdown includes 36 pre-schools, 44 basic schools, and 10 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Janata Secondary School Pokhariya, Mahendra Secondary School Morang, Durga Secondary School Budhanagar, Shree Secondary School Bairiya Bhimpur, Jahada-2, Morang, and Durga Secondary School (Urlabari).

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 45
Private
7
Public
32
Religious
6

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD36
BasicGrades 1-844
SecondaryGrades 9-1210
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate67.23%
Male Literacy Rate76.15%
Female Literacy Rate58.23%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)47,639
Male Population24,035
Female Population23,604
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)101.83
Population in 201141,819
Population Growth Rate1.25

Geographic Information

Area62.38 sq.km
Population Density764 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)9,869
Household Size4.83
Households in 20118,175

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