Jaljala

जलजला
Province: Gandaki (4)/District: Parbat/Rural Municipality: Jaljala
79.94%
Literacy Rate

Jaljala Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Parbat District of Gandaki Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 21,119, comprising 10,075 males (47.7%) and 11,044 females (52.3%), with a literacy rate of 79.94%. Spanning 82.26 square kilometers, Jaljala Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 257 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), Jaljala has 46 schools. Of these, 3 are private and 43 are public. The breakdown includes 35 pre-schools, 46 basic schools, and 12 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Amrit Adarsha Paradise Academy, Jana Kalyan Secondary School, New Horizon English Boarding School, Gram Prakash Secondary School, and Vidya Jyoti Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Private
1

School

Total: 46
Private
3
Public
43

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD35
BasicGrades 1-846
SecondaryGrades 9-1212
+2Grades 11-125

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.94%
Male Literacy Rate87.5%
Female Literacy Rate73.17%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)21,119
Male Population10,075
Female Population11,044
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)91.23
Population in 201121,454
Population Growth Rate-0.15

Geographic Information

Area82.26 sq.km
Population Density257 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)5,961
Household Size3.54
Households in 20115,561

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