Jugal

जुगल
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Sindhupalchok/Rural Municipality: Jugal
60.58%
Literacy Rate

Jugal Rural Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities in Sindhupalchok District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 18,303, comprising 9,194 males (50.2%) and 9,109 females (49.8%), with a literacy rate of 60.58%. Spanning 273.62 square kilometers, Jugal Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 67 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), Jugal has 41 schools. Of these, 40 are public. The breakdown includes 32 pre-schools, 39 basic schools, and 10 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 2 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Ratna Rajya Secondary School Sindhupalchok, Jal Devi Secondary School, Rameshwor Secondary School, Bhimsen Secondary School, and Selang Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 41
Public
40
Religious
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD32
BasicGrades 1-839
SecondaryGrades 9-1210
+2Grades 11-122

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate60.58%
Male Literacy Rate66.35%
Female Literacy Rate54.75%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)18,303
Male Population9,194
Female Population9,109
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)100.93
Population in 201119,231
Population Growth Rate-0.47

Geographic Information

Area273.62 sq.km
Population Density67 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)4,528
Household Size4.04
Households in 20113,941

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