Mayadevi

मायादेवी
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Kapilvastu/Rural Municipality: Mayadevi
72.55%
Literacy Rate

Mayadevi Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Kapilvastu District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 55,972, comprising 27,124 males (48.5%) and 28,848 females (51.5%), with a literacy rate of 72.55%. Spanning 88.53 square kilometers, Mayadevi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 632 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Mayadevi has 83 schools. Of these, 18 are private and 33 are public. The breakdown includes 75 pre-schools, 82 basic schools, and 18 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Janta Secondary School, Baluhawa, Madrasa Al Markaz Al Islami, Chhatrapali Titha Devi Secondary School, Shree Muneshwar Secondary School Baharwasi, and Madarasa Samsul Ulum.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 83
Private
18
Public
33
Religious
32

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD75
BasicGrades 1-882
SecondaryGrades 9-1218
+2Grades 11-123

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate72.55%
Male Literacy Rate81.16%
Female Literacy Rate64.49%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)55,972
Male Population27,124
Female Population28,848
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)94.02
Population in 201148,218
Population Growth Rate1.43

Geographic Information

Area88.53 sq.km
Population Density632 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)8,443
Household Size6.63
Households in 20116,507

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