Shuddhodhan

सुद्धोधन
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Kapilvastu/Rural Municipality: Shuddhodhan
67.26%
Literacy Rate

Shuddhodhan 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 52,861, comprising 25,961 males (49.1%) and 26,900 females (50.9%), with a literacy rate of 67.26%. Spanning 91.69 square kilometers, Shuddhodhan Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 577 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 6 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Shuddhodhan has 54 schools. Of these, 10 are private and 32 are public. The breakdown includes 42 pre-schools, 54 basic schools, and 8 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Secondary School Thulonandanagar, Purna Keshar Secondary School, Nepal Rastriya Na Secondary School Aaurahiya, Sunlight English Boarding School, and Motibhari Madyamik Vidyalaya Labani.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 54
Private
10
Public
32
Religious
12

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD42
BasicGrades 1-854
SecondaryGrades 9-128
+2Grades 11-123

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate67.26%
Male Literacy Rate76.74%
Female Literacy Rate58.21%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)52,861
Male Population25,961
Female Population26,900
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)96.51
Population in 201145,201
Population Growth Rate1.5

Geographic Information

Area91.69 sq.km
Population Density577 per sq.km
Number of Wards6

Household Information

Total Households (2021)8,543
Household Size6.19
Households in 20116,346

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