Khairahani

खैरहनी
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Chitwan/Municipality: Khairahani
80.47%
Literacy Rate

Khairahani Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Chitwan District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 67,385, comprising 32,332 males (48.0%) and 35,053 females (52.0%), with a literacy rate of 80.47%. Spanning 85.55 square kilometers, Khairahani Municipality exhibits the population density of 788 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 13 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Khairahani has 48 schools. Of these, 20 are private and 28 are public. The breakdown includes 38 pre-schools, 47 basic schools, and 19 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 7 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Daisy English Boarding Secondary School, Glowshine Academy Secondary School, Khairahani Secondary School, Nepal Adarsha Shiksha Sadan, and Shree Kankali Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 3
Community
1
Private
2

School

Total: 48
Private
20
Public
28

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD38
BasicGrades 1-847
SecondaryGrades 9-1219
+2Grades 11-127

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate80.47%
Male Literacy Rate86.6%
Female Literacy Rate74.92%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)67,385
Male Population32,332
Female Population35,053
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)92.24
Population in 201156,094
Population Growth Rate1.76

Geographic Information

Area85.55 sq.km
Population Density788 per sq.km
Number of Wards13

Household Information

Total Households (2021)16,395
Household Size4.11
Households in 201112,331

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