Kotahimai

कोटहीमाई
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Rupandehi/Rural Municipality: Kotahimai
68.74%
Literacy Rate

Kotahimai Rural Municipality is one of the 16 municipalities in Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 45,975, comprising 23,139 males (50.3%) and 22,836 females (49.7%), with a literacy rate of 68.74%. Spanning 58.26 square kilometers, Kotahimai Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 789 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), Kotahimai has 34 schools. Of these, 13 are private and 14 are public. The breakdown includes 33 pre-schools, 34 basic schools, and 9 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Bogadi Secondary School Hardi, Maryadpur Secondary School, Marchwar Adarsha Secondary School, Public Vision English Boarding Secondary School, and Shree Tunihawa Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 34
Private
13
Public
14
Religious
7

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD33
BasicGrades 1-834
SecondaryGrades 9-129
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate68.74%
Male Literacy Rate79%
Female Literacy Rate58.4%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)45,975
Male Population23,139
Female Population22,836
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)101.33
Population in 201141,006
Population Growth Rate1.1

Geographic Information

Area58.26 sq.km
Population Density789 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)7,535
Household Size6.1
Households in 20115,593

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