Krishnapur

कृष्णपुर
Province: Sudurpashchim (7)/District: Kanchanpur/Municipality: Krishnapur
77.28%
Literacy Rate

Krishnapur Municipality is one of the 9 municipalities in Kanchanpur District of Sudurpashchim Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 71,500, comprising 33,830 males (47.3%) and 37,670 females (52.7%), with a literacy rate of 77.28%. Spanning 252.75 square kilometers, Krishnapur Municipality exhibits the population density of 283 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 9 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Krishnapur has 61 schools. Of these, 28 are private and 33 are public. The breakdown includes 51 pre-schools, 60 basic schools, and 28 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 15 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Kanchanjunga English Secondary School Kanchanpur, Sunlight Public School, Krishnapur-2, Bani, Kanchanpur, Samaiji Secondary School, Krishnapur-4, Kichahi, Kanchanpur, Nand Secondary School Dekhatbhuli, Kanchanpur, and Jb Academy, Krishnapur-2, Bani, Kanchanpur.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 64
Private
28
Public
33
Technical School
3

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD51
BasicGrades 1-860
SecondaryGrades 9-1228
+2Grades 11-1215

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate77.28%
Male Literacy Rate85.16%
Female Literacy Rate70.39%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)71,500
Male Population33,830
Female Population37,670
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)89.81
Population in 201156,643
Population Growth Rate2.24

Geographic Information

Area252.75 sq.km
Population Density283 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)15,111
Household Size4.73
Households in 201110,016

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