Kumakh Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Salyan District of Karnali Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 24,859, comprising 12,094 males (48.7%) and 12,765 females (51.3%), with a literacy rate of 74.98%. Spanning 177.28 square kilometers, Kumakh Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 140 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), Kumakh has 50 schools. Of these, 4 are private and 45 are public. The breakdown includes 45 pre-schools, 50 basic schools, and 11 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Mahendra Secondary School, Kumakh- 7 Jimali Salyan, Narayan Secondary School, Rumalgaun, Kumakh-2 Salyan, Janata Secondary School, Kumakh-3, Ragechaur, Salyan, Shree Buddha Janakalyan Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, and Saraswati Secondary School, Jharkanda, Kumakh-5 Salyan.
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Level | Grade | Number of Schools |
---|---|---|
Pre-school | ECD | 45 |
Basic | Grades 1-8 | 50 |
Secondary | Grades 9-12 | 11 |
+2 | Grades 11-12 | 4 |
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