Madhuwan

मधुवन
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Bardiya/Municipality: Madhuwan
76.52%
Literacy Rate

Madhuwan Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Bardiya District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 50,739, comprising 23,310 males (45.9%) and 27,429 females (54.1%), with a literacy rate of 76.52%. Spanning 129.73 square kilometers, Madhuwan Municipality exhibits the population density of 391 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), Madhuwan has 39 schools. Of these, 12 are private and 25 are public. The breakdown includes 34 pre-schools, 39 basic schools, and 12 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 7 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Nepal Rastriya Namuna Secondary School Bardiya, Araniko English Boarding School, Gurans Secondary School, Bardiya, Nepal Rastriya Secondary School Madhuwan Bardiya, and Tribhuwan Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 39
Private
12
Public
25
Other
2

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD34
BasicGrades 1-839
SecondaryGrades 9-1212
+2Grades 11-127

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate76.52%
Male Literacy Rate82.91%
Female Literacy Rate71.21%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)50,739
Male Population23,310
Female Population27,429
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)84.98
Population in 201146,437
Population Growth Rate0.85

Geographic Information

Area129.73 sq.km
Population Density391 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)12,444
Household Size4.08
Households in 20119,569

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