Mahabharat

महाभारत
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Kavrepalanchok/Rural Municipality: Mahabharat
70.29%
Literacy Rate

Mahabharat Rural Municipality is one of the 13 municipalities in Kavrepalanchok District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 16,079, comprising 7,880 males (49.0%) and 8,199 females (51.0%), with a literacy rate of 70.29%. Spanning 186.0 square kilometers, Mahabharat Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 86 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Mahabharat has 48 schools. Of these, 48 are public. The breakdown includes 36 pre-schools, 48 basic schools, and 7 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 1 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Jana Kalyan Secondary School Kavrepalanchok, Gramonnati Secondary School, Gokule Secondary School, Kali Devi Secondary School, and Jyoti Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 48
Public
48

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD36
BasicGrades 1-848
SecondaryGrades 9-127
+2Grades 11-121

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate70.29%
Male Literacy Rate76.72%
Female Literacy Rate64.15%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)16,079
Male Population7,880
Female Population8,199
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)96.11
Population in 201118,283
Population Growth Rate-1.23

Geographic Information

Area186.00 sq.km
Population Density86 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)3,174
Household Size5.07
Households in 20112,910

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