Mahankal

महाङ्काल
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Lalitpur/Rural Municipality: Mahankal
80.09%
Literacy Rate

Mahankal Rural Municipality is one of the 6 municipalities in Lalitpur District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 8,122, comprising 4,072 males (50.1%) and 4,050 females (49.9%), with a literacy rate of 80.09%. Spanning 82.47 square kilometers, Mahankal Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 98 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 6 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Mahankal has 27 schools. Of these, 1 are private and 26 are public. The breakdown includes 22 pre-schools, 26 basic schools, and 7 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Mahankal Secondary School, Buddha Bhagwan Secondary School, Kali Devi Secondary School Malta Lalitpur, Hillside English Secondary School Mahankal, and Shree Panch Mahendra Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 27
Private
1
Public
26

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD22
BasicGrades 1-826
SecondaryGrades 9-127
+2Grades 11-123

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate80.09%
Male Literacy Rate86.55%
Female Literacy Rate73.6%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)8,122
Male Population4,072
Female Population4,050
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)100.54
Population in 20119,453
Population Growth Rate-1.46

Geographic Information

Area82.47 sq.km
Population Density98 per sq.km
Number of Wards6

Household Information

Total Households (2021)1,939
Household Size4.19
Households in 20111,942

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