Mapya Dudhkoshi

माप्य दुधकोशी
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Solukhumbu/Rural Municipality: Mapya Dudhkoshi
75.03%
Literacy Rate

Mapya Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Solukhumbu District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 12,648, comprising 6,375 males (50.4%) and 6,273 females (49.6%), with a literacy rate of 75.03%. Spanning 167.67 square kilometers, Mapya Dudhkoshi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 75 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), Mapya Dudhkoshi has 34 schools. Of these, 33 are public. The breakdown includes 30 pre-schools, 32 basic schools, and 7 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Kanku Secondary School, Sagarmatha Secondary School, Himalaya Secondary School Solukhumbu, Himalaya Secondary School, and Basakhali Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 34
Public
33
Religious
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD30
BasicGrades 1-832
SecondaryGrades 9-127
+2Grades 11-123

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate75.03%
Male Literacy Rate81.42%
Female Literacy Rate68.6%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)12,648
Male Population6,375
Female Population6,273
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)101.63
Population in 201113,414
Population Growth Rate-0.56

Geographic Information

Area167.67 sq.km
Population Density75 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)3,140
Household Size4.03
Households in 20112,803

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