Marsyangdi

मर्स्याङदी
Province: Gandaki (4)/District: Lamjung/Rural Municipality: Marsyangdi
72.21%
Literacy Rate

Marsyangdi Rural Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Lamjung District of Gandaki Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 17,080, comprising 8,330 males (48.8%) and 8,750 females (51.2%), with a literacy rate of 72.21%. Spanning 597.25 square kilometers, Marsyangdi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 29 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), Marsyangdi has 47 schools. Of these, 1 are private and 46 are public. The breakdown includes 34 pre-schools, 45 basic schools, and 10 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 2 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Himchuli English Boarding School, Amar Secondary School Lamjung, Mahendra Dev Secondary School, Tribhuwan Secondary School, and Chandrodaya Secondary School Lamjung.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 47
Private
1
Public
46

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD34
BasicGrades 1-845
SecondaryGrades 9-1210
+2Grades 11-122

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate72.21%
Male Literacy Rate80.76%
Female Literacy Rate64.15%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)17,080
Male Population8,330
Female Population8,750
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)95.2
Population in 201118,759
Population Growth Rate-0.9

Geographic Information

Area597.25 sq.km
Population Density29 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)4,550
Household Size3.75
Households in 20114,409

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