Melamchi

मेलम्ची
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Sindhupalchok/Municipality: Melamchi
69.91%
Literacy Rate

Melamchi Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities in Sindhupalchok District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 41,063, comprising 19,963 males (48.6%) and 21,100 females (51.4%), with a literacy rate of 69.91%. Spanning 158.17 square kilometers, Melamchi Municipality exhibits the population density of 260 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 13 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Melamchi has 65 schools. Of these, 3 are private and 62 are public. The breakdown includes 56 pre-schools, 64 basic schools, and 22 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 8 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Pragati English Secondary School, Bal Sudhar Secondary School, Terse Secondary School, Jalapadevi Secondary School Sindhupalchok, and Janata Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 2
Community
2

School

Total: 66
Private
3
Public
62
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD56
BasicGrades 1-864
SecondaryGrades 9-1222
+2Grades 11-128

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate69.91%
Male Literacy Rate77.83%
Female Literacy Rate62.54%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)41,063
Male Population19,963
Female Population21,100
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)94.61
Population in 201145,343
Population Growth Rate-0.95

Geographic Information

Area158.17 sq.km
Population Density260 per sq.km
Number of Wards13

Household Information

Total Households (2021)11,180
Household Size3.67
Households in 201110,097

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