Nagarjun

नागार्जुन
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Kathmandu/Municipality: Nagarjun
89.15%
Literacy Rate

Nagarjun Municipality is one of the 11 municipalities in Kathmandu District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 115,437, comprising 57,596 males (49.9%) and 57,841 females (50.1%), with a literacy rate of 89.15%. Spanning 29.85 square kilometers, Nagarjun Municipality exhibits the population density of 3,867 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 10 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Nagarjun has 80 schools. Of these, 59 are private and 19 are public. The breakdown includes 58 pre-schools, 76 basic schools, and 57 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 14 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Green Field English Boarding School, Maha ManjuShree Secondary School, Radiant Public Boarding School, NIC Academy, and Reed Model Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 2
Private
2

School

Total: 83
IB School
2
Private
60
Public
19
Religious
1
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD59
BasicGrades 1-876
SecondaryGrades 9-1257
+2Grades 11-1214

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate89.15%
Male Literacy Rate94.53%
Female Literacy Rate83.86%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)115,437
Male Population57,596
Female Population57,841
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)99.58
Population in 201167,420
Population Growth Rate5.16

Geographic Information

Area29.85 sq.km
Population Density3867 per sq.km
Number of Wards10

Household Information

Total Households (2021)31,301
Household Size3.69
Households in 201116,746

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