Nawadurga

नवदुर्गा
Province: Sudurpashchim (7)/District: Dadeldhura/Rural Municipality: Nawadurga
72.14%
Literacy Rate

Nawadurga Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Dadeldhura District of Sudurpashchim Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 18,672, comprising 8,196 males (43.9%) and 10,476 females (56.1%), with a literacy rate of 72.14%. Spanning 141.89 square kilometers, Nawadurga Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 132 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 5 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Nawadurga has 33 schools. Of these, 4 are private and 29 are public. The breakdown includes 27 pre-schools, 33 basic schools, and 7 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Shree Bir Balbhadra Secondary School Nawadurga 1 Koteli, Gaudeshwar Secondary School Belapur Dadeldhura, Bhuwaneshwari Secondary School Nawadurga 2 Badbasantpur, Nawadurga Secondary School Nawadurga 3, and Manilek Balkalyan Secondary School Nawadurga 2 Dhileli.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 33
Private
4
Public
29

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD27
BasicGrades 1-833
SecondaryGrades 9-127
+2Grades 11-124

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate72.14%
Male Literacy Rate85.32%
Female Literacy Rate62.28%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)18,672
Male Population8,196
Female Population10,476
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)78.24
Population in 201119,957
Population Growth Rate-0.64

Geographic Information

Area141.89 sq.km
Population Density132 per sq.km
Number of Wards5

Household Information

Total Households (2021)4,318
Household Size4.32
Households in 20114,132

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