Palhinandan

पाल्हीनन्दन
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Parasi/Rural Municipality: Palhinandan
71.88%
Literacy Rate

Palhinandan Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Parasi District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 38,186, comprising 19,016 males (49.8%) and 19,170 females (50.2%), with a literacy rate of 71.88%. Spanning 44.67 square kilometers, Palhinandan Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 855 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 6 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Palhinandan has 40 schools. Of these, 13 are private and 16 are public. The breakdown includes 36 pre-schools, 39 basic schools, and 11 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 1 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Harpur Secondary School, Maheshpur Moonlight Secondary School, Rajnarayan Secondary School, New Sunrise Secondary English School, and Bal Shikshya Niketan Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 40
Private
13
Public
16
Religious
11

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD36
BasicGrades 1-839
SecondaryGrades 9-1211
+2Grades 11-121

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate71.88%
Male Literacy Rate82.49%
Female Literacy Rate61.51%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)38,186
Male Population19,016
Female Population19,170
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)99.2
Population in 201135,429
Population Growth Rate0.72

Geographic Information

Area44.67 sq.km
Population Density855 per sq.km
Number of Wards6

Household Information

Total Households (2021)7,180
Household Size5.32
Households in 20115,881

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