Miklajung

मिक्लाजुङ
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Panchthar/Rural Municipality: Miklajung
82.89%
Literacy Rate

Miklajung Rural Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Panchthar District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 21,061, comprising 10,454 males (49.6%) and 10,607 females (50.4%), with a literacy rate of 82.89%. Spanning 166.61 square kilometers, Miklajung Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 126 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Miklajung has 59 schools. Of these, 5 are private and 54 are public. The breakdown includes 42 pre-schools, 59 basic schools, and 14 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 8 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Arubote Secondary School, Durga Secondary School Rabi Panchthar, Durga Secondary School Sarangdanda Panchthar, Nava Jyoti Boarding School, and Holy Child Secondary English School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 59
Private
5
Public
54

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD42
BasicGrades 1-859
SecondaryGrades 9-1214
+2Grades 11-128

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate82.89%
Male Literacy Rate87.98%
Female Literacy Rate78.26%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)21,061
Male Population10,454
Female Population10,607
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)98.56
Population in 201124,615
Population Growth Rate-1.5

Geographic Information

Area166.61 sq.km
Population Density126 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)5,459
Household Size3.86
Households in 20115,550

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