Parashuram

परशुराम
Province: Sudurpashchim (7)/District: Dadeldhura/Municipality: Parashuram
78.74%
Literacy Rate

Parashuram Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Dadeldhura District of Sudurpashchim Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 35,590, comprising 16,741 males (47.0%) and 18,849 females (53.0%), with a literacy rate of 78.74%. Spanning 414.07 square kilometers, Parashuram Municipality exhibits the population density of 86 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 12 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Parashuram has 65 schools. Of these, 6 are private and 58 are public. The breakdown includes 55 pre-schools, 65 basic schools, and 17 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 7 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Bhuwaneswari Secondary School Basantpur, Siddhanath Secondary, Janjyoti Secondary School, Green Valley English Boarding School, and Bhageshwor Secondary School Katal Dadeldhura.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 65
Private
6
Public
58
Religious
1

College

Total: 1
Public
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD55
BasicGrades 1-865
SecondaryGrades 9-1217
+2Grades 11-127

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate78.74%
Male Literacy Rate88.06%
Female Literacy Rate70.7%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)35,590
Male Population16,741
Female Population18,849
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)88.82
Population in 201134,983
Population Growth Rate0.17

Geographic Information

Area414.07 sq.km
Population Density86 per sq.km
Number of Wards12

Household Information

Total Households (2021)7,434
Household Size4.79
Households in 20115,990

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