Shahidbhumi

सहिदभूमि
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Dhankuta/Rural Municipality: Shahidbhumi
78.46%
Literacy Rate

Shahidbhumi Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Dhankuta District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 17,767, comprising 8,777 males (49.4%) and 8,990 females (50.6%), with a literacy rate of 78.46%. Spanning 99.55 square kilometers, Shahidbhumi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 178 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 7 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Shahidbhumi has 35 schools. Of these, 1 are private and 34 are public. The breakdown includes 29 pre-schools, 34 basic schools, and 9 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Thakur Devi Secondary School, Chhintang Secondary School, Panchakrishna Secondary School, Kanyadevi Secondary School, and Adarsha Secondary School Dhankuta.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 35
Private
1
Public
34

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD29
BasicGrades 1-834
SecondaryGrades 9-129
+2Grades 11-125

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate78.46%
Male Literacy Rate84.36%
Female Literacy Rate72.73%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)17,767
Male Population8,777
Female Population8,990
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)97.63
Population in 201118,760
Population Growth Rate-0.52

Geographic Information

Area99.55 sq.km
Population Density178 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)4,090
Household Size4.34
Households in 20113,876

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