Shivaraj

शिवराज
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Kapilvastu/Municipality: Shivaraj
72.66%
Literacy Rate

Shivaraj Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Kapilvastu District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 84,810, comprising 41,328 males (48.7%) and 43,482 females (51.3%), with a literacy rate of 72.66%. Spanning 284.07 square kilometers, Shivaraj Municipality exhibits the population density of 299 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 11 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Shivaraj has 90 schools. Of these, 24 are private and 53 are public. The breakdown includes 70 pre-schools, 79 basic schools, and 16 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 7 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Nepal Adarsha Secondary School, Samayathan Secondary School, Janachetana Community Secondary School, Tribhuvan Adarsha Secondary School Kapilvastu, and Rastriya Secondary School Kapilvastu.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 90
Private
24
Public
53
Religious
13

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD70
BasicGrades 1-879
SecondaryGrades 9-1216
+2Grades 11-127

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate72.66%
Male Literacy Rate80.06%
Female Literacy Rate65.71%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)84,810
Male Population41,328
Female Population43,482
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)95.05
Population in 201166,781
Population Growth Rate2.29

Geographic Information

Area284.07 sq.km
Population Density299 per sq.km
Number of Wards11

Household Information

Total Households (2021)16,241
Household Size5.22
Households in 201111,250

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