Shivalaya

शिवालय
Province: Karnali (6)/District: Jajarkot/Rural Municipality: Shivalaya
78.31%
Literacy Rate

Shivalaya Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Jajarkot District of Karnali Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 14,776, comprising 7,298 males (49.4%) and 7,478 females (50.6%), with a literacy rate of 78.31%. Spanning 134.26 square kilometers, Shivalaya Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 110 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 9 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Shivalaya has 52 schools. Of these, 1 are private and 51 are public. The breakdown includes 48 pre-schools, 42 basic schools, and 9 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Nepal Rastriya Secondary School, Indra Jyoti Secondary School, Chandra Dipak Secondary School, Birendra Secondary School Jajarkot, and Saraswati Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 52
Private
1
Public
51

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD48
BasicGrades 1-842
SecondaryGrades 9-129
+2Grades 11-123

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate78.31%
Male Literacy Rate84.98%
Female Literacy Rate71.81%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)14,776
Male Population7,298
Female Population7,478
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)97.59
Population in 201115,269
Population Growth Rate-0.31

Geographic Information

Area134.26 sq.km
Population Density110 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)2,806
Household Size5.27
Households in 20112,556

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