Surnaya Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Baitadi District of Sudurpashchim Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 17,945, comprising 8,285 males (46.2%) and 9,660 females (53.8%), with a literacy rate of 74.85%. Spanning 124.52 square kilometers, Surnaya Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 144 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), Surnaya has 44 schools. Of these, 5 are private and 37 are public. The breakdown includes 31 pre-schools, 43 basic schools, and 14 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 7 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Rastriya Secondary School Baitadi, Basudev Secondary School Baitadi, Shankar Sanskrit Secondary School, Bhumiraj Secondary School Dhole, and Uchchakot Secondary School Gurkeli.
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Level | Grade | Number of Schools |
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Pre-school | ECD | 31 |
Basic | Grades 1-8 | 43 |
Secondary | Grades 9-12 | 14 |
+2 | Grades 11-12 | 7 |
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