Buddhashanti Rural Municipality is one of the 15 municipalities in Jhapa District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 53,010, comprising 25,260 males (47.7%) and 27,750 females (52.3%), with a literacy rate of 84.75%. Spanning 79.78 square kilometers, Buddhashanti Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 664 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), Buddhashanti has 34 schools. Of these, 17 are private and 16 are public. The breakdown includes 27 pre-schools, 34 basic schools, and 19 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Buddha Adarsha Secondary School Jhapa, Era Evergreen English Boarding School, Adarsha Secondary School Jhapa, Karnali Education Foundation, and Mahananda Sikshya Sadan.