Changunarayan Municipality is one of the 4 municipalities in Bhaktapur District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 88,083, comprising 43,674 males (49.6%) and 44,409 females (50.4%), with a literacy rate of 84.28%. Spanning 62.98 square kilometers, Changunarayan Municipality exhibits the population density of 1,399 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), Changunarayan has 64 schools. Of these, 29 are private and 33 are public. The breakdown includes 54 pre-schools, 61 basic schools, and 31 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Pragya English Secondary School, Golden Sungava English Boarding School, Devi Secondary School Bhaktapur, Changunarayan Secondary School, and Mahendra Gram Secondary School.