Gaindakot Municipality is one of the 8 municipalities in Nawalpur District of Gandaki Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 79,349, comprising 37,929 males (47.8%) and 41,420 females (52.2%), with a literacy rate of 84.83%. Spanning 159.93 square kilometers, Gaindakot Municipality exhibits the population density of 496 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 18 wards.
According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Gaindakot has 69 schools. Of these, 27 are private and 37 are public. The breakdown includes 52 pre-schools, 58 basic schools, and 27 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 14 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Janak Secondary School, Kalika Model Secondary School Gaindakot, Gaindakot Namuna Secondary School, Shree Ratna Rajya Laxmi Secondary School, Pitaunji, and Gaindakot English School.