Malika Rural Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities in Gulmi District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 20,075, comprising 9,188 males (45.8%) and 10,887 females (54.2%), with a literacy rate of 77.89%. Spanning 92.49 square kilometers, Malika Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 217 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), Malika has 51 schools. Of these, 4 are private and 47 are public. The breakdown includes 44 pre-schools, 46 basic schools, and 11 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Malika Secondary School Gulmi, Neta Darling Secondary School, Devisthan Secondary School Malika Gulmi, Jamal Pokhara Secondary School, and Devisthan Secondary School.