Jhapa 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 39,302, comprising 18,954 males (48.2%) and 20,348 females (51.8%), with a literacy rate of 74.6%. Spanning 94.12 square kilometers, Jhapa Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 418 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), Jhapa has 52 schools. Of these, 13 are private and 21 are public. The breakdown includes 30 pre-schools, 52 basic schools, and 12 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 2 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Dilliraj Secondary School, Shree Jaya Pathivara English School, Shree Chandra Jyoti English Secondary School, St Xavier'S Sadakbari School, and Shree Mahendra Madhyamik Vidhyalaya.