Mahankal Rural Municipality is one of the 6 municipalities in Lalitpur District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 8,122, comprising 4,072 males (50.1%) and 4,050 females (49.9%), with a literacy rate of 80.09%. Spanning 82.47 square kilometers, Mahankal Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 98 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 6 wards.
According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Mahankal has 27 schools. Of these, 1 are private and 26 are public. The breakdown includes 22 pre-schools, 26 basic schools, and 7 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Mahankal Secondary School, Buddha Bhagwan Secondary School, Kali Devi Secondary School Malta Lalitpur, Hillside English Secondary School Mahankal, and Shree Panch Mahendra Secondary School.