Nawadurga Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Dadeldhura District of Sudurpashchim Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 18,672, comprising 8,196 males (43.9%) and 10,476 females (56.1%), with a literacy rate of 72.14%. Spanning 141.89 square kilometers, Nawadurga Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 132 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 5 wards.
According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Nawadurga has 33 schools. Of these, 4 are private and 29 are public. The breakdown includes 27 pre-schools, 33 basic schools, and 7 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 4 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Shree Bir Balbhadra Secondary School Nawadurga 1 Koteli, Gaudeshwar Secondary School Belapur Dadeldhura, Bhuwaneshwari Secondary School Nawadurga 2 Badbasantpur, Nawadurga Secondary School Nawadurga 3, and Manilek Balkalyan Secondary School Nawadurga 2 Dhileli.