Palhinandan Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Parasi District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 38,186, comprising 19,016 males (49.8%) and 19,170 females (50.2%), with a literacy rate of 71.88%. Spanning 44.67 square kilometers, Palhinandan Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 855 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), Palhinandan has 40 schools. Of these, 13 are private and 16 are public. The breakdown includes 36 pre-schools, 39 basic schools, and 11 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 1 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Harpur Secondary School, Maheshpur Moonlight Secondary School, Rajnarayan Secondary School, New Sunrise Secondary English School, and Bal Shikshya Niketan Secondary School.