Thori Rural Municipality is one of the 14 municipalities in Parsa District of Madhesh Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 17,219, comprising 8,079 males (46.9%) and 9,140 females (53.1%), with a literacy rate of 70.98%. Spanning 128.67 square kilometers, Thori Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 134 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), Thori has 21 schools. Of these, 21 are public. The breakdown includes 19 pre-schools, 21 basic schools, and 6 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Saraswati Secondary School Parsa, Shree Gyanjyoti Secondry School, Shree Gyan Batika Secondary School, Subarnapur, Shree Nepal Rastriya Prabidhik Secondary School Deepak Nagar, and Shree Secondary School Parsa.