Uttargaya Rural Municipality is one of the 5 municipalities in Rasuwa District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 8,555, comprising 4,235 males (49.5%) and 4,320 females (50.5%), with a literacy rate of 71.77%. Spanning 104.51 square kilometers, Uttargaya Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 82 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), Uttargaya has 19 schools. Of these, 1 are private and 18 are public. The breakdown includes 16 pre-schools, 19 basic schools, and 5 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 2 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Neelakantha Secondary School, Modern Trinity English Boarding School, Nava Vijayee Mahendra Secondary School, Dandagaun Secondary School, and Dhunge Basic School.