Chandrakot

चन्द्रकोट
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Gulmi/Rural Municipality: Chandrakot
79.63%
Literacy Rate

Chandrakot Rural Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities in Gulmi District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 18,662, comprising 8,471 males (45.4%) and 10,191 females (54.6%), with a literacy rate of 79.63%. Spanning 105.73 square kilometers, Chandrakot Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 177 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Chandrakot has 43 schools. Of these, 3 are private and 40 are public. The breakdown includes 40 pre-schools, 42 basic schools, and 10 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 6 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Chakreshwor English Boarding School, Gyanodaya Secondary School Chandrakot, Udaya Secondary School, Bhanu Secondary English Boarding School, and Sharada Secondary School Sarang Gulmi.

Educational Institutions

Click the links below to view complete lists of educational institutions in this area.

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 2
Community
2

School

Total: 44
Private
3
Public
40
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD40
BasicGrades 1-842
SecondaryGrades 9-1210
+2Grades 11-126

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.63%
Male Literacy Rate87.47%
Female Literacy Rate73.28%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)18,662
Male Population8,471
Female Population10,191
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)83.12
Population in 201121,827
Population Growth Rate-1.5

Geographic Information

Area105.73 sq.km
Population Density177 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)5,029
Household Size3.71
Households in 20115,121

Sources

Center for Education and Human Resource Development. (2081 BS). IEMIS Report 2081. CEHRD.

Central Bureau of Statistics. (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021. CBS Nepal.

YIPL, MoFaLD, & OKN. (n.d.). Nepal local level map [Dataset]. GitHub. https://github.com/younginnovations/nepal-locallevel-map