Gadhimai

गढीमाई
Province: Madhesh (2)/District: Rautahat/Municipality: Gadhimai
53.25%
Literacy Rate

Gadhimai Municipality is one of the 18 municipalities in Rautahat District of Madhesh Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 49,135, comprising 25,049 males (51.0%) and 24,086 females (49.0%), with a literacy rate of 53.25%. Spanning 49.44 square kilometers, Gadhimai Municipality exhibits the population density of 994 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 9 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Gadhimai has 24 schools. Of these, 2 are private and 22 are public. The breakdown includes 21 pre-schools, 24 basic schools, and 6 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 5 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Saraswati Secondary School, Shankar Guddar Secondary School, Secondary School Birnagra, Secondary School Dhanadi Dharmapur, and Secondary School Sangrampur.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 24
Private
2
Public
22

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD21
BasicGrades 1-824
SecondaryGrades 9-126
+2Grades 11-125

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate53.25%
Male Literacy Rate61.62%
Female Literacy Rate44.58%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)49,135
Male Population25,049
Female Population24,086
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)104
Population in 201140,410
Population Growth Rate1.88

Geographic Information

Area49.44 sq.km
Population Density994 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)7,787
Household Size6.31
Households in 20116,069

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