Koshi

कोशी
Province: Koshi (1)/District: Sunsari/Rural Municipality: Koshi
65.98%
Literacy Rate

Koshi Rural Municipality is one of the 12 municipalities in Sunsari District of Koshi Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 48,804, comprising 24,358 males (49.9%) and 24,446 females (50.1%), with a literacy rate of 65.98%. Spanning 75.98 square kilometers, Koshi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 642 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), Koshi has 65 schools. Of these, 12 are private and 35 are public. The breakdown includes 43 pre-schools, 64 basic schools, and 11 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 1 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Shree Rashtriya Secondary School, Laukahi, Rashtriya Secondary School Sovanpur, Koshi Janata Secondary School Haripur, Shree Saptakoshi Secondary School Bhantabari, and Madrasa Darul Hoda Al-Salfiya.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

School

Total: 65
Private
12
Public
35
Religious
18

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD43
BasicGrades 1-864
SecondaryGrades 9-1211
+2Grades 11-121

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate65.98%
Male Literacy Rate73.52%
Female Literacy Rate58.57%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)48,804
Male Population24,358
Female Population24,446
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)99.64
Population in 201143,626
Population Growth Rate1.08

Geographic Information

Area75.98 sq.km
Population Density642 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)9,169
Household Size5.32
Households in 20118,543

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