Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality is one of the 5 municipalities in Kaski District of Gandaki Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 22,898, comprising 11,173 males (48.8%) and 11,725 females (51.2%), with a literacy rate of 80.26%. Spanning 544.58 square kilometers, Machhapuchchhre Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 42 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), Machhapuchchhre has 45 schools. Of these, 6 are private and 39 are public. The breakdown includes 38 pre-schools, 44 basic schools, and 13 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 8 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Machhapuchhre Secondary School, Sangam Boarding School, Sagar Memorial Boarding School, Shree Gauri Shankar Manilal Secondary School, and Mahendra Secondary School.
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Level | Grade | Number of Schools |
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Pre-school | ECD | 39 |
Basic | Grades 1-8 | 44 |
Secondary | Grades 9-12 | 13 |
+2 | Grades 11-12 | 8 |
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