Mayadevi Rural Municipality is one of the 16 municipalities in Rupandehi District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 56,170, comprising 28,355 males (50.5%) and 27,815 females (49.5%), with a literacy rate of 72.55%. Spanning 72.44 square kilometers, Mayadevi Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 775 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), Mayadevi has 50 schools. Of these, 22 are private and 23 are public. The breakdown includes 43 pre-schools, 49 basic schools, and 20 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 3 offer +2 programs.
Some of the popular schools within the region include Linh Son Buddhist School Public Educational Trust, Lumbini Shiksha Niketan, Kalika Public High School, Semari Secondary School, and Barewa Secondary School.