Municipality · Chitawan District
Rapti
राप्ती नगरपालिका
A municipality in Chitawan District, Bagmati Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0335304
Population
66,617
2021
Households
15,215
20214.38 people each
Area
212 km²
314 per km²
Literacy
77.3%
2021135th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
66,617
National Statistics Office
33,940 women, 32,677 men — 50.9% female. 9.3% of Chitawan.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.3%
Population aged 5 and over
1.0 pp above the national figure · 135th of 276.
82.5% of men, 72.3% of women — a 10.2-point gap.
77.3%
Rapti
83.7%
Chitawan
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Rapti 77.3%, Chitawan 83.7%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rapti marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.3%
- Cannot read or write21.9%
- Can read only0.8%
60,896 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 47,051 | 22,565 | 24,486 |
| Cannot read or write | 13,362 | 8,359 | 5,003 |
| Can read only | 483 | 287 | 196 |
In context
Where Rapti sits among the 8 local governments of Chitawan. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing.
View all 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bharatpur | metropolitan city | 369,268 | 96,591 | 87.2% |
| Ratnanagar | municipality | 89,905 | 22,403 | 83.1% |
| Khairahani | municipality | 67,385 | 16,395 | 80.5% |
| Rapti | municipality | 66,617 | 15,215 | 77.3% |
| Kalika | municipality | 52,164 | 12,258 | 79.1% |
| Madi | municipality | 38,295 | 10,120 | 78.5% |
| Ichchha Kamana | rural municipality | 27,643 | 6,185 | 74.2% |
| Chitawan | protected_area | — | — | — |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →