Municipality · Chitawan District
Ratnanagar
रत्ननगर नगरपालिका
A municipality in Chitawan District, Bagmati Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0335302
Population
89,905
2021
Households
22,403
20214.01 people each
Area
69 km²
1309 per km²
Literacy
83.1%
202150th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
89,905
National Statistics Office
46,374 women, 43,531 men — 51.6% female. 12.5% of Chitawan.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
83.1%
Population aged 5 and over
6.8 pp above the national figure · 50th of 276.
88.7% of men, 77.8% of women — a 10.9-point gap.
83.1%
Ratnanagar
83.7%
Chitawan
82.1%
Bagmati
76.2%
Nepal
Ratnanagar 83.1%, Chitawan 83.7%, Bagmati 82.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Ratnanagar marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write83.1%
- Cannot read or write16.6%
- Can read only0.3%
- Not stated0.0%
83,754 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 69,579 | 33,895 | 35,684 |
| Cannot read or write | 13,907 | 9,487 | 4,420 |
| Can read only | 264 | 158 | 106 |
| Not stated | 4 | 2 | 2 |
In context
Where Ratnanagar 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 →