Rural Municipality · Banke District
Rapti Sonari
राप्ती सोनारी गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Banke District, Lumbini Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0557405
Population
66,445
2021
Households
14,946
20214.45 people each
Area
1,041 km²
64 per km²
Literacy
75.0%
2021187th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
66,445
National Statistics Office
35,118 women, 31,327 men — 52.9% female. 11.0% of Banke.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
75.0%
Population aged 5 and over
1.3 pp below the national figure · 187th of 460.
82.0% of men, 68.9% of women — a 13.1-point gap.
75.0%
Rapti Sonari
73.4%
Banke
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Rapti Sonari 75.0%, Banke 73.4%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rapti Sonari marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write75.0%
- Cannot read or write24.7%
- Can read only0.2%
- Not stated0.0%
60,478 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 45,344 | 22,235 | 23,109 |
| Cannot read or write | 14,961 | 9,954 | 5,007 |
| Can read only | 144 | 84 | 60 |
| Not stated | 29 | 15 | 14 |
In context
Where Rapti Sonari sits among the 8 local governments of Banke. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nepalganj | sub-metropolitan city | 164,444 | 34,565 | 76.2% |
| Kohalpur | municipality | 101,667 | 24,183 | 82.6% |
| Baijanath | rural municipality | 69,472 | 16,469 | 77.9% |
| Rapti Sonari | rural municipality | 66,445 | 14,946 | 75.0% |
| Khajura | rural municipality | 62,789 | 13,706 | 75.3% |
| Janaki | rural municipality | 46,141 | 8,826 | 67.1% |
| Narainapur | rural municipality | 43,206 | 8,488 | 47.9% |
| Duduwa | rural municipality | 43,135 | 8,051 | 55.4% |
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 →