Municipality · Bardiya District
Rajapur
राजापुर नगरपालिका
A municipality in Bardiya District, Lumbini Province, one of 9 local governments there.NP0558301
Population
60,831
2021
Households
13,659
20214.45 people each
Area
127 km²
480 per km²
Literacy
77.1%
2021138th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
60,831
National Statistics Office
32,224 women, 28,607 men — 53.0% female. 13.2% of Bardiya.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
77.1%
Population aged 5 and over
0.8 pp above the national figure · 138th of 276.
82.6% of men, 72.2% of women — a 10.4-point gap.
77.1%
Rajapur
76.9%
Bardiya
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Rajapur 77.1%, Bardiya 76.9%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rajapur marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write77.1%
- Cannot read or write20.8%
- Can read only2.1%
- Not stated0.0%
56,457 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 43,522 | 21,753 | 21,769 |
| Cannot read or write | 11,742 | 7,560 | 4,182 |
| Can read only | 1,187 | 801 | 386 |
| Not stated | 6 | 3 | 3 |
In context
Where Rajapur sits among the 9 local governments of Bardiya. 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. 1 more in the table below.
View all 9 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gulariya | municipality | 74,505 | 16,002 | 70.1% |
| Barbardiya | municipality | 72,533 | 16,897 | 79.1% |
| Bansgadhi | municipality | 63,252 | 15,091 | 79.3% |
| Rajapur | municipality | 60,831 | 13,659 | 77.1% |
| Badhaiyatal | rural municipality | 52,818 | 12,961 | 76.7% |
| Madhuwan | municipality | 50,739 | 12,444 | 76.5% |
| Thakurbaba | municipality | 49,420 | 11,469 | 78.0% |
| Geruwa | rural municipality | 33,514 | 7,762 | 79.5% |
| Bardiya | 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 →