Rural Municipality · Dang District
Rapti
राप्ती गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Dang District, Lumbini Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0556407
Population
52,123
2021
Households
11,826
20214.41 people each
Area
161 km²
324 per km²
Literacy
79.4%
202176th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
52,123
National Statistics Office
27,306 women, 24,817 men — 52.4% female. 7.7% of Dang.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
79.4%
Population aged 5 and over
3.1 pp above the national figure · 76th of 460.
85.6% of men, 73.8% of women — a 11.7-point gap.
79.4%
Rapti
81.4%
Dang
78.1%
Lumbini
76.2%
Nepal
Rapti 79.4%, Dang 81.4%, Lumbini 78.1%, 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 write79.4%
- Cannot read or write20.1%
- Can read only0.5%
- Not stated0.1%
48,197 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 38,256 | 18,800 | 19,456 |
| Cannot read or write | 9,680 | 6,502 | 3,178 |
| Can read only | 223 | 140 | 83 |
| Not stated | 38 | 21 | 17 |
In context
Where Rapti sits among the 10 local governments of Dang. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
Literacy rate
76.0%–83.9%
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. 2 more in the table below.
View all 10 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ghorahi | sub-metropolitan city | 200,530 | 49,761 | 83.0% |
| Tulsipur | sub-metropolitan city | 179,755 | 46,018 | 83.1% |
| Lamahi | municipality | 59,050 | 13,458 | 80.9% |
| Rapti | rural municipality | 52,123 | 11,826 | 79.4% |
| Gadhawa | rural municipality | 45,898 | 9,964 | 77.7% |
| Babai | rural municipality | 30,968 | 7,527 | 78.0% |
| Rajpur | rural municipality | 28,346 | 5,829 | 76.8% |
| Shantinagar | rural municipality | 27,641 | 6,919 | 79.9% |
| Dangisharan | rural municipality | 23,668 | 5,825 | 79.0% |
| Bangalachuli | rural municipality | 22,373 | 5,139 | 77.9% |
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 →