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Municipality · Palpa District

Rampur

रामपुर नगरपालिका

A municipality in Palpa District, Lumbini Province, one of 10 local governments there.NP0546302

Population

40,883

2021

Households

11,363

20213.60 people each

Area

123 km²

331 per km²

Literacy

84.9%

202127th of 276

Population & Demographics

Population nationally

Population, 2021 census

40,883

National Statistics Office

22,386 women, 18,497 men — 54.8% female. 16.7% of Palpa.

Literacy rate, 2021 census

84.9%

Population aged 5 and over

8.6 pp above the national figure · 27th of 276.

91.0% of men, 79.9% of women — a 11.1-point gap.

84.9%

Rampur

83.7%

Palpa

78.1%

Lumbini

76.2%

Nepal

Rampur 84.9%, Palpa 83.7%, Lumbini 78.1%, Nepal 76.2%.

Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rampur marked in black.

Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status

The census partition behind the rate.

  • Can read and write84.9%
  • Cannot read or write14.9%
  • Can read only0.2%
  • Not stated0.0%

37,732 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.

View all 4 categories
Population aged 5 and over by literacy status and sex, 2021
Literacy statusAllFemaleMale
Can read and write32,02516,76015,265
Cannot read or write5,6164,1371,479
Can read only816219
Not stated1064

In context

All places

Where Rampur sits among the 10 local governments of Palpa. By population, 2021 census.

Palpa by local government
15,473Population · 50,792

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
Palpa by local governments, census
PlaceTypePopulationHouseholdsLiteracy
Tansenmunicipality50,79214,78289.0%
Rampurmunicipality40,88311,36384.9%
Mathagadhirural municipality24,0535,82383.3%
Rainadevi Chhahararural municipality23,1496,33082.6%
Baganaskalirural municipality18,4975,11581.7%
Nisdirural municipality18,1204,16578.5%
Tinaurural municipality17,7774,20181.9%
Rambharural municipality17,1554,68978.7%
Purbakholarural municipality16,0524,12181.0%
Ribdikotrural municipality15,4734,40280.6%

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 →