Municipality · Rautahat District
Rajpur
राजपुर नगरपालिका
A municipality in Rautahat District, Madhesh Province, one of 18 local governments there.NP0232314
Population
54,083
2021
Households
8,078
20216.70 people each
Area
31 km²
1722 per km²
Literacy
46.9%
2021276th of 276
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
54,083
National Statistics Office
27,509 women, 26,574 men — 50.9% female. 6.6% of Rautahat.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
46.9%
Population aged 5 and over
29.4 pp below the national figure · 276th of 276.
51.9% of men, 42.1% of women — a 9.7-point gap.
46.9%
Rajpur
57.8%
Rautahat
63.5%
Madhesh
76.2%
Nepal
Rajpur 46.9%, Rautahat 57.8%, Madhesh 63.5%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Rajpur marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Cannot read or write52.9%
- Can read and write46.9%
- Can read only0.2%
46,234 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cannot read or write | 24,466 | 13,698 | 10,768 |
| Can read and write | 21,671 | 10,003 | 11,668 |
| Can read only | 97 | 38 | 59 |
In context
Where Rajpur sits among the 18 local governments of Rautahat. 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. 10 more in the table below.
View all 18 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandrapur | municipality | 81,807 | 16,820 | 70.9% |
| Garuda | municipality | 60,857 | 9,862 | 57.6% |
| Rajpur | municipality | 54,083 | 8,078 | 46.9% |
| Gujara | municipality | 54,033 | 9,575 | 61.8% |
| Ishanath | municipality | 51,855 | 7,937 | 56.5% |
| Brindaban | municipality | 49,742 | 8,142 | 54.3% |
| Gadhimai | municipality | 49,135 | 7,787 | 53.2% |
| Katahariya | municipality | 45,821 | 7,642 | 55.9% |
| Paroha | municipality | 45,702 | 7,024 | 55.0% |
| Phatuwa Bijayapur | municipality | 42,218 | 7,354 | 54.7% |
| Madhav Narayan | municipality | 40,894 | 7,020 | 56.4% |
| Gaur | municipality | 39,846 | 7,235 | 69.5% |
| Boudhimai | municipality | 39,325 | 6,078 | 54.9% |
| Dewahi Gonahi | municipality | 38,690 | 6,222 | 50.7% |
| Rajdevi | municipality | 35,658 | 6,146 | 61.3% |
| Maulapur | municipality | 32,325 | 5,268 | 56.4% |
| Yamunamai | rural municipality | 28,414 | 4,711 | 51.9% |
| Durga Bhagawati | rural municipality | 22,864 | 4,124 | 61.1% |
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 →