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Municipality · Chitawan District

Rapti

Bagmati Province · P-code NP0335304
Population
66,617
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
9.3%
of Chitawan
Rank among municipalities
66 of 276
nationally, by population
Local governments here
7
in Chitawan

Population & Demographics

How many people live in Nepal, where, and how the population is structured by age and sex. All Population & Demographics indicators →

Householdsघरपरिवार

Number of households enumerated. An institutional facility counts as one household.

2021 census

15,215
Households
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Populationजनसंख्या

Resident population. Figures for years after the last census are projections, not counts.

2021 census

66,617
Persons
female 33,940male 32,677

2 indicators published for Rapti under population & demographics.

Education

Literacy, schooling and educational attainment. All Education indicators →

Literacy rateसाक्षरता दर

Share of the population aged 5 and over who can read and write. The denominator is the 5-plus population, not the total population.

2021 census · not additive across places

77.3%
female 72.3%male 82.5%
10.2 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

47,051
Persons
female 22,565male 24,486
Population aged 5 and over५ वर्ष र माथिको जनसंख्या

The denominator for literacy. Published because a rate without its base cannot be recomputed or aggregated.

2021 census

60,896
Persons
female 31,211male 29,685

3 indicators published for Rapti under education.

In context

Where Rapti sits among the 7 local governments of Chitawan.

BharatpurIchchha KamanaKalikaKhairahaniMadiRaptiRatnanagarBharatpurMadiRaptiIchchha KamanaKalikaKhairahaniRatnanagar
  • Rapti
  • Other units of Chitawan
View all 7 names
7 local governments of Chitawan. 7 of 7 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Bharatpur369,268
  2. Ratnanagar89,905
  3. Khairahani67,385
  4. Rapti66,617
  5. Kalika52,164
  6. Madi38,295
  7. Ichchha Kamana27,643

Chitawan District overview →

Not yet covered

Supported by the data model, not yet ingested at this level.

Ward-level detail, local government budgets and expenditure, school and health facility counts, and election results. The census publishes ward tables and the model already supports the grain; nothing is ingested there yet, so no section for it appears above.

Compare with the rest of Chitawan

Every published census measure, side by side. This unit is highlighted; rank by any column, or select rows to compare a few.

7 local governments · tick rows to pin and compare
local governments compared on Population, Households, Literacy rate, Literate population, Population aged 5 and over, ranked by Population
local governments
Rapti66,61715,21577.3%47,05160,896
Bharatpur369,26896,59187.2%301,215345,434
Ratnanagar89,90522,40383.1%69,57983,754
Khairahani67,38516,39580.5%50,37462,597
Kalika52,16412,25879.1%37,88747,919
Madi38,29510,12078.5%27,66335,240
Ichchha Kamana27,6436,18574.2%18,56125,021

Bars are scaled within each column, so columns compare places and rows compare measures. A dash means the figure is not published for that place, which is not the same as zero. Rates are not additive across places and are never totalled.

Sources & methodology

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2024) · United Nations Population Fund (2023) · National Statistics Office (2021) · Wikidata (2026) · World Bank (1960-2024)

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