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Rural Municipality · Banke District

Rapti Sonari

राप्तीसोनारी गाउँपालिका

Lumbini Province · P-code NP0557405
Population
66,445
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
11.0%
of Banke
Rank among rural municipalities
2 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
8
in Banke

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

14,946
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

66,445
Persons
female 35,118male 31,327

2 indicators published for Rapti Sonari 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

75.0%
female 68.9%male 82.0%
13.1 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

45,344
Persons
female 22,235male 23,109
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

60,478
Persons
female 32,288male 28,190

3 indicators published for Rapti Sonari under education.

In context

Where Rapti Sonari sits among the 8 local governments of Banke.

BaijanathDuduwaJanakiKhajuraKohalpurNarainapurNepalganjRapti SonariRapti SonariBaijanathKohalpurNarainapurDuduwaKhajuraJanakiNepalganj
  • Rapti Sonari
  • Other units of Banke
View all 8 names
  • Baijanath · बैजनाथ गाउँपालिका
  • Duduwa · डुडुवा गाउँपालिका
  • Janaki · जानकी गाउँपालिका
  • Khajura
  • Kohalpur · कोहलपुर नगरपालिका
  • Narainapur · नरैनापुर
  • Nepalganj
  • Rapti Sonari · राप्तीसोनारी गाउँपालिका
8 local governments of Banke. 8 of 8 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Nepalganj164,444
  2. Kohalpur101,667
  3. Baijanath69,472
  4. Rapti Sonari66,445
  5. Khajura62,789
  6. Janaki46,141
  7. Narainapur43,206
  8. Duduwa43,135

Banke 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 Banke

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

8 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
Rapti Sonari66,44514,94675.0%45,34460,478
Nepalganj164,44434,56576.2%114,709150,450
Kohalpur101,66724,18382.6%77,60493,943
Baijanath69,47216,46977.9%49,79763,884
Khajura62,78913,70675.3%42,62356,630
Janaki46,1418,82667.1%27,86741,521
Narainapur43,2068,48847.9%18,07537,744
Duduwa43,1358,05155.4%21,21738,308

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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