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Rural Municipality · Dang District

Rapti

राप्ती गाउँपालिका

Lumbini Province · P-code NP0556407
Population
52,123
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
7.7%
of Dang
Rank among rural municipalities
11 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
10
in Dang

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

11,826
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

52,123
Persons
female 27,306male 24,817

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

79.4%
female 73.8%male 85.6%
11.7 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

38,256
Persons
female 18,800male 19,456
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

48,197
Persons
female 25,463male 22,734

3 indicators published for Rapti under education.

In context

Where Rapti sits among the 10 local governments of Dang.

BabaiBangalachuliDangisharanGadhawaGhorahiLamahiRajpurRaptiShantinagarTulsipurRajpurLamahiGhorahiTulsipurGadhawaBabaiBangalachuliDangisharanRaptiShantinagar
  • Rapti
  • Other units of Dang
View all 10 names
  • Babai · बबई गाउँपालिका
  • Bangalachuli
  • Dangisharan · दंगीशरण
  • Gadhawa · गढवा गाउँपालिका
  • Ghorahi · घोराही उपमहानगरपालिका
  • Lamahi · लमही नगरपालिका
  • Rajpur · राजपुर गाउँपालिका
  • Rapti · राप्ती गाउँपालिका
  • Shantinagar · शान्तिनगर
  • Tulsipur · तुलसीपुर नगरपालिका
10 local governments of Dang. 10 of 10 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Ghorahi200,530
  2. Tulsipur179,755
  3. Lamahi59,050
  4. Rapti52,123
  5. Gadhawa45,898
  6. Babai30,968
  7. Rajpur28,346
  8. Shantinagar27,641
  9. Dangisharan23,668
  10. Bangalachuli22,373

Dang 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 Dang

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

10 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
Rapti52,12311,82679.4%38,25648,197
Ghorahi200,53049,76183.0%153,591184,949
Tulsipur179,75546,01883.1%137,874165,843
Lamahi59,05013,45880.9%44,29154,759
Gadhawa45,8989,96477.7%32,80342,223
Babai30,9687,52778.0%21,93028,110
Rajpur28,3465,82976.8%19,84125,841
Shantinagar27,6416,91979.9%20,27225,360
Dangisharan23,6685,82579.0%17,26321,863
Bangalachuli22,3735,13977.9%15,50119,896

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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