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Rural Municipality · Palpa District

Rambha

Lumbini Province · P-code NP0546407
Population
17,155
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
7.0%
of Palpa
Rank among rural municipalities
272 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
10
in Palpa

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

4,689
Households
Populationजनसंख्या

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

2021 census

17,155
Persons
female 9,630male 7,525

2 indicators published for Rambha 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

78.7%
female 72.4%male 87.0%
14.6 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

12,504
Persons
female 6,551male 5,953
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

15,892
Persons
female 9,049male 6,843

3 indicators published for Rambha under education.

In context

Where Rambha sits among the 10 local governments of Palpa.

BaganaskaliMathagadhiNisdiPurbakholaRainadevi ChhaharaRambhaRampurRibdikotTansenTinauMathagadhiNisdiRainadevi ChhaharaTinauPurbakholaRampurTansenRibdikotRambhaBaganaskali
  • Rambha
  • Other units of Palpa
View all 10 names
  • Baganaskali · बगनासकाली गाउँपालिका
  • Mathagadhi
  • Nisdi · निस्दी गाउँपालिका
  • Purbakhola · पूर्वखोला गाउँपालिका
  • Rainadevi Chhahara · रैनादेवी छहरा गाउँपालिका
  • Rambha
  • Rampur · रामपुर
  • Ribdikot · रिब्दीकोट गाउँपालिका
  • Tansen · तानसेन नगरपालिका
  • Tinau · तिनाउ गाउँपालिका
10 local governments of Palpa. 10 of 10 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Tansen50,792
  2. Rampur40,883
  3. Mathagadhi24,053
  4. Rainadevi Chhahara23,149
  5. Baganaskali18,497
  6. Nisdi18,120
  7. Tinau17,777
  8. Rambha17,155
  9. Purbakhola16,052
  10. Ribdikot15,473

Palpa 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 Palpa

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
Rambha17,1554,68978.7%12,50415,892
Tansen50,79214,78289.0%42,25947,458
Rampur40,88311,36384.9%32,02537,732
Mathagadhi24,0535,82383.3%18,60022,318
Rainadevi Chhahara23,1496,33082.6%17,55421,253
Baganaskali18,4975,11581.7%14,00517,134
Nisdi18,1204,16578.5%13,14816,743
Tinau17,7774,20181.9%13,38616,341
Purbakhola16,0524,12181.0%11,99214,799
Ribdikot15,4734,40280.6%11,59614,390

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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