Rapti

राप्ती
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Dang/Rural Municipality: Rapti
79.37%
Literacy Rate

Rapti Rural Municipality is one of the 10 municipalities in Dang District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 52,123, comprising 24,817 males (47.6%) and 27,306 females (52.4%), with a literacy rate of 79.37%. Spanning 161.07 square kilometers, Rapti Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 324 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 8 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Rapti has 44 schools. Of these, 13 are private and 29 are public. The breakdown includes 37 pre-schools, 43 basic schools, and 20 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 7 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Adarsha School Lalmatiya Dang, Serene Valley Public School, Shree Secondary School Maurighat Dang, Gyanodaya Madhyamik Vidhyalaya, and Sarvodaya Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

Click the links below to view complete lists of educational institutions in this area.

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 1
Community
1

School

Total: 46
Model School
1
Private
13
Public
29
Religious
2
Technical School
1

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD37
BasicGrades 1-843
SecondaryGrades 9-1220
+2Grades 11-127

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate79.37%
Male Literacy Rate85.58%
Female Literacy Rate73.83%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)52,123
Male Population24,817
Female Population27,306
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)90.88
Population in 201140,764
Population Growth Rate2.36

Geographic Information

Area161.07 sq.km
Population Density324 per sq.km
Number of Wards8

Household Information

Total Households (2021)11,826
Household Size4.41
Households in 20118,055

Sources

Center for Education and Human Resource Development. (2081 BS). IEMIS Report 2081. CEHRD.

Central Bureau of Statistics. (2021). National Population and Housing Census 2021. CBS Nepal.

YIPL, MoFaLD, & OKN. (n.d.). Nepal local level map [Dataset]. GitHub. https://github.com/younginnovations/nepal-locallevel-map