Ratnanagar

रत्ननगर
Province: Bagmati (3)/District: Chitwan/Municipality: Ratnanagar
83.08%
Literacy Rate

Ratnanagar Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Chitwan District of Bagmati Province. As per the 2021 census, the municipality has a total population of 89,905, comprising 43,531 males (48.4%) and 46,374 females (51.6%), with a literacy rate of 83.08%. Spanning 68.68 square kilometers, Ratnanagar Municipality exhibits the population density of 1,309 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 16 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Ratnanagar has 52 schools. Of these, 24 are private and 26 are public. The breakdown includes 36 pre-schools, 51 basic schools, and 38 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 9 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the municipal area include Skyrider Secondary English Boarding School, Panchakanya Secondary School Chitwan, Ekata Shishu Niketan, Jana Jagriti Secondary School Chitwan, and Nepal Model Secondary School Chitwan.

Educational Institutions

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

Institution Statistics

College

Total: 6
Community
2
Private
3
UGC Accredited
1

School

Total: 56
Model School
1
Private
24
Public
26
Religious
2
Technical School
3

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD36
BasicGrades 1-851
SecondaryGrades 9-1238
+2Grades 11-129

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate83.08%
Male Literacy Rate88.74%
Female Literacy Rate77.84%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)89,905
Male Population43,531
Female Population46,374
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)93.87
Population in 201169,851
Population Growth Rate2.42

Geographic Information

Area68.68 sq.km
Population Density1309 per sq.km
Number of Wards16

Household Information

Total Households (2021)22,403
Household Size4.01
Households in 201116,070

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