Rapti Rural Municipality

Rapti Rural Municipality

राप्ती गाउँपालिका
Rapti Rural Municipality राप्ती गाउँपालिका
Gaunpalika
	Bhalubang bridge
	Rapti Rural Municipality Location in Nepal
	Coordinates: 27°50′35″N 82°42′55″E / 27.843006°N 82.715408°E
Country	Nepal
Province	Lumbini Province
District	Dang District
Population
• Total	40,764
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (Nepal Time)
Website	http://raptimundang.gov.np/

Rapti Rural Municipality (Nepali : राप्ती गाउँपालिका) is a gaunpalika in Dang District in Lumbini Province of Nepal. On 12 March 2017, the government of Nepal implemented a new local administrative structure, with the implementation of the new local administrative structure, VDCs have been replaced with municipal and Village Councils. Rapti is one of these 753 local units.^[1]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Rapti Rural Municipality had a population of 40,949. Of these, 50.0% spoke Tharu, 45.7% Nepali, 1.4% Magar, 0.7% Kham, 0.7% Urdu, 0.6% Hindi, 0.4% Gurung, 0.1% Bhojpuri, 0.1% Maithili, 0.1% Newar and 0.1% other languages as their first language.^[2]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 50.4% were Tharu, 13.4% Magar, 9.6% Hill Brahmin, 9.6% Chhetri, 4.0% Kumal, 2.3% Kami, 2.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.8% Damai/Dholi, 1.5% Musalman, 1.5% Thakuri, 0.8% Gurung, 0.8% Sarki, 0.6% Halwai, 0.5% Newar, 0.3% Badi, 0.2% other Terai, 0.1% Tamang and 0.2% others.^[3]