Rapti Municipality

Rapti Municipality (Nepali: राप्ति नगरपालिका) is a municipality which lies in Eastern part of Chitwan district in Bagmati Province of Nepal. It was formed as municipality in 2015 by merging five existing village development committees, Birendranagar VDC, Bhandara VDC, Piple VDC, Lothar VDC and Korak VDC. Total area of this municipality is 99.40 (Sq Km) and population of this municipality according to 2068 BS census is 46510.^[1][2]

Rapti Municipality राप्ति नगरपालिका
Municipality
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Coordinates: 27.603947°N 84.646058°E / 27.603947; 84.646058
Country	Nepal
Province	Bagmati
District	Chitwan
Government
• Mayor	Mr. Samsher Lama ( United Socialist)
• Deputy Mayor	Mr.Devendra Lama (NC)
Population  (2011)
• Total	46,510
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Post code	44202
Area code	056
Website	https://raptimun.gov.np/en

Prabha Baral and Iman Singh Lama are the first Mayor and Deputy mayor respectively elected by the Local election held in 2017. There are a total of 13 ward in the municipality.^[3][4]

Demographics

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census Rapti Municipality had a population of 59,937. Of these, 61.0% spoke Nepali, 15.4% Chepang, 12.8% Tamang, 6.1% Tharu, 0.9% Gurung, 0.9% Newar, 0.8% Darai, 0.7% Bhojpuri, 0.7% Magar, 0.2% Maithili, 0.1% Danuwar, 0.1% Kham, 0.1% Hindi, 0.1% Rai, and 0.1% other languages as their first language.^[5]

In terms of ethnicity/caste, were 22.0% Hill Brahmin, 18.8% Tamang, 17.1% Chepang/Praja, 8.9% Chhetri, 6.1% Tharu, 4.6% Magar, 4.4% Newar, 3.9% Kami, 2.8% Rai, 2.2% Damai/Dholi, 2.1% Gurung, 1.8% Danuwar, 1.1% Sarki, 0.8% Darai, 0.5% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 0.5% Thakuri, 0.3% other Dalit, 0.3% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.3% Musalman, 0.2% Ghale, 0.2% Sunuwar, 0.1% Hajam/Thakur, 0.1% Kalwar, 0.1% Kanu, 0.1% Kathabaniyan, 0.1% Mallaha, 0.1% Teli, 0.1% other Terai and 0.2% others.^[6]

In terms of religion, 71.0% were Hindu, 18.0% Buddhist, 7.4% Christian, 3.1% Prakriti, 0.3% Muslim and 0.2% others.^[7]

Ward Profile

Presidents of Wards:^[8]

• Ward-no-1:Sidbilal Syangtan(CPN-UML)
• Ward-no-2:Shyam Sundar Upreti(CPN-UML)
• Ward-no-3:Shiv Kant Oli(CPN-UML)
• Ward-no-4:Kedar Prasad Acharya(CPN-UML)
• Ward-no-5:Sitaram Tamang(CPN-UML)
• Ward-no-6:Jallu Mahato Tharu(CPN-UML)
• Ward-no-7:Sumita Dallakoti(Independent)
• Ward-no-8:Purna Prasad Acharya(CPN-UML)
• Ward-no-9:Khank Bahadur Tamang(CPN-UML)
• Ward-no-10:Tej Bahadur Tamang(NC)
• Ward-no-11:Buddhi Bahadur Tamang(Unified Socialist)
• Ward-no-12:Arjuna Praja(NC)
• Ward-no-13:Ashok Kumar Praja(NC)