Rajpur

राजपुर
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Dang/Rural Municipality: Rajpur
76.78%
Literacy Rate

Rajpur 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 28,346, comprising 14,058 males (49.6%) and 14,288 females (50.4%), with a literacy rate of 76.78%. Spanning 577.33 square kilometers, Rajpur Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 49 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 7 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Rajpur has 37 schools. Of these, 3 are private and 34 are public. The breakdown includes 34 pre-schools, 37 basic schools, and 8 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 2 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Sadharan Secondary School Gangdi, Jana Jyoti Secondary School Dang, Secondary School, Shanker Secondary School, and Secondary School.

Educational Institutions

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Institution Statistics

School

Total: 38
Model School
1
Private
3
Public
34

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD34
BasicGrades 1-837
SecondaryGrades 9-128
+2Grades 11-122

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate76.78%
Male Literacy Rate83.3%
Female Literacy Rate70.44%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)28,346
Male Population14,058
Female Population14,288
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)98.39
Population in 201125,037
Population Growth Rate1.19

Geographic Information

Area577.33 sq.km
Population Density49 per sq.km
Number of Wards7

Household Information

Total Households (2021)5,829
Household Size4.86
Households in 20114,473

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