Pratappur

प्रतापपुर
Province: Lumbini (5)/District: Parasi/Rural Municipality: Pratappur
72.9%
Literacy Rate

Pratappur Rural Municipality is one of the 7 municipalities in Parasi District of Lumbini Province. As per the 2021 census, the rural municipality has a total population of 49,897, comprising 24,812 males (49.7%) and 25,085 females (50.3%), with a literacy rate of 72.9%. Spanning 87.55 square kilometers, Pratappur Rural Municipality exhibits the population density of 570 people per square kilometer. Administratively, it is divided into 9 wards.

According to the latest publicly available report of the Center for Education and Human Resource Development (CEHRD), Pratappur has 47 schools. Of these, 17 are private and 23 are public. The breakdown includes 34 pre-schools, 47 basic schools, and 13 secondary schools. Among the secondary schools, 2 offer +2 programs.

Some of the popular schools within the region include Tribhuvan Secondary School Belatari, Adarsha English Boarding Secondary School, Adarsha Secondary School Semari, Shree Ganesh Secondary School Basahiya, and Dambar Bahadur Basic 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: 47
Private
17
Public
23
Religious
7

School Level Distribution

Note: Secondary schools count includes +2 schools
Level Grade Number of Schools
Pre-schoolECD34
BasicGrades 1-847
SecondaryGrades 9-1213
+2Grades 11-122

Literacy Statistics

Overall Literacy Rate72.9%
Male Literacy Rate82.35%
Female Literacy Rate63.64%

Population Statistics

Total Population (2021)49,897
Male Population24,812
Female Population25,085
Sex Ratio (Males per 100 Females)98.91
Population in 201145,241
Population Growth Rate0.94

Geographic Information

Area87.55 sq.km
Population Density570 per sq.km
Number of Wards9

Household Information

Total Households (2021)9,702
Household Size5.14
Households in 20117,386

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