Rapti Sonari is a Rural Municipality, which is located in Banke district, Province No. 5 of Nepal. Rapti Sonari has total 9 wards, which are scattered across 1042 square kilometers of geographical area. According to 2011 Census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality had total population of 59,946.
Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality had total 59,946 population with 28,617 males and 31,329 females. Out of total wards, ward number 7 had the largest population 9,560, while ward number 8 had least number of population with 9,560.
With respect to number of households, Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality had total 10,742 households. The ward number 2 had most households with total 1,703, while ward number 3 had least number of households with total 744 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 0.91, which indicates that Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality had 9 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 5.58, which means that in average 5.58 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As of 2011, 3,967 population in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality were absent from their households, which equals to 6.62 percent of the total population. Absence of males was 3,458, which equals to 12.08 percent of total 28,617 males. Same as, 509 females were absent, which equals to 1.62 percent of 31,329 females. At least one member of 2,780 (25.88 percent) households were absent.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 14.11, while male to female absentee population ratio was 6.79. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 2.86.
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 14.11, while male to female absentee population ratio was 6.79. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 2.86.
Population by Age Group
In terms of age, the largest population in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality were between 10 and 14 years of age with total 8,828. Gender wise, there were 4,404 males and 4,424 females of the same age group. The least populated age group was above 75 with total 661 population, which consistes of 343 males and 318 females. Top 5 most populated age groups were between 10 and 14 (8,828), between 5 and 9 (7,922), between 15 and 19 (7,492), below 4 (5,915), between 20 and 24 (5,412) with total population of 35,569. In contrast, bottom 5 least populated age groups were above 75 (661), between 70 and 74 (711), between 65 and 69 (1,051), between 60 and 64 (1,520), and between 55 and 59 (1,610) with total population of 5,553. The median age-group of total population falls between 35 and 39 and between 40 and 44 with average population of 3,180.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (4,404), between 5 and 9 (3,946), between 15 and 19 (3,506), below 4 (3,046), and between 20 and 24 (2,205), with total population of 17,107. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (343), between 70 and 74 (367), between 65 and 69 (570),between 60 and 64 (725), and between 55 and 59 (790), with total population of 2,795. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (4,424), between 15 and 19 (3,986), between 5 and 9 (3,976), between 20 and 24 (3,207), and below 4 (2,869), with total population of 18,462. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (318), between 70 and 74 (344), between 65 and 69 (481),between 60 and 64 (795), and between 55 and 59 (820), with total population of 2,758.
The population with age-group 65 to 69 had male to female ratio of 1.19, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 20 to 24 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.69. The age-groups 65 to 69, 50 to 54, above 75, 45 to 49, 70 to 74, below 4 had majority of male population while age-groups 5 to 9, 55 to 59, 35 to 39, 60 to 64, 15 to 19, 40 to 44, 30 to 34, 25 to 29, 20 to 24 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 10 to 14 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality visually illustrates the male vs. female population based on different age groups. The population data and ratio tables are also available in this link.
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 10 and 14 (4,404), between 5 and 9 (3,946), between 15 and 19 (3,506), below 4 (3,046), and between 20 and 24 (2,205), with total population of 17,107. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (343), between 70 and 74 (367), between 65 and 69 (570),between 60 and 64 (725), and between 55 and 59 (790), with total population of 2,795. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 10 and 14 (4,424), between 15 and 19 (3,986), between 5 and 9 (3,976), between 20 and 24 (3,207), and below 4 (2,869), with total population of 18,462. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (318), between 70 and 74 (344), between 65 and 69 (481),between 60 and 64 (795), and between 55 and 59 (820), with total population of 2,758.
The population with age-group 65 to 69 had male to female ratio of 1.19, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 20 to 24 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.69. The age-groups 65 to 69, 50 to 54, above 75, 45 to 49, 70 to 74, below 4 had majority of male population while age-groups 5 to 9, 55 to 59, 35 to 39, 60 to 64, 15 to 19, 40 to 44, 30 to 34, 25 to 29, 20 to 24 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups 10 to 14 had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality visually illustrates the male vs. female population based on different age groups. The population data and ratio tables are also available in this link.
Population Ratios
As illustrated in the pie-chart, overall ratio of male to female population in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality as per 2011 population census was 0.91 with 47.74% (28,617) of males and 52.26% (31,329) of females.
There were 58.15 % (34,858 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 37.81 % with total number of 22,665. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.04 % with total number of 2,423. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 41.85 with total number of 25,088
There were 16,447 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 5,915. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 360 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.
There were 58.15 % (34,858 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 37.81 % with total number of 22,665. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 4.04 % with total number of 2,423. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 41.85 with total number of 25,088
There were 16,447 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 5,915. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 360 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.
Literacy, Education Levels & Schooling
There were only 33,587 people fully literate in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality as of 2011 who were able to both read and write, while 1,542 people were able to read but not write. In percentage while compared to genderwise population, there were inf percent of male were literate, while the percentage of female literacy was inf only.The literacy ratio between male and female population was nan.
Out of total 19,135 population between the age of 5 and 25 as of 2011 in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality, total 9,499 males and 9,636 females were attending the school. Same as, out of total 8,985 population of the same age group who were not attending the school, total 3,595 male and 5,390 female were not attending teh school. The ratio of male and female who were going to school was 0.99 while the ratio for those who were not attending the school was 0.67.The CBS census also states that 224 males and 272 females did not state whether they were attending school or not.
Grade 1-12 Students & Schools
According to Nepal Government records as of 2017, there were total 17,397 in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality with 8,430 (48.46%) of males and 8,967 (51.54%) females. There were total 66 schools. In average, 264 students were studying in each school.
The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.
The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.
Population by Language Spoken
Mostly spoken language in Rapti Sonari is Tharu, which is spoken by 28,961 people. The Rapti Sonari has people who speak other languages, such as Nepali, Avadhi, Urdu, Magar, Maithili, Hindi, Doteli, Newar, Gurung, Kham, Tamang, etc.
Out of total population, 15,034 female speaks Tharu language, while 13,927 male speaks Tharu language.Details information about languages spoken by male and female groups of population has been illustrated in the table.Population by Castes
According to 2011 census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Tharu caste with total population of 29,515. There were as little as Rajbansi caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Rapti Sonari are Chhetri, Magar, Kami, Muslim, Kumal, Damai/Dholi, Brahmin - Hill, Yadav, Thakuri, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Kayastha, Brahmin - Tarai, Kurmi, Sarki, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Dhobi, Newar, Badi, Gurung, Foreigner, Mallaha, Hajam/Thakur, Badhaee, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Teli, Haluwai, Terai Others, Tamang, Kathbaniyan, Kori, Kalwar, Dalit Others, Kumhar, Bhote, Gharti/Bhujel, Limbu, Bangali, Rajbansi, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality are Tharu (29,515), Chhetri (12,768), Magar (4,083), Kami (2,633) and Muslim (2,623) with total population of 51,622, which forms 86.11 percent out of total population of 59,946 in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality.Population by Disability
Out of total population of 59,946, there were total 1,095 (1.83%) disabled persons in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality with 620 (56.62%) males and 475 (43.38%) females. The physically disabled persons were 378, while mentally disabled people were 52 and intellectually disabled were 41.
Similarly, there were 227 people who were blind and 204 people were deaf, while 13 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 108 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 72 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Similarly, there were 227 people who were blind and 204 people were deaf, while 13 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 108 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 72 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
Out of total 10742 households in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality, there were 4,291 houses that were founded on mud bonded while 669 houses were cement bonded. Same as, 49 households were reported of being founded on RCC piller, 5,302houses were founded on wood.
With respect to wall of the houses, 2,877 houses were mud bonded, 976 houses were cement bonded, 2,788 houses were wood planks bonded, 2,181 houses were bamboo bonded and 1,419 houses had unbaked bricks on their outer walls.Rest of the houses were reported of having other types of outer wall, while some of them reported nothing of having the outer wall bonding.
There were several types of house roofs reported. Total 4,236 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 755 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 4,788 houses had roof of tile, 843 houses had RCC roofs, 49 houses had roof of woods while 0 houses were reported having roof of mud. As per 2011 CBS census, some of the houses had other types of roofs while some didn't report about the roof structure.
With respect to the toilets, 8,551 out of 10,742 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 1,128 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,028 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
With respect to wall of the houses, 2,877 houses were mud bonded, 976 houses were cement bonded, 2,788 houses were wood planks bonded, 2,181 houses were bamboo bonded and 1,419 houses had unbaked bricks on their outer walls.Rest of the houses were reported of having other types of outer wall, while some of them reported nothing of having the outer wall bonding.
There were several types of house roofs reported. Total 4,236 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 755 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 4,788 houses had roof of tile, 843 houses had RCC roofs, 49 houses had roof of woods while 0 houses were reported having roof of mud. As per 2011 CBS census, some of the houses had other types of roofs while some didn't report about the roof structure.
With respect to the toilets, 8,551 out of 10,742 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 1,128 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 1,028 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
In Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality, there were total 1,056 houses, which were equiped with piped tap water resources while 8,750 houses were reported of having tubewell water facilities. Same as, 295 houses had covered well while 498 houses didn't have any cover on their tubewell. Other resources of water facilities were spout water (10) and river stream (65), which were reported of the household's source of water.
With reference to source of fuel, 10,410 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 41 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 57 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (18), bio-gas (176), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 4,242 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 2,399, while 2,298 households used solar energy as source of lights. Total 0 households also reported of using bio-gas as a source of light. The ratio of use of electricity as compared to other source of light was 0.39.
With reference to source of fuel, 10,410 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 41 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 57 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (18), bio-gas (176), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 4,242 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 2,399, while 2,298 households used solar energy as source of lights. Total 0 households also reported of using bio-gas as a source of light. The ratio of use of electricity as compared to other source of light was 0.39.
Facilities
out of 10,742 households in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality, 1,321 houses reported of having no any facility in their household while 9,247 households reported of using at least one facility. Households using at least one facility, such as radio, television, internet, etc. have been illustrated in the table below.Bicycle was used by the maximum households with total users of 6,453, while MobilePhone was the next mostly used facilities with total household users of 5,844.
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 1,324 establishments in Rapti Sonari Rural Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 3,237 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 1,802 and female engagement of 1,435 persons.In every business, there were an average of 2.44 people engaged with average males are 1.36 and females are 1.08. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 1.26, which means as many as 1.26 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 55.67 percent while the females are 44.33 percent.
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