| Rapti Municipality | |
| Native Name: | राप्ति नगरपालिका |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Nepal Bagmati Province#Nepal |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Mapsize: | 300 |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Nepal |
| Coordinates: | 27.6039°N 84.6461°W |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: |  Nepal |
| Subdivision Type1: | Province |
| Subdivision Name1: | Bagmati |
| Subdivision Type2: | District |
| Subdivision Name2: | Chitwan |
| Leader Title: | Mayor |
| Leader Name: | Mr. Samsher Lama (United Socialist) |
| Leader Title1: | Deputy Mayor |
| Leader Name1: | Mr.Devendra Lama (NC) |
| Population As Of: | 2011 |
| Population Total: | 46510 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Blank1 Title: | Ethnicities |
| Timezone: | NST |
| Utc Offset: | +5:45 |
| Postal Code Type: | Post code |
| Postal Code: | 44202 |
| Area Code: | 056 |
| Website: | http://raptimun.gov.np/en |
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]
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]
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]
Presidents of Wards