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 Province
District	Chitwan District
Government
• Mayor	Mr. Samsher Lama ( United Socialist)
• Deputy Mayor	Mr.Devendra Lama (Nepali Congres)
Population  (2011)
• Total	46,510
Time zone	UTC+5:45 (NST)
Post code	44202
Area code(s)	056
Website	http://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]

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