Military ranks of Nepal

The Military ranks of Nepal are the military insignia used by the Nepalese Army which is the only component of the Nepalese Armed Forces. Being a Landlocked country, Nepal does not have a navy. Nepali military rank structure is a mixture of Indian and Nepal's own style.

Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Nepali Army																									No insignia
			महारथी (प्रधानसेनापती) Mahārathī (pradhānasēnāpatī)		रथी Rathī		उपरथी Uparathī		सहायक रथी Sahaayak rathee		महासेनानी Mahāsēnānī		प्रमुख सेनानी Pramukh senaanee		सेनानी Senaanee		सहसेनानी Sahasēnānī		उपसेनानी Upasēnānī			सहायक सेनानी Sahaayak senaanee			अधिकृत क्याडेट Adhikr̥ta kyāḍēṭa
			COAS General		Lieutenant general		Major general		Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant			Officer cadet
Nepalese Army Air Service																									No insignia
									सहायक रथी Sahaayak rathee		महासेनानी Mahāsēnānī		प्रमुख सेनानी Pramukh senaanee		सेनानी Senaanee		सहसेनानी Sahasēnānī		उपसेनानी Upasēnānī			सहायक सेनानी Sahaayak senaanee			अधिकृत क्याडेट Adhikr̥ta kyāḍēṭa
									Brigadier general		Colonel		Lieutenant colonel		Major		Captain		Lieutenant			Second lieutenant			Officer cadet
Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet

Former insignia

Rank group	General/flag officers
Nepali Army
	अतिरथी Atirathī	प्रधानसेनापती Pradhānasēnāpatī	महारथी Mahārathī	उपरथी Uparathī
	Field marshal	General of the army	General	Major general

Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Nepali Army																													No insignia						No insignia
	प्रमुख सुवेदार Pramukh Suvēdār						सुवेदार Suvēdār		जमदार Jamadār		हुद्दा Huddā												अमल्दार Amaldār				प्यूठ Piyuth		सिपाही Sipahi						फलोअर्स Phaloars
	Chief warrant officer						Warrant officer class II		Warrant officer class I		Sergeant												Corporal				Lance corporal		Private						Followers
Nepalese Army Air Service																													No insignia						No insignia
	प्रमुख सुवेदार Pramukh Suvēdār						सुवेदार Suvēdār		जमदार Jamadār		हुद्दा Huddā												अमल्दार Amaldār				प्यूठ Piyuth		सिपाही Sipahi						फलोअर्स Phaloars
	Chief warrant officer						Warrant officer class II		Warrant officer class I		Sergeant												Corporal				Lance corporal		Private						Followers
Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted

Other rank insignia
	Sergeant Major	Master Sergeant	Sergeant First Class	Staff Sergeant

External links

• "Nepal". uniforminsignia.org. The International Encyclopedia of Uniform Insignia. Retrieved 11 January 2022.