2011 Nepal census

Population study by Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics

Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.^[2] Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and villages of each district. The data included statistics on population size, households, sex and age distribution, place of birth, residence characteristics, literacy, marital status, religion, language spoken, caste/ethnic group, economically active population, education, number of children, employment status, and occupation.

• Total population in 2011: 26,494,504^[3]
• Increase since last census in 2001: 3,343,081
• Annual population growth rate (exponential growth): 1.35
• Number of households: 5,427,302
• Average Household Size: 4.88
• Population in Mountain: 6.73%, Hill: 43.00% and Terai: 50.27%.

Nepalese caste/ethnic groups

The population wise ranking of 126 Nepalese castes/ethnic groups as per 2011 Nepal census.^{[4][note 1]}

See also

• Nepal portal

• List of village development committees of Nepal (Former)
• 1991 Nepal census
• 2001 Nepal census
• 2021 Nepal census

Notes

1. Pages 191/192 of the total pdf or pages 156/157 in the scanned material shows Nepalese castes/ethnic groups

References

1. "Decadal Growth :www.cbs.gov.np" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-07-31.
2. Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal: National Population and Housing Census 2011 Archived 2013-07-31 at the Wayback Machine
3. Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal: Major Highlights. Archived 2013-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
4. "Nepal Census 2011" (PDF).

External links

• Central Bureau of Statistics
• National Population and Housing Census 2011