The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the
Central Bureau of Statistics. The census was originally scheduled from 8 June to 22 June 2021, but was postponed to November 2021 due to surge in
COVID-19 cases.
Background
Planning
Questionnaire
Results
Total population: 29,192,480
Population of Province 1
Population of Madhesh Province
Population of Bagmati Province
Population of Gandaki Province
Population of Lumbini Province
Population of Karnali Province
Population of Sudurpaschim Province
Controversies
The enumerators of the census have been alleged to use pencil while filling out the forms, instead of ink pen.
The Kayat community of
Baglung
Baglung is a municipality in western Nepal, west of Kathmandu. It is the administrative headquarters of Baglung District and Dhaulagiri Zone. Baglung serves as the major center for business, finance, education, service and healthcare for the pe ...
declared boycotting from the census.
The
Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities issued a statement alleging the census enumerators not asking the questions on language and religion.
The federation has alleged enumerators of filling the form without asking these questions.
The enumerators have also been alleged for noting second language as "Nepali", without asking the person.
An enumerator was captured by the locals in
Lamjung
Lamjung District ( ne, लमजुङ जिल्ला ), a part of Gandaki Province, is one of the 77 districts of Nepal. The district, with Besisahar as its district headquarters, covers an area of and had a population of 167,724. Lamjun ...
alleging that they noted their religion as Hindu, despite informing them that they are Buddhists.
The
Wambule community expressed its concern over census enumeration form having their language mentioned as "Yambule".
Rai organizations also drew attention of the authorities citing that there is a Rai ethnicity, but no Rai language and that Rai people speak 26 languages which census enumeration form has incorrectly listed.
People of Nisikhola Rural Municipality demanded to re-take the census after enumerators noted information in their notebooks instead of the official enumeration form. The deputy house speaker of
Bagmati Province
Bagmati Province ( ne, बाग्मती प्रदेश, ''Bagmati Pradesh'') is one of the seven provinces of Nepal established by the constitution of Nepal. The province is Nepal's second-most populous province and fifth largest provinc ...
Assembly alleged census enumerators not even asking basic questions. She also alleged that census enumerators enlisted her second language as 'Nepali', when told them to write down 'Gurung'. She also demanded that the census should be conducted by local government.
It has also been reported that census enumerators were chased away in Saptari, Siraha and Dhanusha of
Province No. 2
Madhesh Province ( Nepali/ mai, मधेश प्रदेश) is a province of Nepal that was formed after the adoption of the Constitution of Nepal. It is Nepal's most populous province, and smallest province by area. It borders Province N ...
. Many people from the Dalit community reported of having to lie about their caste due to the fear of eviction by the landlords.
See also
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Census in Nepal
References
External links
Central Bureau of StatisticsNational Census 2021
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Censuses in Nepal
Nepal
Nepal (; ne, नेपाल ), formerly the Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal ( ne,
सङ्घीय लोकतान्त्रिक गणतन्त्र नेपाल ), is a landlocked country in South Asia. It is mai ...
2021 in Nepal
November 2021 events in Asia