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 ma ...

conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

and the 3915

Village Development Committees A village development committee ( ne, गाउँ विकास समिति; ''gāum̐ vikās samiti'') in Nepal was the lower administrative part of its Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development. Each district had several VDCs ...

at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and villages of each

district A district is a type of administrative division that, in some countries, is managed by the local government. Across the world, areas known as "districts" vary greatly in size, spanning regions or counties, several municipalities, subdivision ...

. 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: 26,494,504Central Bureau of Statistics of Nepal: ''Major Highlights''.
*Increase since last census 2001: 3,343,081 *Annual population growth rate (exponental 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.

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Central Bureau of Statistics

National Population and Housing Census 2011
Censuses in Nepal

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Nepalese caste/ethnic groups

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