National Statistics Office (Nepal)

The National Statistics Office (Nepali: राष्ट्रिय तथ्याङ्क कार्यालय) formerly known as Central Bureau of Statistics (Nepali: केन्द्रीय तथ्याङ्क विभाग), is the central agency for the collection, consolidation, processing, analysis, publication and dissemination of statistics in Nepal. The Office is under the Office of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers. One of its core tasks is to research and publish censuses of Nepal, the most prominent one being the overall population census and Demographics of Nepal.