2021 Nepal Census

11 – 25 November 2021

General information
CountryNepal
AuthorityCentral Bureau of Statistics
Websitecensusnepal.cbs.gov.np
(English)
Results
Total population29,936,576 [1] (Increase10.18%[1])
Most populous provinceMadhesh Province (6,126,288)[1]
Least populous provinceKarnali Province (1,694,889)[1]

The 2021 Nepal Census was the twelfth nationwide census of Nepal conducted by the Central Bureau of Statistics.[2][3] The census was originally scheduled from 8 June to 22 June 2021, but was postponed to November 2021[4] due to surge in COVID-19 cases.[5][6]

Background

In Nepal, the work of conducting a census started in 1911 A.D. (1968 B.S.) and has been carried out approximately every 10/10 years. The main objective of the first and second census was to prepare a list of property owners, tenants, and buildings. Until the census conducted in 1998 B.S., it was limited to the form of a short census questionnaire. However, the censuses conducted since 2009/11 B.S. (1952/54 A.D.) have been recognized as modern (scientific) censuses, including the collection of demographic characteristics. After the establishment of the Central Bureau of Statistics in 2015 A.D., all censuses have been conducted by this bureau. In this sequence, the national census of 2078 B.S. is the first census conducted under Nepal's federal system according to the provisions of the Constitution of Nepal issued in 2072 B.S.

Planning

The National Census of 2078 was conducted in two phases, with the first phase being carried out by supervisors who went to every home and family and prepared a household registration form, detailing information about the house and household, the number of members in the family, the family's agriculture-related details, whether the family had received government funding for building a residential house, the number of individuals who had bank or financial institution accounts, and details about technical and vocational education or training received by members of the family, as well as information about credit facilities obtained from cooperative or financial institutions.

In the second phase, enumerators went to every family and collected information about demographic, educational, residential, economic, disability, reproductive health, and other details using a main questionnaire. During the second phase, detailed monitoring of the collection of site-specific data was carried out by the supervisor, and each ward office collected ward-level community questionnaire-based information on the basis of sources, resources, capacity, precedent, and disaster risk.

Questionnaire

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Census_2021_Questionnaire_Community.pdf

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Census_2021_Questionnaire_Main.pdf

Results

Total population: 29,192,480[7]

Area No of Houses Total Number of Family Total Population (2021) Male Female Gender Ratio Members in Family Growth Rate Population Per km2
Nepal5,643,945.006,761,059.0029,192,480.0014,291,311.0014,901,169.0095.914.320.93198.00
Geographical Area
Mountains379,384.00416,480.001,778,104.00877,666.00900,438.0097.474.27-0.0234.00
Hilly2,397,537.002,974,698.0011,748,548.005,721,329.006,027,219.0094.923.950.29192.00
Terai2,867,024.003,369,881.0015,665,828.007,692,316.007,973,512.0096.474.651.56461.00
Provinces
Province 11,082,462.001,203,930.004,972,021.002,425,266.002,546,755.0095.234.130.88192.00
Madhesh Province967,927.001,190,154.006,126,288.003,078,223.003,048,065.00100.995.151.20636.00
Bagmati Province1,161,284.001,575,097.006,084,042.003,033,574.003,050,468.0099.453.860.92300.00
Gandaki Province579,942.00678,176.002,479,745.001,180,460.001,299,285.0090.853.660.30116.00
Lumbini Province1,006,450.001,155,523.005,124,225.002,457,484.002,666,741.0092.154.431.25230.00
Karnali Province331,821.00371,125.001,694,889.00828,307.00866,582.0095.584.570.7361.00
Sudurpaschim Province514,059.00587,054.002,711,270.001,287,997.001,423,273.0090.494.620.50136.00

Population of Province 1

SNDistrict (English)District (Nepali)HeadquarterPopulation 2011No of HousesTotal Number of FamilyTotal Population 2021MaleFemaleAreaGender RatioMembers in FamilyPopulation Per km2Growth Rate
1Taplejung Districtताप्लेजुंग जिल्लाTaplejung127,461.0026,139.0028,530.00120,359.0060,524.0059,835.003,646.00101.154.2233.00-0.55
2Sankhuwasabha Districtसंखुवासभा जिल्लाKhandbari158,742.0036,693.0039,318.00159,046.0080,055.0078,991.003,480.00101.354.0546.000.02
2Solukhumbu Districtसोलुखुम्बू जिल्लाSalleri105886.0025388.0026402.00104768.0052629.0052139.003312.00100.943.9732.00-0.10
4Okhaldhunga Districtओखलढुंगा जिल्लाSiddhicharan147984.0034111.0034689.00140914.0069322.0071592.001074.0096.834.06131.00-0.47
5Khotang Districtखोटाँग जिल्लाDiktel206312.0040392.0042104.00175340.0086521.0088819.001591.0097.414.16110.00-1.56
6Bhojpur Districtभोजपुर जिल्लाBhojpur182459.0037404.0038923.00158991.0078451.0080540.001507.0097.414.08106.00-1.32
7Dhankuta Districtधनकुटा जिल्लाDhankuta163412.0035087.0037889.00149984.0073234.0076750.00892.0095.423.96168.00-0.82
8Tehrathum Districtतेह्रथुम जिल्लाMyanglung101577.0020357.0022027.0089125.0043791.0045334.00679.0096.604.05131.00-1.26
9Panchthar Districtपांचथर जिल्लाPhidim191817.0039428.0043003.00174419.0087033.0087386.001241.0099.604.06141.00-0.91
10Ilam Districtइलाम जिल्लाIlam290254.0068335.0071567.00280565.00139574.00140991.001703.0098.993.92165.00-0.33
11Jhapa Districtझापा जिल्लाBhadrapur812650.00219989.00246138.00994090.00477496.00516594.001606.0092.434.04619.001.93
12Morang Districtमोरंग जिल्लाBiratnagar965370.00241415.00274651.001147186.00557527.00589659.001855.0094.554.15618.001.66
13Sunsari Districtसुनसरी जिल्लाInaruwa763487.00181787.00216887.00934461.00454075.00480386.001257.0094.524.31743.001.94
14Udayapur Districtउदयपुर जिल्लाGaighat317532.0075937.0081802.00342773.00165034.00177739.002063.0092.854.19166.000.73
Total4534943.001082462.001203930.004972021.002425266.002546755.0025906.0095.234.13192.000.88

Population of Madhesh Province

SNDistrict (English)District (Nepali)HeadquarterPopulation 2011No of HousesTotal Number of FamilyTotal Population 2021MaleFemaleAreaGender RatioMembers in FamilyPopulation Per km2Growth Rate
1Saptari Districtसप्तरी जिल्लाRajbiraj639284.00124328.00151295.00713203.00355530.00357673.001363.0099.404.71523.001.05
2Siraha Districtसिराहा जिल्लाSiraha637328.00123536.00154593.00748416.00369049.00379367.001188.0097.284.84630.001.54
3Dhanusha Districtधनुषा जिल्लाJanakpur754777.00146476.00180832.00873274.00434335.00438939.001180.0098.954.03740.001.40
4Mahottari Districtमहोत्तरी जिल्लाJaleshwar627580.00117494.00145900.00715040.00354952.00360088.001002.0098.574.90714.001.25
5Sarlahi Districtसर्लाही जिल्लाMalangwa769729.00138427.00168421.00857360.00433382.00423978.001259.00102.225.09681.001.03
6Rautahat Districtरौतहट जिल्लाGaur686722.00111613.00139405.00825623.00415864.00409759.001126.00101.495.92733.001.77
7Bara Districtबारा जिल्लाKalaiya687708.00112329.00134390.00743975.00380192.00363783.001190.00104.515.54625.000.75
8Parsa Districtपर्सा जिल्लाBirgunj601017.0093724.00115318.00649397.00334919.00314478.001353.00106.505.63480.000.74
Total5404145.00967927.001190154.006126288.003078223.003048065.009661.00100.995.15636.001.20

Population of Bagmati Province

SNDistrict (English)District (Nepali)HeadquarterPopulation 2011No of HousesTotal Number of FamilyTotal Population 2021MaleFemaleAreaGender RatioMembers in FamilyPopulation Per km2Growth Rate
1Dolakha Districtदोलखा जिल्लाBhimeshwar186557.0047870.0050676.00172726.0084112.0088614.002191.0094.923.4179.00-0.74
2Sindhupalchok Districtसिन्धुपाल्चोक जिल्लाChautara287798.0069751.0073010.00262852.00129395.00133457.002542.0096.963.60103.00-0.87
3Rasuwa Districtरसुवा जिल्लाDhunche43300.0011362.0011841.0045554.0022859.0022695.001544.00100.723.8530.000.49
4Dhading Districtधादिङ जिल्लाNilkantha336067.0078663.0084463.00322751.00157207.00165544.001926.0094.963.82166.00-0.39
5Nuwakot Districtनुवाकोट जिल्लाBidur277471.0065734.0069160.00262981.00128849.00134132.001121.0096.063.80235.00-0.51
6Kathmandu Districtकाठमाडौँ जिल्लाKathmandu1744240.00276054.00538163.002017532.001025727.00991805.00395.00103.423.755108.001.40
7Bhaktapur Districtभक्तपुर जिल्लाBhaktapur304651.0070946.00108550.00430408.00217942.00212466.00119.00102.583.973617.003.32
8Lalitpur Districtललितपुर जिल्लाLalitpur468132.0097394.00141012.00548401.00275537.00272864.00385.00100.983.891424.001.52
9Kavrepalanchok Districtकाभ्रेपलान्चोक जिल्लाDhulikhel381937.0083932.0093189.00366879.00180967.00185912.001396.0097.343.94263.00-0.39
10Ramechhap Districtरामेछाप जिल्लाManthali202646.0045073.0046935.00170620.0080778.0089842.001546.0089.913.64110.00-1.65
11Sindhuli Districtसिन्धुली जिल्लाKamalamai296192.0064629.0069409.00300117.00147658.00152459.002491.0096.854.32120.000.13
12Makwanpur Districtमकवानपुर जिल्लाHetauda420477.0096214.00106606.00461053.00228472.00232581.002426.0098.234.32190.000.80
13Chitwan Districtचितवन जिल्लाBharatpur579984.00153662.00182083.00722168.00354071.00368097.002218.0096.193.97326.002.10
Total5,529,4521161284.001575097.006084042.003033574.003050468.0020300.0099.453.86300.000.92

Population of Gandaki Province

SNDistrict (English)District (Nepali)HeadquarterPopulation 2011No of HousesTotal Number of FamilyTotal Population 2021MaleFemaleAreaGender RatioMembers in FamilyPopulation Per km2Growth Rate
1Gorkha Districtगोरखा जिल्लाGorkha271061.0068404.0072968.00252201.00119811.00132390.003610.0090.503.4670.00-0.69
2Manang Districtमनाङ जिल्लाChame6538.001472.001570.005645.003188.002457.002246.00129.753.603.00-1.41
3Mustang Districtमुस्ताङ जिल्लाJomsom13452.003268.003751.0014596.008174.006422.003573.00127.283.894.000.78
4Myagdi Districtम्याग्दी जिल्लाBeni113641.0025374.0029242.00107372.0052554.0054818.002297.0095.873.6747.00-0.54
5Kaski Districtकास्की जिल्लाPokhara492098.00120594.00163498.00599504.00292764.00306740.002017.0095.443.67297.001.59
6Lamjung Districtलमजुङ जिल्लाBesisahar167724.0040101.0044873.00153480.0073209.0080271.001692.0091.203.4291.00-0.05
7Tanahun Districtतनहुँ जिल्लाDamauli323288.0081647.0093173.00327620.00152921.00174699.001546.0087.533.52212.000.13
8Nawalpur Districtनवलपुर जिल्लाKawasoti311604.0084695.0095358.00381105.00179446.00201659.001427.0088.984.00267.001.93
9Syangja Districtस्याङग्जा जिल्लाPutalibazar289148.0062867.0070721.00254965.00118076.00136889.001164.0086.263.61219.00-1.21
10Parbat Districtपर्वत जिल्लाKusma146590.0033053.0037605.00132703.0063128.0069575.00494.0090.733.53269.00-0.96
11Baglung Districtबागलुङ जिल्लाBaglung268613.0058467.0065417.00250554.00117189.00133365.001784.0087.073.83140.00-0.67
Total2403757.00579942.00678176.002479745.001180460.001299285.0021850.0090.853.66116.000.30

Population of Lumbini Province

SNDistrict (English)District (Nepali)HeadquarterPopulation 2011No of HousesTotal Number of FamilyTotal Population 2021MaleFemaleAreaGender RatioMembers in FamilyPopulation Per km2Growth Rate
1Eastern Rukumपूर्वी रूकुम जिल्लाRukumkot53184.0011702.0013264.0057962.0028226.0029736.001663.0094.924.3735.000.83
2Rolpa Districtरोल्पा जिल्लाLiwang224506.0049590.0052992.00236226.00110966.00125260.001879.0088.594.46126.000.49
3Pyuthan Districtप्युठान जिल्लाPyuthan228102.0052172.0056962.00231848.00104463.00127385.001309.0082.014.07177.000.16
4Gulmi Districtगुल्मी जिल्लाTamghas280160.0061222.0066725.00246836.00112788.00134048.001149.0084.143.70215.00-1.22
5Arghakhanchi Districtअर्घाखाँची जिल्लाSandhikharka197632.0045019.0049080.00177200.0081013.0096187.001193.0084.223.61149.00-1.05
6Palpa Districtपाल्पा जिल्लाTansen261180.0056275.0064318.00242423.00111940.00130483.001373.0085.793.77177.00-0.72
7Parasi Districtपरासी जिल्लाRamgram331904.0073263.0083882.00385515.00188076.00197439.00735.0095.264.60525.001.44
8Rupandehiरुपन्देही जिल्लाSiddharthanagar880196.00195103.00241449.001118975.00547545.00571430.001360.0095.824.63823.002.30
9Kapilvastu Districtकपिलवस्तु जिल्लाTaulihawa571936.00103765.00122715.00686739.00337604.00349135.001738.0096.705.60395.001.76
10Dang Districtदाङ जिल्लाGhorahi552583.00149268.00165761.00676277.00321901.00354376.002955.0090.844.05229.001.94
11Banke Districtबाँके जिल्लाNepalganj491313.00110135.00131927.00603393.00295112.00308281.002337.0095.734.52258.001.97
12Bardiya Districtबर्दिया जिल्लाGulariya426576.0098936.00106448.00460831.00217850.00242981.002025.0089.664.33228.000.74
Total4,499,2721,006,4501,155,5235,124,225245748426667411971692.154.432301.25

Population of Karnali Province

SNDistrict (English)District (Nepali)HeadquarterPopulation 2011No of HousesTotal Number of FamilyTotal Population 2021MaleFemaleAreaGender RatioMembers in FamilyPopulation Per km2Growth Rate
1Dolpa Districtडोल्पा जिल्लाDunai36700.007995.009429.0042959.0021276.0021683.007889.0095.124.565.001.51
2Mugu Districtमुगु जिल्लाGamgadhi55286.0011791.0012535.0066658.0033448.0033210.003535.00100.7251.3219.001.00
3Humla Districtहुम्ला जिल्लाSimikot50858.0010313.0011484.0055496.0027982.0027514.005655.00101.704.8310.000.84
4Jumla Districtजुम्ला जिल्लाChandannath108921.0022405.0024501.00119377.0059836.0059541.002531.00100.504.8747.000.58
5Kalikot Districtकालिकोट जिल्लाManma136948.0022929.0026956.00144917.0072243.0072674.001741.0099.415.3883.000.54
6Dailekh Districtदैलेख जिल्लाNarayan261770.0048776.0055708.00253319.00121675.00131644.001502.0092.434.55169.00-0.31
7Jajarkot Districtजाजरकोट जिल्लाKhalanga171304.0034309.0038054.00189365.0093795.0095570.002230.0098.144.9885.000.96
8Western Rukum Districtपश्चिमी रूकुम जिल्लाMusikot155383.0034007.0037708.00166354.0081063.0085291.001213.0095.044.41137.000.65
9Salyan Districtसल्यान जिल्लाSalyan242444.0051984.0055400.00238668.00114953.00123715.001462.0092.924.31163.00-0.15
10Surkhet Districtसुर्खेत जिल्लाBirendranagar350804.0087312.0099350.00417776.00202036.00215740.002451.0093.654.21170.001.68
Total1,570,418331821.00371125.001694889.00828307.00866582.0030209.0095.584.5761.000.73

Population of Sudurpaschim Province

SNDistrict (English)District (Nepali)HeadquarterPopulation 2011No of HousesTotal Number of FamilyTotal Population 2021MaleFemaleAreaGender RatioMembers in FamilyPopulation Per km2Growth Rate
1Bajura Districtबाजुरा जिल्लाMartadi134912.0023891.0028922.00138998.0067608.0071390.002188.0094.704.8064.000.29
2Bajhang Districtबझाङ जिल्लाJayaprithvi195159.0032917.0038369.00189097.0088988.00100109.003422.0088.894.9355.00-0.30
3Darchula Districtदार्चुला जिल्लाDarchula133274.0025200.0029186.00135056.0065349.0069707.002657.0093.754.6651.000.13
4Baitadi Districtबैतडी जिल्लाDasharathchand250898.0042288.0050472.00244400.00115426.00128974.001519.0089.504.84161.00-0.25
5Dadeldhura Districtडडेलधुरा जिल्लाAmargadhi142094.0026503.0031608.00139420.0065930.0073490.001538.0089.714.4191.00-0.18
6Doti Districtडोटी जिल्लाDipayal Silgadhi211746.0036806.0046100.00205683.0095066.00110617.002025.0085.944.46102.00-0.28
7Achham Districtअछाम जिल्लाMangalsen257477.0039375.0049969.00229816.00106240.00123576.001680.0085.974.60137.00-1.09
8Kailali Districtकैलाली जिल्लाDhangadhi775709.00183707.00200528.00911155.00439792.00471363.003235.0093.304.54282.001.54
9Kanchanpur Districtकंचनपुर जिल्लाBheemdatta451248.00103372.00111900.00517645.00243598.00274047.001610.0088.894.63322.001.32
Total2552517.00514059.00587054.002711270.001287997.001423273.0019874.0090.494.62136.000.50

Controversies

The enumerators of the census have been alleged to use pencil while filling out the forms, instead of ink pen.[8]

The Kayat community of Baglung declared boycotting from the census.[9] The Nepal Federation of Indigenous Nationalities issued a statement alleging the census enumerators not asking the questions on language and religion.[10] The federation has alleged enumerators of filling the form without asking these questions.[11] The enumerators have also been alleged for noting second language as "Nepali", without asking the person.[8] An enumerator was captured by the locals in Lamjung alleging that they noted their religion as Hindu, despite informing them that they are Buddhists.[12]

The Wambule community expressed its concern over census enumeration form having their language mentioned as "Yambule".[13] 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.[14]

People of Nisikhola Rural Municipality demanded to re-take the census after enumerators noted information in their notebooks instead of the official enumeration form.[15] The deputy house speaker of Bagmati Province 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.[16]

It has also been reported that census enumerators were chased away in Saptari, Siraha and Dhanusha of Province No. 2.[17] Many people from the Dalit community reported of having to lie about their caste due to the fear of eviction by the landlords.[18]

The final census report of Nepal Census did not included data of Kuti, Gunji and Nabi villages of the Kalapani area,[19] which was included in the preliminary census report released in January 2022.[20]

See also

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  19. "No Kalapani villages in final Nepal census".
  20. "Nepal 'census' in Lipulekh, Kalapani, Limpiyadhura".
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