2011 Nepal census

2011 Nepal census
General information
Country	Nepal
Total population	26,494,504
Percent change	1.35%[1]
Most populous Development Region	Central Region (9,656,985)
Least populous Development Region	Far-Western Region (2,552,517)

Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.^[2] Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 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 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%.

Contents

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  1 Nepalese Caste/Ethnic groups
  


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  2 See also
  


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  3 Notes
  


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  4 References
  


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  5 External links
  

Nepalese Caste/Ethnic groups

The population wise ranking of 125 Nepalese castes/ethnic groups as per 2011 Nepal census.^{[4][note 1]}

Rank	Caste/Ethnic groups (2011 Nepal census)	Population	Percentage composition
1	Chhetri	4,398,053	16.60%
2	Hill Brahman/Bahun	3,226,903	12.18%
3	Magar	1,887,733	7.12%
4	Tharu	1,737,470	6.56%
5	Tamang	1,539,830	5.81%
6	Newar	1,321,933	4.99%
7	Kami	1,258,554	4.75%
8	Musalman (taken as a single ethnic group)	1,164,255	4.39%
9	Yadav	1,054,458	3.98%
10	Rai	620,004	2.34%
11	Gurung	522,641	1.97%
12	Damai/Dholi	472,862	1.78%
13	Thakuri	425,623	1.61%
14	Limbu	387,300	1.46%
15	Sarki	374,816	1.41%
16	Teli	369,688	1.40%
17	Chamar/Harijan/Ram	335,893	1.27%
18	Koiri/Kushwaha	306,393	1.16%
19	Musahar	234,490	0.89%
20	Kurmi	231,129	0.87%
21	Sanyasi/Dasnami	227,822	0.86%
22	Dhanuk	219,808	0.83%
23	Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi	208,910	0.79%
123	Raute	618	0.00%
124	Nurang	278	0.00%
125	Kusunda	273	0.00%
-	Others undefined and foreigners	282,321	1.07%
-	Total	26,494,504	100.00%

See also

• 
  List of village development committees of Nepal (Former)


• 1991 Nepal census


• 2001 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..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
   


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

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