Volume 01, NPHC 2011 National Population and Housing ...

1 Volume 01, NPHC 2011 National Population and Housing census 2011 ( National Report) Government of Nepal National Planning Commission Secretariat Central Bureau of Statistics Kathmandu, Nepal November, 2012 Acknowledgement National Population and Housing census 2011 (NPHC2011) marks hundred years in the history of Population census in Nepal. Nepal has been conducting Population censuses almost decennially and the census 2011 is the eleventh one. It is a great pleasure for the government of Nepal to successfully conduct the census amid political transition.

2 The census 2011 has been historical event in many ways. It has successfully applied an ambitious questionnaire through which numerous demographic, social and economic information have been collected. census workforce has been ever more inclusive with more than forty percent female interviewers, caste/ethnicities and backward classes being participated in the census process. Most financial resources and expertise used for the census were National . Nevertheless, important catalytic inputs were provided by UNFPA, UNWOMEN, UNDP, DANIDA, US census Bureau etc.

3 The census 2011 has once again proved that Nepal has capacity to undertake such a huge statistical operation with quality. The professional competency of the staff of the CBS has been remarkable. On this occasion, I would like to congratulate Central Bureau of Statistics and the CBS team led by Narayan Malla, Director General of the Bureau. On behalf of the Secretariat, I would like to thank the Steering Committee of the National Population and Housing census 2011 headed by Honorable Vice-Chair of the National Planning commission. Also, thanks are due to the Members of various technical committees, working groups and consultants.

4 November, 2012 Yuba Raj Bhusal Secretary National Planning Commission Secretariat Singh Durbar, Kathmandu Nepal Preface Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) is pleased to bring out the final result of the National Population and Housing census 2011 (NPHC2011). The whole operation of the census took five years from 2008/09 (2065/66 ) to 2012/13 ( ) to complete preparatory works, data collection, data processing and tabulation. The analytical work is still under way. In fact, the census has enormous potentiality of analyses to be done on demographic, social, economic and spatial characteristics of the Population .

5 This report contains statistical tables derived from the topics included in the census questionnaires at National level. Attempt has also been made herein to provide insights of the census procedure, major concepts, methodology, quality control measures and other management aspects of the census operation. I hope, this Volume will be very useful and meet the demand of the users to the extent most. CBS always welcomes comments and suggestions from users which would be valuable for the improvement of our future publications. On this occasion, I would like to thank Mr.

6 Bikash Bista, Deputy Director General, Social Statistics Division of the bureau for his valuable contribution in the census . Dr. Rudra Suwal, Chief of the Population Section deserves special thanks for his lead role in the overall operation. I also would like to thank Gyanendra Bajracharya and Damodar Gnawali, Directors of the Section for their contribution in the operation from preparatory works to the management of the field work and data processing. I appreciate Statistical Officers Mahesh Chand Pradhan, Yadu Nath Acharya, Dina Nath Lamsal for handling census administration.

7 Hearty thanks go to Statistical Officers Prakash Pokharel and Cartographer Officer Damodar Dahal who sincerely fulfilled the responsibilities mainly of logistics management and transportation of census materials to and from districts. Director Shanker Lal Shrestha and a team of Computer Officers Lila Nath Pandey, Dol Narayan Shrestha, Suresh Prasad Kayastha, Shyam Neupane and Raju Pokhrel were devoted in data processing and tabulation. Similarly, Directors of the GIS Section Pramod Raj Regmi and Shailendra Ghimire, Statistical Officer Binod sharan Acharya and Computer Officer Puspa Poudel had contributed in producing Enumeration Area (EA) maps.

8 They all deserve special thanks. I would like to thank Mr. Suman Raj Aryal, DDG and Mr. Nebin Lal Shrestha who contributed in various stages of the census operation particularly in data verification. Also, I am thankful to Mr. Prabodh Sagar Dhakal, the then DDG, under-secretaries of the bureau, Ram Bahadur Ghimire, Krishna Rana and Jib Narayan Baral, and Section Officers Narayan Bhandari, Kiran Raut, Shanker Khanal and Rishi Timilsina who did handle administrative, financial matters and census procurement. I would like to thank all census Officers, Area Supervisors, Supervisors, Enumerators, member of census Management Groups, staff of CBS and Branch Statistics Offices (BSOs) who were actively engaged in the field work and other census works.

9 Also, I would like to thank all members of District census Coordination Committees led by respective Chief District Officer in all districts for their contribution in successfully completing the challenging job of field operation of the census . Special thanks go to Siddhakali Offset Press who took responsibility of printing census questionnaires and manuals. Also, HDNCG, PHDG & OBCI JV deserves special thanks for undertaking the data procession operation. I am grateful to all media including telecommunication centers (Nepal Telecom and NCELL) and Civil bank who contributed in raising census awareness among the mass.

10 I would like to thank all school teachers, government staff of various ministries, departments and offices and also university students who contributed in data collection and supervision of the field work. Also, I appreciate and would like to thank the members of the National census 2011 Citizens Observation Committee who did observe the fieldwork in all 75 districts. I express my gratitude to UNFPA, UNWOMEN, JICA, UNDP, DANIDA, US census Bureau and other international experts who provided assistance in different stages of the census operation. Finally, I would like to thank all respondents who provided invaluable information during the field operation and appreciate all those who had extended hands in this National endeavor and helped to make the census a grand success.