Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 Preliminary Report by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics.
Working with Nepal's Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the main towns and villages of each district of the country. 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 - 26620809 Increase since last census 2001 - 3469381 Population growth rate (Exponental growth) - 1.40 Number of Households - 4767196 Number of Families - 5659984 Average Family Size - 4.70 Urban - 4.05 Rural - 4.86
Population of Mountain - 6.7% Hill - 43.1% Terai - 50.2%
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