2011 Nepal census was the 11th national census of Nepal. It was conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics. It marked the 100 years of census taking in Nepal.
Working in cooperation with the 58 municipalities and the 3,915 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.
The key findings of 2011 census are as follows:
In 2015, Nepal adopted federalism and existing development regions and zones were abolished. The existing districts were regrouped into seven provinces. The population of those provinces are as follows:
In 2015, when the federal structure was adopted, the districts of Nawalparasi and Rukum were each divided into two parts, resulting in four new districts. The population of those four districts are as follows:
The population wise ranking of 126 Nepalese castes/ethnic groups as per 2011 Nepal census.