Nepal: Indigenous Peoples’ Concerns In Nepal’s 2011 Census


Nepal: Indigenous Peoples’ Concerns In Nepal’s 2011 Census After a decade, Nepal is due to hold its census for the eleventh time in 2011. The history of census in Nepal goes back a hundred years to 1901. National census can facilitate planning of projects targeted towards specific groups if it records actual figures and conditions of those groups. The past censuses of Nepal are often termed to be “deliberate undercounting of [indigenous] communities…” and erroneous with omissions and...

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