SOME OF NEPAL'S MAJOR LANGUAGES: speakers in millions (2011) Nepali 11,8 m. Maithili 3,1 Bhojpuri 1,6 Tharu 1,5 Tamang 1,3 Newari 0,8 Bajjika 0,8 Magar 0,8 Urdu 0,7Gurung 0,33 Tamang 1,17 Abadhi 0,56 Tharu 1,33 Limbu 0,33 Rai/Kiranti 0,4 Sherpa 0,12 Thakali 0,006 Rajbansi 0,09 Satar 0,02 Danuwar 0,03 Santhal 0,015 Hindi 0,10 Chepang 0,036 Thami 0,018 Source: CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS 2012 |
Nepal Population: c. 26,7 millions (census 2011) Number of households: 5,4 millions (2011) Number of villages: c. 28.000 (1991) Number of land holdings: 2.7 millions (1991) Average size: 0,8 hectares (1998) Average number of parcels in 0,8 ha: 3,5 Average family size: 4,88 persons (2011) (Highest: Rautahat 6,44 Lowest: Kaski 3,92 ) Literacy rate: 65,9 (2011) Number of doctors per 1000: 0,2 (France: 3,4) Number of telephones: c. 845.000 (2011). Portable phones (GSM) c. 13,4 millions (2011) Television Channels: c. 33 (2011) Internet users: c. 577.000 (2011) Radio Stations: c. 300 (2011) Newspapers: c. 3400 (2003, all included) Let DAMARU show you our land and people behind numbers! Contact: damaru@wlink.com.np |
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