Nepal: Preparations of the 12th National Population Census had begun, government official confirmed

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KATHMANDU, 25 March, 2021 (TON): On Wednesday, a government official affirmed that the government of Nepal has initiated preparations of the 12th National Population Census.

According to the vice-chairman of the National Planning Commission, this census is crucial since it is the first one under the 2015 Constitution and new federal system.

The Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS) conducts National Population Census Program every ten years and the first one took place in 1911.

In order to ensure the success of the national census, the CBS has been conducting a sample census program.

According to information made public on the CBS website, the sample census program will be conducted in 55 wards across 14 districts from January 14 to 12 April.

Full details of the census will be made public in around five years, while the CBS office predicts the census would cost more than 35 million U. S. dollars.

 

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