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Table 7,3: Growth Rates <strong>of</strong> Towns, 1952/54 to 1981<br />

Town<br />

Illam<br />

Bhadrapur<br />

Popu- Annual Growth Rates (%)<br />

lation<br />

1981 1952/54- 1961-71 1971-81<br />

61<br />

9,773 2.92<br />

9,761 2.64<br />

Biratnagar<br />

93,544 18.48*<br />

2,43<br />

7.29<br />

Dharan<br />

42,146<br />

7,20<br />

Rajbiraj<br />

16,444<br />

4,03<br />

7,42<br />

Janakpur<br />

34,840<br />

4,70<br />

8,91<br />

Lalitpur<br />

79,875<br />

1.54<br />

2,13<br />

3,02<br />

Bhaktapur<br />

48,472<br />

0,59<br />

1,60<br />

1,89<br />

Kathm<strong>and</strong>u<br />

235,160<br />

1,59<br />

2.17<br />

4.47<br />

Hetauda<br />

34,792<br />

7,65<br />

Birgunj<br />

43,642<br />

0,88<br />

1,88<br />

12,11**<br />

Pokbara<br />

46,642<br />

13.37**<br />

8,17<br />

'l'ansen<br />

13,125<br />

2.25<br />

7.13<br />

Siddharthanagar<br />

31,119<br />

5,88<br />

Butwal<br />

22,583<br />

5,66<br />

Nepalgunj<br />

34,015<br />

4.75<br />

3,97<br />

3,69<br />

*<br />

The very high <strong>growth</strong> <strong>of</strong> Biratnagar is partly due<br />

to the change <strong>in</strong> its boundary <strong>and</strong> partly due to<br />

heavy <strong>in</strong>flux <strong>of</strong> Nepalese refugee from Burma,<br />

Assam (India) <strong>and</strong> Pakistan.<br />

** The high <strong>growth</strong> rate <strong>in</strong> Pokhara <strong>and</strong> Birgunj is<br />

due to the <strong>in</strong>corporation <strong>of</strong> more rural areas<br />

<strong>in</strong>to the town panchayat boundary.<br />

Source: Central Bureau <strong>of</strong> Statistics (CBS) ,Population<br />

Censuses <strong>of</strong> 1952/54, 1961, 1971 & 1981.

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