Chapter 15 Internal Migration in Nepal - Central Bureau of Statistics

Table 15.5 : Inter-district and inter-regional life-time migration trends, Nepal, 1961-2001
Year Districts Regions Native Born Foreign
Born
Inter-
District
Inter-
Regional
Inter-
District
Inter-
Regional
1961 55 10 9,075,376 337,620 422,402 - 4.65 -
1971 75 10 11,218,535 337,448 - 506,925 - 4.52
1981 75 15 14,788,800 234,039 1,272,288 1,038,862 8.60 7.02
1991 75 15 18,046,302 439,488 1,736,808 1,418,206 9.60 7.80
2001 75 15 22,128,842 608,092 2,929,063 2,047,350 13.24 9.25
Source: Niraula, 1995: Table 2 and CBS, 2002.
15.3.2 Inter-Zonal Life-Time Migrants
The census data of 1961 showed 170,137 as inter-zonal migrants [KC, 1998], which increased to
445,128 in 1971 (Table 15.6). The loss of population due to net-migration in the mountain and
hill zone was respectively 39,959 and 359,966, all gained by the Tarai (399,925).
Table 15.6 : Inter-zonal life-time migrants, Nepal, 1971
Place of Enumeration
Place of Birth
Mountain Hill Tarai Total
% Out-
Migration
Net-
Migration
Mountain - 15,667 33,990 49,657 11.1 -39,959
Hill 9,258 - 376,074 385,332 86.6 -359,966
Tarai 440 9,699 - 10,139 2.3 399,925
Total 9,698 25,366 410,064 445,128 100.0
% In-migration 2.2 5.7 92.1 100.0
Source: CBS, 2002.
In 1981, Inter-zonal migration volume more than doubled that of the inter -zonal migration volume
of 1971. Out-migration from the mountain increased from 11.1 per cent to 32 per cent and that of
the hill decreased from 86.6 per cent to 64 per cent (Table 15.7). Consequently, the proportion of
in-migration in Tarai decreased in 1981 from the level of 1971 due to increased volume of inmigration
in the hill.
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