Chapter 15 Internal Migration in Nepal - Central Bureau of Statistics

In 1991, the total volume of the inter-regional migration was 1,418,206, which was bigger by
379,344 migrants than in 1981 (Table 15.11). This represented an annual growth rate of 3.1 per
cent. Some significant differences have been noticed in the in-and out-migration pattern between
1981 and 1991. Out-migration from the eastern mountain was the second most dominant
phenomenon from the eastern hill in 1981. The scenario of out-migration changed in 1991. The
magnitude of out-migration was dominated by eastern (22.3%), western (21.6%) and central hill
(21.6%). Even mid-western and far -western hill exceeded other regions in the total volume of outmigration
in 1991.
Out-migrants from eastern mountain heavily concentrated in eastern Tarai (71.9%) and eastern
hill (15.8). This is the first trajectory. From the central mountain, the trajectory was towards
central hill (62.4%) and central Tarai (30%).
In 2001, the total volume on inter -regional migration was 2,047,350 persons with a gross
migration of twice this number (4,094,700). Like in the earlier decades, the migration streams
from one region to another were directed towards their own neighbouring regions (Table 15.12).
Migration from eastern mountain was directed towards eastern hill (21,887), central hill (16,589)
and eastern Tarai (86,028). Migration from the central mountain was directed to central hill
(59,282) and central Tarai (15,123). Similarly, the destination areas for the out-migrants of midwestern
and far-western mountain were mid-western and far-western hill and Tarai. The stream of
out-migration from far-western mountain to far-western hill (59,282) and far-western Tarai
(45,670) was much bigger than in other regions.
Migration from the eastern hill was directed, to a lesser extent, to eastern (12,499) and central
mountain (8,237) and, to a greater extent, to central hill (55,212), eastern Tarai (298,929), and
central Tarai (26,667). From central hill, the migration stream was dominantly directed to central
Tarai (99,563) and was spread moderately to central mountain (8,237), eastern hill (6,213),
western hill (15,490) and eastern (18,458), western (12,706), mid -western (6,659) and far -western
Tarai (5,671). Migration from western hill was heavily concentrated in central hill (66,459) and
central (106,791), western (242,852) and mid-western Tarai (29,071). Mid-western to midwestern
Tarai (96,355) and far-western hill to far -western Tarai (162,316) were the dominant
migration streams between neighbouring regions.
Like in the preceding decades , out-migration from five regions of Tarai was directed more to the
eastern (55,798) and central hill (74152). Tarai to Tarai migration through sub-regions has been
moderate with relatively more concentration in central (29,008), western (13,942) and far -western
Tarai (17,797).
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