Nepal’s Social Demography

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Nepal’s Social Demography: Revisited
Pitamber Sharma & Bhim Prasad Subedi
2025, pp. xvi+216

In Social Demography of Nepal: Revisited, the authors build on analyses of previous census data to bring readers up to date on the course of Nepal’s population
dynamics that has become evident with the 2021 census. It breaks new ground by examining emerging themes even as it provides insights into the demographic and spatial transition that has occurred over the past several decades. This shift is characterised by the inter-regional movements of people but also falling population growth rates, changing age structure, rapid
urbanisation, and ever-increasing migration. The book examines the social dimensions of the population in terms of trends in the country’s caste and ethnic structure as well as language, religion, and education attainment. This authoritative and comprehensive text will serve as a handy reference for policy makers, development workers, researchers, students, and the general reader.
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Pitamber Sharma, a native of Falebas, Parbat district, is a former Professor in the Department of Geography at Tribhuvan University. He has served as a Regional Planner with the International Centre for Integrated Mountain Development (ICIMOD) and as Vice-Chair of Nepal’s National Planning Commission. His publications include Urbanization in Nepal (1989), Tourism as Development (2000), Market Towns in the Hindu-Kush Himalayas (2002), Unravelling the Mosaic: Spatial Aspects of Ethnicity in Nepal (2008), Towards a Federal Nepal: An Assessment of Proposed Models (2009), Some Aspects of Nepal’s Social Demography: Census 2011 Update (2014), and Nepal-India Border Disputes: Mahakali and Susta (2022). He has been a research fellow at the University of Hawaii, and holds a PhD in City and Regional Planning from Cornell University.

Bhim Prasad Subedi, a native of Ilam district, is a Professor of Geography and former Chairperson of the University Grants Commission (UGC), Nepal. With over 40 years of teaching experience at the Central Department of Geography at Tribhuvan University, his research focuses on the social dimensions of population (migration and ageing), urbanisation, ethnic diversification, social safeguards, and livelihood studies. He has published widely, including in leading international journals and contributed numerous book chapters. His publications include Vegetation and Society: Interactions in the Himalayas (2002), Geography and Geographers’ Work in Nepal (2005), Local Effects of Global Changes in the Himalayas (2007), and The State of Geography Teaching and Research in Nepal (2014). He has held research affiliations with prestigious institutions, including the University of Copenhagen, the University of Bergen, the University of Zurich, the University of Oxford, and the University of Michigan. He holds a PhD in Geography from the University of Hawaii.