KATHMANDU, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) — Nepal’s urban population increased to 27.07 percent while the rural population declined between 2011 and 2021, as people were increasingly migrating to the urban areas, according to government figures released on Tuesday.
As the urban population went up nearly 5 percent from 22.31 percent and the peri-urban population also rose from 39.19 percent to 39.75 percent during the period,