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Visualizing district level poverty in Nepal

Published April 21, 2014

This map shows percentage of population living in poverty in districts in 2011.

Visualizing the number of teachers in 2011

Published April 06, 2014

You can also view the number of teachers in the table below. Districts are arranged in an alphabetical order.

Does educating girls reduce fertility rates in South Asia?

Published March 09, 2014

Numbers from World Development Indicators show that the higher the level of female education, the lower the fertility rate.

Top 10 languages spoken as mother tongues in Nepal

Published February 28, 2014

“There are 123 languages spoken as mother tongue reported in census 2011. Nepali is spoken as mother tongue by 44.6 percent (11,826,953) of the total population followed by Maithili (11.7% 3,092,530).” – Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).

What's the largest caste/ethnicity in Nepal?

Published February 25, 2014

_“There are 125 caste/ethnic groups reported in the census 2011. Chhetri is the largest caste/ethnic groups having 16.6% (4,398,053) of the total population followed by Brahman-Hill (12.2% ; 3,226,903).” — Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS).
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Prototype: Nepal School Rankings

Published February 23, 2014

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