Not all 66 percent urban residents have access to even minimum urban amenities

Most municipalities formed by merging erstwhile village development committees are considered ‘urban’ despite a severe lack of resources and infrastructure.

Last week the Central Bureau of Statistics published the preliminary data of the national census 2021. Compared to the census of 2011, the population in urban centers in Nepal has risen from 17.07 percent to 66.08 percent, a staggering increase by 49.01 percentage points.