National Population Census 2011 - IPUMS Subset

Nepal, 2011

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Reference ID

NPL_2011_PHC_v01_M_v7.5_A_IPUMS

Producer(s)

Central Bureau of Statistics, IPUMS

Collection(s)

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS)

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Jul 30, 2025

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Nepal, Administrative zone 2011 [Level 1, GIS] (GEO1_NP2011)

Data file: NPL2011_PHC-H-H.dat

Overview

Type: Discrete

Decimal: 0

Start: 111

End: 113

Width: 3

Range: -

Format: Numeric

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Categories

Value	Category
001	Mechi
002	Koshi
003	Sagarmatha
004	Janakpur
005	Bagmati
006	Narayani
007	Gandaki
008	Dhawalagiri
009	Lumbini
010	Rapti
011	Bheri
012	Karnali
013	Seti
014	Mahakali

Warning: these figures indicate the number of cases found in the data file. They cannot be interpreted as summary statistics of the population of interest.

Description

Definition

GEO1_NP2011 identifies the household's administrative zone within Nepal in 2011. Administrative zones are the first level administrative units of the country. A GIS map (in shapefile format), corresponding to GEO1_NP2011 can be downloaded from the GIS Boundary files page in the IPUMS International web site.

The full set of geography variables for Nepal can be found in the IPUMS International Geography variables list. For cross-national geographic analysis on the first and second major administrative level of any country refer to GEOLEV1, and GEOLEV2. More information on IPUMS-International geography can be found here.

concept

Concept

var_concept.title	Vocabulary
Geography: F-N Variables -- HOUSEHOLD	IPUMS

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