According to the World Bank, 49.30% of Nepal’s city population lives in slums as of 2018. They are deprived of necessary health care, sanitation, living space, transportation and social inclusion.
Many people are migrating from rural areas of the country to cities in pursuit of better living standards. However, the increasing migration trend has created the ‘urban poor‘.
According to the Nepalese government Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), there is a 10.18% per cent increase in the population of Nepal as of January 2022, since the last
census was taken in the year 2011.
With 66 percent of the country’s population now residing in urban areas as compared to only 17.07 percent just 10 years ago, the countries’ urban demographic has drastically changed. Although the federalization of the country contributes greatly to the preceding numbers, migration is a key contributor.
Internal migrants are most attracted to the southern region of the country, which constitutes the plain region of Terai, suitable for both agricultural and industrial activities.
