Population Composition: Age, Mother tongue, Educational Status, Occupation

Things to remember

• The population of age group between 15 years to 59 years is known as economically active population and the population of age below 15 and above 60 years are considered as economically inactive or dependent population.
• There are two types of population, broad-based pyramid, and narrow-based pyramid.
• The majority of people of Nepal speak the Nepali language.
• The literacy rate of population in 2011 AD is 66.6%.
• The majority of the people of Nepal are engaged in agriculture.
• Only 2.09% of the total population are engaged in the technical field.