Urban population in HKH regions of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.
Country . | Names of states/provinces which are a part of HKH . | Total population (in millions) . | % of population in HKH to total population in the country . | Data source . |
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Bangladesh | Chittagong Hill Tracts (Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban districts) | 1.5 | 1.2 | BBS (2014a, 2014b) |
India | West – Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh | 19.4 | 1.6 | Census of India (2011a, 2011c, 2011d) |
Central – Uttarakhand | 10.1 | 0.8 | ||
East – West Bengal (only Darjeeling district), Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam (only Karbi Anglong and Cachar districts) | 18.9 | 1.6 | ||
Nepal | Mountain and hill districts | 13.1 | 49.3 | CBS (2014) |
Terai (plains) | 13.3 | 50.7 | ||
Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Gilgit-Baltistan, and 12 districts of Baluchistan Province | 24.5 | 18.6 | PBS (1998) |
Country . | Names of states/provinces which are a part of HKH . | Total population (in millions) . | % of population in HKH to total population in the country . | Data source . |
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Bangladesh | Chittagong Hill Tracts (Khagrachari, Rangamati and Bandarban districts) | 1.5 | 1.2 | BBS (2014a, 2014b) |
India | West – Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh | 19.4 | 1.6 | Census of India (2011a, 2011c, 2011d) |
Central – Uttarakhand | 10.1 | 0.8 | ||
East – West Bengal (only Darjeeling district), Sikkim, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh and Assam (only Karbi Anglong and Cachar districts) | 18.9 | 1.6 | ||
Nepal | Mountain and hill districts | 13.1 | 49.3 | CBS (2014) |
Terai (plains) | 13.3 | 50.7 | ||
Pakistan | Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK), Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), Gilgit-Baltistan, and 12 districts of Baluchistan Province | 24.5 | 18.6 | PBS (1998) |