Table 1.

Urban population in HKH regions of Bangladesh, India, Nepal and Pakistan.

CountryNames of states/provinces which are a part of HKHTotal population (in millions)% of population in HKH to total population in the countryData source
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)  
CountryNames of states/provinces which are a part of HKHTotal population (in millions)% of population in HKH to total population in the countryData source
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)  
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