By: Dr. Vidya Bir Singh Kansakar
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Though no historical record is available regarding any population census in the past, yet counting of houses was practiced prior to the Lichhavi period. The existence of `Guthis' (Co-operative Societies) in the Kathmandu Valley, which sought help from each and every household in time and need is the clear indication of such practice. Before the conquest of the Kathmandu Valley by King Prithvinarayan Shah, the number of houses in the towns of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur was supposed to be 22,000, 24,000 and 12,000 respectively.
Though no historical record is available regarding any population census in the past, yet counting of houses was practiced prior to the Lichhavi period. The existence of `Guthis' (Co-operative Societies) in the Kathmandu Valley, which sought help from each and every household in time and need is the clear indication of such practice. Before the conquest of the Kathmandu Valley by King Prithvinarayan Shah, the number of houses in the towns of Kathmandu, Lalitpur and Bhaktapur was supposed to be 22,000, 24,000 and 12,000 respectively.
