the province has a population of 2,403,016 which is just about 9.06% of the total population of nepal. the population density is about 110 persons per square kilometre. the province has a population growth rate of -0.33%. the sex ratio is 89 males for 100 females, with a total of 948,028 males and 1,144,124 females recorded in 2011. the urban population of the region is 1,452,186 (60.5%) and the rural population is 943,652 (39.5%). about 50.1% of the population in the province are independent population.