This book was first published in English in 2003. The atlas is the outcome of collaboration between ICIMOD and Nepal's Central Bureau of Statistics supported by SNV-Nepal. Different socioeconomic indicators were abstracted at district level from the data gathered under the National Population Census of Nepal held in 2001, supplemented by other relevant sources. The indicators are presented district-wise in the form of thematic maps. Trend analyses were also prepared for selected indicators based on the census data from four consecutive censuses and presented in maps to indicate the changes over a forty-year period.