Table 1 Fatalities count per district due to the January 15, 1934, earthquake (Rana 1935) and comparison with population estimates
Collapsed building/cracked/damages = total | Fatalities count | Population in 1921 (BS1977) | Population in 1942 (BS1998) | Population estimated in 1934 (BS1990) | Fatality rate (%) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kathmandu valley | |||||||
Kathmandu | 725/3735/4146 = 8606 | 479 | 81,400 | 0.59 | 0.48 | ||
Kathmandu vicinity | 2892/4062/4267 = 11,221 | 245 | 68,600 | 0.36 | |||
Patan | 1000/4170/3860 = 9030 | 547 | 31,000 | 1.8 | 2.2 | ||
Patan vicinity | 3977/9442/1598 = 15,017 | 1697 | 69,000 | 2.5 | |||
Bhaktapur | 2359/2263/1425 = 6047 | 1172 | 25,000 | 4.7 | 2 | ||
Bhaktapur vicinity | 1444/1986/2388 = 5818 | 156 | 40,000 | 0.39 | |||
Total | 12,397/25,658/17,684 = 55,739 | 4296 | 306,909 | 323,336 | 315,000 | 1.4 | |
Eastern mountain districts | |||||||
East district 1 (Chautara) | 9628/19,391/– = 29,019 | 356 | 213,703 | 248,787 | 230,000 | 0.16 | |
East district 2 (Ramechhap) | 4687/10,738/– = 15,425 | 95 | 177,072 | 159,775 | 170,000 | 0.06 | |
East district 3 (Okhaldhunga) | 21,107/15,548/– = 36,655 | 857 | 377,774 | 388,770 | 144,000 | 0.23 | |
East district 4 (Bhojpur) | 15,048/5/– = 15,053 | 1597 | 236,000 | 0.68 | |||
Dhankuta district | 6623/15,120/– = 21,743 | 316 | 353,062 | 381,965 | 370,000 | 0.09 | |
Ilam district | 2316/3112/– = 5428 | 92 | 87,475 | 91,362 | 90,000 | 0.1 | |
Udayapur Gadhi district | 1052/3917/– = 4969 | 552 | 48,913 | 39,483 | 44,000 | 1.1 | |
Sindhuli Gadhi district | 3486/3154/– = 6640 | 109 | |||||
Total | 63,947/70,985 = 134,932 | 3974 | 1,257,999 | 1,310,142 | 1,300,000 | 0.31 | |
Western mountain districts | |||||||
West district 1 (Nuwakot) | 582/1720/– = 2302 | 10 | 165,251 | 239,128 | 200,000 | <0.01 | |
West district 2 (Gorkha) | 186/461/– = 647 | 1 | 72,203 | 97,386 | 85,000 | <0.01 | |
West district 3 (Pokhara) | 19/65/– = 84 | 1 | 221,725 | 274,779 | 250,000 | <0.01 | |
West district 4 | 8/1/– = 9 | 1 | 183,417 | 256,941 | 220,000 | <0.01 | |
Chisapani Gadhi district | –/18/1266 = 1284 | 52 | 66,072 | 49,659 | 60,000 | <0.01 | |
Total | 795/2268/1266 = 4329 | 65 | 708,668 | 917,883 | 800,000 | 0.01 | |
Eastern Terai | |||||||
Birgunj district | 3654/854/2546 = 7054 | 44 | 414,557 | 451,670 | 430,000 | 0.01 | |
Mahottari and Sarlahi districts | –/4323/268 = 4591 | 51 | 471,292 | 460,943 | 470,000 | 0.01 | |
Saptari and Siraha districts | 87/428/– = 515 | 40 | 377,855 | 363,941 | 370,000 | 0.01 | |
Biratnagar district | 13/1/64 = 78 | 49 | 211,308 | 241,474 | 230,000 | 0.02 | |
Jhapa district | –/–/– = – | ||||||
Total | 3754/5610/2884 = 12,248 | 184 | 1,475 112 | 1,518 028 | 1,500 000 | 0.01 | |
Total Nepal | 80,893/104,521/21,834 | 8519 | 5,537,785 | 6,283,715 | 5,900,000 | 0.15 | |
Total Bihar (Inde) | =207,248 | 7188 | ≈15 000 000 | ||||