1. AREA AND POPULATION											1. AREA AND POPULATION
1.7  POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY LITERACY STATUS AND SEX FOR DEVELOPMENT REGIONS, 2001											1.7  POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY LITERACY STATUS AND SEX FOR DEVELOPMENT REGIONS, 2001
Area	Total	Male	Female	Can't Read & Write			Can Read Only				Area	Read & Write			Not Stated
				Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female			Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
Nepal	19255808	9592570	9663234	7654244	2720234	4934007	1133172	574330	558848		Nepal	10348432	6242958	4105468	119969	55049	64909
Eastern Dev. Reg.	4511040	2248699	2262340	1721331	613479	1107850	264282	135773	128512		Eastern Dev. Reg.	2500484	1488576	1011908	24943	10874	14067
Taplejung	113782	55614	58167	43453	15108	28344	10061	5434	4627		Taplejung	59403	34773	24630	865	299	566
Panchthar	171193	83433	87760	63956	21884	42071	12214	6689	5525		Panchthar	94683	54746	39938	340	114	226
Ilam	245778	123872	121906	65250	22798	42452	16636	8843	7794		Ilam	162775	91784	70990	1118	447	670
Jhapa*	553891	274666	279225	156409	54626	101783	25047	12110	12938		Jhapa*	370728	206974	163754	1706	957	749
Morang	728436	364676	363760	271496	99011	172485	40286	20395	19891		Morang	413279	243738	169541	3375	1532	1843
Sunsari	533757	268526	265231	180782	64315	116468	28351	13547	14804		Sunsari	322306	189682	132624	2318	983	1335
Dhankuta	143342	70357	72985	41678	13201	28477	9185	4654	4531		Dhankuta	91709	52201	39508	771	302	469
Terhathum	97445	46943	50502	30639	8857	21782	8793	4578	4215		Terhathum	57515	33353	24163	497	155	342
Sankhuwasabha	135964	66156	69808	50728	17914	32814	11108	5942	5166		Sankhuwasabha	73093	41914	31178	1035	386	649
Bhojpur	174643	83512	91131	68407	22764	45642	10054	5398	4656		Bhojpur	95216	54981	40235	966	369	597
Solukhumbu	92138	45150	46988	41595	14826	26769	8106	4674	3432		Solukhumbu	42208	25569	16639	229	81	148
Okhaldhunga	132320	62989	69331	59237	18963	40274	7494	3879	3615		Okhaldhunga	64995	39952	25043	595	195	400
Khotang	194397	93884	100513	81913	27290	54623	14426	7996	6431		Khotang	96951	58310	38641	1106	288	818
Udayapur	242103	120739	121364	97536	35284	62253	14055	6960	7095		Udayapur	129069	77906	51163	1443	589	853
Saptari	478023	244281	233741	213272	76107	137164	25671	13306	12365		Saptari	235548	153318	82230	3532	1550	1982
Siraha*	473828	243901	229928	254980	100531	154449	22795	11368	11427		Siraha*	191006	129375	61631	5047	2627	2420
Central Dev. Reg.	6802795	3485723	3317073	2807448	1062699	1744750	375074	194039	181034		Central Dev. Reg.	3580799	2209000	1371797	39476	19978	19489
Dhanusa	557980	291535	266445	255045	101066	153979	28870	14520	14350		Dhanusa	269873	173776	96097	4192	2173	2018
Mahottari	458502	240070	218432	270121	114740	155380	26632	13579	13054		Mahottari	157542	108823	48719	4207	2927	1279
Sarlahi	526477	273449	253027	300929	127773	173156	30032	16071	13961		Sarlahi	190450	126862	63589	5065	2744	2322
Sindhuli*	230733	114597	116136	101356	36412	64944	12065	6189	5876		Sindhuli*	115656	71390	44265	1656	605	1050
Ramechhap	179683	84382	95301	91870	30088	61782	16115	8638	7477		Ramechhap	70162	45032	25129	1536	623	913
Dolakha*	151801	74129	77673	61573	20282	41291	11927	6269	5658		Dolakha*	76871	47105	29766	1430	473	957
Sindhupalchok*	252051	125333	126718	130524	49578	80946	17544	10290	7254		Sindhupalchok*	101289	64385	36904	2695	1080	1614
Kavre	331873	161843	170030	105085	31987	73097	14035	7210	6824		Kavre	211558	122249	89310	1196	396	799
Lalitpur	304038	155277	148762	70034	20418	49616	18205	9104	9101		Lalitpur	215179	125529	89650	620	225	394
Bhaktapur	202214	102801	99413	50302	14609	35694	8972	4712	4260		Bhaktapur	142151	83123	59028	790	358	431
Kathmandu	974617	520532	454085	174760	47427	127333	46903	22866	24037		Kathmandu	751152	449460	301692	1803	779	1024
Nuwakot	248072	122646	125426	105355	37725	67631	14563	8218	6345		Nuwakot	126894	76208	50686	1259	495	764
Rasuwa	38197	20055	18142	22917	10217	12701	1985	1165	820		Rasuwa	12973	8522	4450	322	151	170
Dhading	286532	139422	147110	138704	51597	87107	21730	12440	9290		Dhading	124594	74860	49734	1503	524	978
Makwanpur	332410	168415	163995	102507	36312	66194	18963	9749	9214		Makwanpur	210012	121936	88076	929	418	511
Rautahat	445247	231598	213649	273065	118920	154145	24197	12223	11974		Rautahat	144712	98559	46152	3274	1895	1379
Bara	460274	239098	221176	240537	95477	145060	21487	10647	10840		Bara	194935	130846	64089	3315	2128	1187
Parsa	412271	217206	195065	215435	85540	129895	20178	10759	9419		Parsa	174786	120074	54712	1871	832	1039
Chitawan	409823	203335	206488	97329	32531	64799	20671	9390	11280		Chitawan	290010	160261	129749	1813	1152	660
Western Dev. Reg.	3882349	1847753	2034594	1346257	437552	908704	223885	107682	116201		Western Dev. Reg.	2291945	1294618	997322	20268	7903	12366
Gorkha	247222	114046	133177	95530	32226	63304	16351	8062	8288		Gorkha	133133	72966	60166	2209	791	1418
Lamjung	153207	71180	82027	53190	16009	37181	12535	5966	6569		Lamjung	86735	48971	37763	747	234	514
Tanahu	269294	123641	145653	83279	25160	58118	18326	8492	9834		Tanahu	166098	89375	76723	1591	613	977
Syangja	270299	119861	150438	73990	19055	54935	15483	7336	8147		Syangja	179266	93056	86210	1560	414	1147
Kaski	333286	160869	172417	79818	21100	58718	12770	5815	6955		Kaski	239640	133569	106071	1059	385	673
Manang	8828	4661	4166	3264	1415	1850	197	101	96		Manang	5289	3117	2171	78	29	49
Mustang	13406	7334	6071	5549	2359	3191	836	481	355		Mustang	6938	4467	2471	83	29	54
Myagdi	96372	44090	52282	36261	11494	24766	5900	2606	3294		Myagdi	53722	29882	23840	489	108	381
Parbat	134604	60965	73639	46267	13585	32681	11351	5725	5626		Parbat	76477	41485	34992	509	169	340
Baglung	227296	102445	124851	73340	21374	51966	13416	6143	7273		Baglung	139561	74616	64944	980	313	668
Gulmi	249275	109800	139476	91545	26801	64744	13087	5918	7170		Gulmi	143288	76648	66639	1356	433	923
Palpa	226899	103753	123145	63733	18655	45078	12619	6021	6597		Palpa	149666	78792	70875	881	286	595
Nawalparasi	476439	233983	242456	195591	67164	128427	26037	12038	13999		Nawalparasi	252445	153823	98622	2367	958	1409
Rupandehi	599430	304873	294556	171869	58319	113550	29662	13871	15791		Rupandehi	395338	231228	164110	2562	1456	1106
Kapilbastu	400960	206810	194150	210092	84243	125849	21515	11695	9820		Kapilbastu	166225	109388	56836	3128	1484	1644
Arghakhanchi	175532	79442	96090	62939	18593	44346	13800	7412	6387		Arghakhanchi	98124	53235	44889	669	201	468
Mid West Dev. Reg.	2251022	1119640	1131380	990194	359359	630834	141156	72720	68439		Mid West Dev. Reg.	1103026	679660	423366	16647	7901	8744
Pyuthan	173193	78336	94857	81034	23821	57213	10233	5452	4781		Pyuthan	80659	48683	31976	1267	380	887
Rolpa	172026	82512	89514	97595	33280	64315	9119	5235	3885		Rolpa	64079	43599	20480	1232	398	834
Rukum	158552	80901	77652	78464	30157	48307	14992	8982	6010		Rukum	63020	40811	22210	2077	951	1125
Salyan*	51035	26070	24964	20940	7266	13674	5179	3043	2136		Salyan*	24573	15591	8982	343	170	172
Dang	387731	191287	196444	138683	47287	91396	23413	11079	12334		Dang	223726	131955	91771	1910	966	944
Banke	323513	166400	157112	116691	47270	69421	18534	8696	9838		Banke	185555	108664	76891	2733	1771	962
Bardiya	321694	161900	159793	152650	61579	91071	20735	9980	10756		Bardiya	146073	89123	56950	2235	1218	1017
Surkhet*	224069	110675	113394	69590	22216	47374	13743	6542	7201		Surkhet*	139992	81610	58383	744	307	436
Dilekh	182367	88562	93805	84683	26858	57825	8892	4024	4869		Dilekh	86513	56665	29848	2279	1015	1264
Jajarkot	112583	57951	54631	58398	23718	34680	9423	5525	3898		Jajarkot	44309	28504	15805	453	205	249
Dolpa*	18457	9386	9072	10979	4245	6734	914	456	458		Dolpa*	6398	4619	1779	166	65	100
Jumla*	57136	29722	27414	35213	13650	21562	3207	2057	1150		Jumla*	18516	13939	4577	200	76	125
Kalikot*	9515	5310	4205	4957	1963	2994	752	449	303		Kalikot*	3569	2854	714	238	43	195
Mugu*	25469	13181	12288	17367	6687	10679	838	472	366		Mugu*	7078	5949	1129	186	73	113
Humla	33682	17447	16235	22950	9362	13589	1182	728	454		Humla	8966	7094	1871	584	263	321
Far West Dev. Reg.	1808602	890755	917847	789014	247145	541869	128775	64116	64662		Far West Dev. Reg.	872178	571104	301075	18635	8393	10243
Bajura	81599	40451	41147	48476	16938	31537	4613	2613	2000			27522	20497	7025	988	403	585
Bajhang	136179	65036	71144	79664	23238	56426	7444	4245	3199			48018	37289	10729	1054	264	789
Achham	187482	87096	100386	108538	31799	76739	14040	7791	6249			62545	46690	15856	2358	816	1542
Doti	171413	85402	86011	81592	26235	55357	12466	6269	6197			72951	51296	21655	4405	1603	2802
Kailali	516306	260629	255677	196132	70903	125229	46154	21894	24260			268814	164732	104082	5207	3100	2107
Kanchanpur	315351	159782	155569	101568	32516	69053	23209	10490	12720			188119	115147	72972	2454	1630	825
Dadeldhura	103502	49426	54077	43914	10914	33000	5590	2789	2802			53430	35554	17876	568	169	399
Baitadi	194958	93457	101501	82638	21071	61567	10455	5460	4996			100498	66562	33936	1366	365	1002
Darchaula	101812	49476	52335	46492	13531	32961	4804	2565	2239			50281	33337	16944	235	43	192
									Contd…		Source : Population Census 2001, CBS