TABLE 13 : LITERATE POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT (LEVEL PASSED),
AGE AND SEX FOR REGIONS
Area, Age and Sex	Completed Level of Education
	Total	No Schooling	Primary (1 - 5)	Lower Secondary    (6 - 7)	Secondary   (8 - 10)	SLC & Equivalent	Certificate  Level and Equiv.	Graduate & Equiv.	Post Graduate & Equiv	Others	Level Not Stated
NEPAL
Both Sexes	10348428	904430	4333967	1986854	1177429	931583	532233	277163	75080	25114	104574
6 Years	228913	37008	189401	0	0	0	0	0	0	608	1896
7 Years	325855	25695	298134	0	0	0	0	0	0	377	1648
8 Years	435349	17349	415307	0	0	0	0	0	0	407	2285
9 Years	368968	9631	357628	0	0	0	0	0	0	118	1591
10 Years	541166	11136	526926	0	0	0	0	0	0	450	2654
11 Years	392856	5968	352106	33243	0	0	0	0	0	170	1369
12 Years	551017	8869	414395	125221	0	0	0	0	0	325	2207
13 Years	421220	6967	242651	169903	0	0	0	0	0	152	1548
14 Years	437879	7915	176356	226599	25115	0	0	0	0	183	1710
15 Years	395712	9924	117504	194362	71959	0	0	0	0	126	1838
16-19 Years	1378714	49387	268366	432864	354563	216393	46725	0	0	1254	9162
20-24 Years	1311467	78991	237613	257740	248953	251097	173129	46369	3571	2841	11162
25-29 Years	953698	85298	182132	168602	161513	144808	109578	67409	15201	1781	17376
30-34 Years	731745	84923	142956	119010	109257	111331	74025	54737	16203	1190	18113
35-39 Years	548859	84221	116864	84170	76286	75528	48537	35704	11277	858	15413
40-44 Years	402413	81548	91014	58735	46973	48055	31386	26597	9955	4120	4031
45-49 Years	306996	69157	70479	43855	34257	34562	22180	19225	7383	3205	2693
50-54 Years	215692	60234	49016	28303	20530	22394	13041	12948	4819	2238	2169
55-59 Years	152432	53107	33321	18847	12538	13231	6916	7479	3448	1854	1692
60-64 Years	97868	41298	21210	11256	6862	6600	3256	3394	1630	1067	1296
65+ Years	149609	75803	30588	14142	8625	7585	3460	3301	1593	1790	2721
Male	6242958	528649	2450914	1181927	739364	598941	378916	223856	62853	21169	56369
6 Years	122599	20252	100955	0	0	0	0	0	0	343	1050
7 Years	172845	13817	157928	0	0	0	0	0	0	206	895
8 Years	238943	9811	227641	0	0	0	0	0	0	249	1242
9 Years	196863	4953	191028	0	0	0	0	0	0	62	821
10 Years	299578	5911	291921	0	0	0	0	0	0	259	1487
11 Years	211002	2744	189375	18096	0	0	0	0	0	106	681
12 Years	308493	4058	231354	71743	0	0	0	0	0	179	1159
13 Years	226828	2955	129316	93706	0	0	0	0	0	60	791
14 Years	237540	3202	94421	125523	13555	0	0	0	0	85	755
15 Years	214074	3576	62818	107822	38936	0	0	0	0	85	837
16-19 Years	764428	19282	141232	241629	202018	126129	28579	0	0	779	4779
20-24 Years	740490	29541	127853	144159	139781	144296	112912	31536	2399	1965	6048
25-29 Years	581803	35905	104137	102634	101627	86783	75051	51770	11650	1294	10952
30-34 Years	485988	40035	89043	79110	76788	74999	55182	44794	13463	919	11655
35-39 Years	388243	43764	79392	59796	58507	56367	38723	30571	9561	661	10901
40-44 Years	296995	49486	66522	43170	37381	37782	25996	23247	8719	4002	689
45-49 Years	237933	46953	54422	33949	28239	28258	18694	17115	6624	3120	559
50-54 Years	174987	45711	39647	22820	17493	19407	11398	11647	4289	2202	373
55-59 Years	129325	44101	27878	15812	11173	11903	6333	6914	3118	1805	287
60-64 Years	83682	35441	17917	9573	6003	5966	2934	3126	1527	1046	149
65+ Years	130319	67151	26114	12385	7863	7051	3114	3136	1503	1742	259
Female	4105471	375782	1883054	804922	438066	332643	153317	53306	12227	3945	48206
6 Years	106313	16757	88446	0	0	0	0	0	0	265	846
7 Years	153009	11878	140206	0	0	0	0	0	0	171	754
8 Years	196406	7538	187666	0	0	0	0	0	0	158	1044
9 Years	172104	4678	166600	0	0	0	0	0	0	56	770
10 Years	241588	5226	235005	0	0	0	0	0	0	191	1167
11 Years	181854	3224	162732	15147	0	0	0	0	0	63	687
12 Years	242523	4811	183041	53478	0	0	0	0	0	146	1048
13 Years	194392	4012	113335	76196	0	0	0	0	0	92	757
14 Years	200339	4713	81936	101076	11560	0	0	0	0	99	955
15 Years	181639	6347	54686	86540	33023	0	0	0	0	41	1001
16-19 Years	614287	30105	127134	191235	152545	90264	18145	0	0	475	4384
20-24 Years	570977	49451	109760	113581	109171	106800	60217	14834	1172	876	5115
25-29 Years	371895	49392	77995	65968	59886	58025	34527	15639	3552	486	6424
30-34 Years	245757	44888	53913	39900	32469	36333	18843	9943	2739	271	6458
35-39 Years	160616	40458	37472	24374	17779	19162	9814	5133	1716	197	4512
40-44 Years	105419	32062	24491	15564	9592	10273	5390	3349	1236	118	3342
45-49 Years	69063	22203	16057	9906	6018	6304	3487	2110	759	86	2134
50-54 Years	40706	14523	9369	5483	3037	2987	1643	1301	530	36	1795
55-59 Years	23108	9006	5443	3034	1365	1328	583	564	330	49	1405
60-64 Years	14186	5857	3293	1683	859	633	322	268	103	21	1147
65+ Years	19290	8653	4474	1757	762	534	346	165	90	48	2461
Eastern Dev. Region
Both Sexes	2500487	219285	1034911	491001	313228	234146	118906	53344	11608	5133	18927
6 Years	50316	7360	42609	0	0	0	0	0	0	54	293
7 Years	78477	5734	72425	0	0	0	0	0	0	42	276
8 Years	100426	4060	95926	0	0	0	0	0	0	110	330
9 Years	85336	2319	82746	0	0	0	0	0	0	48	223
10 Years	124254	2567	121200	0	0	0	0	0	0	181	306
11 Years	92241	1482	82648	7902	0	0	0	0	0	58	151
12 Years	128013	2161	95985	29446	0	0	0	0	0	120	301
13 Years	101204	1698	59221	40077	0	0	0	0	0	29	178
14 Years	104315	1725	44293	52126	5856	0	0	0	0	54	262
15 Years	95772	2373	29793	46360	16990	0	0	0	0	28	228
16-19 Years	343950	11332	68596	113870	86371	52245	9601	0	0	293	1643
20-24 Years	321519	17835	55584	66054	68650	65987	36125	7924	452	728	2180
25-29 Years	230594	19759	42939	41196	47439	36007	25385	12011	2187	386	3285
30-34 Years	176929	20316	34962	29261	30892	27303	17337	10707	2575	234	3341
35-39 Years	136085	20693	29189	21420	21457	18931	11850	7430	1850	189	3076
40-44 Years	101432	21489	23686	14688	13364	12022	7342	5557	1730	731	823
45-49 Years	77648	18107	18798	10909	9153	9114	5305	3898	1203	604	556
50-54 Years	53929	15545	12882	6948	5621	5757	2900	2785	666	411	415
55-59 Years	37960	13803	8375	4678	3360	3427	1529	1628	507	299	353
60-64 Years	23781	10362	5318	2728	1930	1509	741	611	189	194	201
65+ Years	36306	18565	7736	3338	2145	1844	791	793	249	340	506
Male	1512013	135597	592724	283783	194992	149563	86847	44315	10036	4250	9900
6 Years	26881	4058	22642	0	0	0	0	0	0	28	153
7 Years	42133	3166	38828	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	129
8 Years	54248	2283	51728	0	0	0	0	0	0	69	168
9 Years	45079	1171	43734	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	143
10 Years	67206	1418	65558	0	0	0	0	0	0	105	125
11 Years	49233	688	43985	4439	0	0	0	0	0	43	79
12 Years	69936	1030	51960	16701	0	0	0	0	0	77	168
13 Years	53629	784	30581	22174	0	0	0	0	0	10	79
14 Years	55354	784	23141	28074	3218	0	0	0	0	29	107
15 Years	50679	916	15334	24981	9360	0	0	0	0	28	60
16-19 Years	187092	4662	34736	61198	49309	30062	6028	0	0	181	917
20-24 Years	175295	6885	28247	35234	37135	37231	23535	5186	296	460	1086
25-29 Years	137195	8758	23055	23792	28885	21679	17801	9277	1697	303	1949
30-34 Years	115966	9871	20936	18911	21180	18172	13339	9081	2232	203	2040
35-39 Years	96105	11091	19238	14870	16304	14302	9812	6563	1670	162	2093
40-44 Years	74764	13395	17124	10515	10571	9447	6299	5074	1522	708	109
45-49 Years	59976	12473	14270	8328	7468	7400	4596	3634	1114	562	130
50-54 Years	43788	11946	10093	5563	4762	5076	2619	2639	599	411	78
55-59 Years	32114	11436	6794	3874	3093	3096	1419	1555	498	281	67
60-64 Years	20250	8946	4326	2248	1710	1378	679	574	177	194	17
65+ Years	31655	16533	6447	2881	1997	1720	720	732	231	330	64
6 Years	23435	3303	19967	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	139
Female	988474	83687	442189	207216	118233	84584	32058	9027	1572	882	9026
7 Years	36344	2567	33597	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	147
8 Years	46178	1777	44198	0	0	0	0	0	0	41	162
9 Years	40257	1148	39012	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	80
10 Years	57048	1150	55642	0	0	0	0	0	0	76	181
11 Years	43008	793	38664	3463	0	0	0	0	0	16	72
12 Years	58076	1131	44025	12745	0	0	0	0	0	44	132
13 Years	47575	914	28640	17902	0	0	0	0	0	19	99
14 Years	48961	941	21152	24052	2637	0	0	0	0	24	155
15 Years	45093	1457	14459	21379	7630	0	0	0	0	0	168
16-19 Years	156858	6670	33860	52672	37062	22183	3572	0	0	112	726
20-24 Years	146224	10950	27337	30820	31515	28757	12590	2738	156	268	1094
25-29 Years	93399	11001	19885	17404	18555	14327	7584	2734	490	82	1336
30-34 Years	60963	10445	14026	10350	9712	9131	3998	1626	343	31	1301
35-39 Years	39981	9602	9951	6550	5152	4629	2039	867	180	27	984
40-44 Years	26668	8094	6562	4172	2793	2575	1043	483	208	23	714
45-49 Years	17672	5633	4529	2582	1685	1713	709	263	89	42	426
50-54 Years	10141	3599	2788	1384	858	681	281	146	67	0	337
55-59 Years	5846	2368	1581	804	266	332	111	73	9	17	286
60-64 Years	3531	1415	992	480	220	131	61	36	12	0	184
65+ Years	4651	2032	1289	457	148	125	70	61	18	10	442