| TABLE 27 : USUALLY ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION 10-YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY MAJOR INDUSTRY DIVISION, OCCUPATION GROUP AND SEX | |||||||||||
| FOR REGIONS | |||||||||||
| Area, Sex and Industry | Major Occupation | ||||||||||
| Total | Legislators, Senior Officials and Managers | Professionals | Technicians and Associate Professionals | Clerks or Office Assistants | Service Workers and Shop and Market Sales Workers | Skilled and semi-skilled Agricultural, Forestry and Fishery Workers | Craft and Related Trade Workers | Plant and Machine Operators and Assemblers | Elementary Occupations | Not Stated | |
| Nepal | |||||||||||
| Both Sexes | 9900196 | 56536 | 243662 | 170184 | 201053 | 781005 | 5901382 | 916845 | 141355 | 1479818 | 8357 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 6496222 | 441 | 464 | 3306 | 1192 | 3332 | 5878312 | 3909 | 1534 | 603416 | 316 |
| Fishing | 8467 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 7 | 106 | 7473 | 62 | 15 | 760 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 16048 | 87 | 77 | 382 | 120 | 165 | 0 | 13800 | 237 | 1181 | 0 |
| Manufacturing and recycling | 872253 | 4448 | 6336 | 9501 | 3268 | 9617 | 0 | 751826 | 50439 | 36184 | 635 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 148218 | 803 | 1925 | 6520 | 2476 | 1289 | 0 | 16150 | 1133 | 117906 | 15 |
| Construction | 286418 | 313 | 1737 | 10592 | 526 | 888 | 0 | 90317 | 524 | 181496 | 25 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 863773 | 14671 | 1334 | 1526 | 653 | 503319 | 0 | 16124 | 736 | 324605 | 806 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 120889 | 4236 | 298 | 1149 | 1584 | 106374 | 0 | 669 | 263 | 6032 | 283 |
| Transport, storage and communications | 161638 | 3188 | 1133 | 6163 | 14431 | 22086 | 0 | 1303 | 74856 | 38360 | 117 |
| Financial intermediation | 46765 | 4769 | 1173 | 14566 | 9106 | 1575 | 0 | 190 | 243 | 15036 | 106 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 29922 | 612 | 7218 | 8170 | 3600 | 3811 | 0 | 2191 | 1824 | 2448 | 48 |
| Public administration and social security | 301024 | 14966 | 13009 | 57162 | 142957 | 30718 | 0 | 9489 | 4639 | 27240 | 844 |
| Education | 228381 | 2975 | 187432 | 12422 | 9722 | 11467 | 0 | 551 | 838 | 2303 | 671 |
| Health and social work | 61797 | 1404 | 10808 | 27329 | 5408 | 14040 | 0 | 333 | 571 | 1831 | 73 |
| Other community, social and personal service activities | 72575 | 2634 | 8598 | 7613 | 790 | 17753 | 0 | 1286 | 319 | 33456 | 126 |
| Private households with employed persons | 105139 | 168 | 501 | 865 | 376 | 18363 | 5816 | 3522 | 1810 | 72719 | 999 |
| Extra-territorial organizations and bodies | 58273 | 407 | 641 | 1218 | 3884 | 34896 | 2700 | 2362 | 942 | 10392 | 832 |
| Not Reported | 22395 | 404 | 975 | 1667 | 954 | 1206 | 7081 | 2762 | 432 | 4455 | 2459 |
| Male | 5606774 | 48713 | 186788 | 145675 | 175226 | 588191 | 2992981 | 507727 | 122993 | 834376 | 4103 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 3370639 | 413 | 428 | 3011 | 966 | 2493 | 2977230 | 1452 | 831 | 383735 | 79 |
| Fishing | 7227 | 10 | 4 | 31 | 7 | 106 | 6401 | 60 | 7 | 601 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 10339 | 87 | 69 | 350 | 120 | 126 | 0 | 8411 | 210 | 965 | 0 |
| Manufacturing and recycling | 456948 | 4112 | 5742 | 8527 | 2763 | 7774 | 0 | 362453 | 34604 | 30637 | 336 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 33225 | 739 | 1818 | 5882 | 2138 | 1202 | 0 | 15210 | 1107 | 5117 | 12 |
| Construction | 235313 | 295 | 1664 | 10336 | 472 | 669 | 0 | 85013 | 468 | 136370 | 25 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 521641 | 11593 | 1134 | 1372 | 561 | 374996 | 0 | 14808 | 565 | 116094 | 520 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 79147 | 3155 | 264 | 1002 | 1241 | 67914 | 0 | 604 | 238 | 4554 | 176 |
| Transport, storage and communications | 155822 | 2996 | 972 | 5454 | 13251 | 21216 | 0 | 1164 | 73923 | 36752 | 95 |
| Financial intermediation | 39949 | 4218 | 973 | 12838 | 7338 | 1466 | 0 | 164 | 243 | 12645 | 64 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 25860 | 578 | 6776 | 7318 | 3262 | 2286 | 0 | 1689 | 1747 | 2169 | 35 |
| Public administration and social security | 265445 | 13615 | 11925 | 50957 | 125888 | 28533 | 0 | 7933 | 4413 | 21635 | 546 |
| Education | 169049 | 2414 | 138943 | 8724 | 7445 | 8302 | 0 | 390 | 749 | 1690 | 391 |
| Health and social work | 43605 | 1144 | 6283 | 19680 | 4245 | 10098 | 0 | 315 | 555 | 1258 | 27 |
| Other community, social and personal service activities | 61958 | 2494 | 8009 | 6872 | 684 | 15652 | 0 | 1148 | 306 | 26693 | 101 |
| Private households with employed persons | 62863 | 156 | 443 | 810 | 315 | 11573 | 3882 | 2897 | 1717 | 40760 | 310 |
| Extra-territorial organizations and bodies | 54594 | 326 | 497 | 1050 | 3740 | 32896 | 2381 | 2260 | 937 | 9835 | 671 |
| Not Reported | 13150 | 370 | 843 | 1459 | 792 | 888 | 3087 | 1757 | 371 | 2868 | 715 |
| Female | 4293422 | 7822 | 56874 | 24509 | 25827 | 192814 | 2908400 | 409118 | 18362 | 645442 | 4254 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 3125582 | 28 | 35 | 295 | 226 | 839 | 2901082 | 2456 | 703 | 219681 | 237 |
| Fishing | 1240 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1072 | 2 | 8 | 158 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 5709 | 0 | 8 | 32 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 5388 | 26 | 216 | 0 |
| Manufacturing and recycling | 415306 | 336 | 594 | 974 | 504 | 1843 | 0 | 389373 | 15834 | 5548 | 300 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 114993 | 65 | 107 | 638 | 338 | 88 | 0 | 940 | 26 | 112788 | 3 |
| Construction | 51105 | 18 | 73 | 256 | 54 | 219 | 0 | 5303 | 56 | 45126 | 0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 342132 | 3078 | 200 | 154 | 92 | 128323 | 0 | 1316 | 172 | 208511 | 286 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 41741 | 1081 | 34 | 147 | 343 | 38460 | 0 | 65 | 25 | 1479 | 107 |
| Transport, storage and communications | 5816 | 192 | 161 | 709 | 1181 | 870 | 0 | 140 | 934 | 1608 | 22 |
| Financial intermediation | 6815 | 551 | 199 | 1728 | 1768 | 109 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 2391 | 42 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 4062 | 34 | 442 | 852 | 338 | 1525 | 0 | 502 | 77 | 279 | 13 |
| Public administration and social security | 35579 | 1351 | 1084 | 6205 | 17069 | 2185 | 0 | 1556 | 225 | 5606 | 298 |
| Education | 59331 | 561 | 48489 | 3698 | 2277 | 3165 | 0 | 161 | 88 | 613 | 280 |
| Health and social work | 18192 | 260 | 4525 | 7649 | 1163 | 3942 | 0 | 18 | 16 | 573 | 47 |
| Other community, social and personal service activities | 10618 | 140 | 589 | 741 | 106 | 2102 | 0 | 138 | 13 | 6763 | 26 |
| Private households with employed persons | 42276 | 12 | 58 | 55 | 61 | 6790 | 1934 | 626 | 93 | 31959 | 688 |
| Extra-territorial organizations and bodies | 3679 | 81 | 144 | 168 | 144 | 1999 | 319 | 102 | 5 | 557 | 161 |
| Not Reported | 9244 | 34 | 132 | 207 | 162 | 318 | 3994 | 1005 | 60 | 1586 | 1745 |
| Eastern Dev. Region | |||||||||||
| Both Sexes | 2362979 | 13743 | 55236 | 34029 | 37230 | 168544 | 1402350 | 183787 | 27382 | 438610 | 2068 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 1590108 | 112 | 142 | 810 | 266 | 617 | 1395290 | 1019 | 410 | 191279 | 163 |
| Fishing | 3049 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 2749 | 31 | 0 | 240 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 3983 | 13 | 65 | 170 | 14 | 20 | 0 | 3192 | 76 | 434 | 0 |
| Manufacturing and recycling | 183217 | 788 | 873 | 2391 | 633 | 1673 | 0 | 153646 | 11299 | 11847 | 66 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 38740 | 104 | 443 | 1375 | 445 | 364 | 0 | 2546 | 409 | 33047 | 8 |
| Construction | 52484 | 107 | 253 | 2116 | 169 | 375 | 0 | 13526 | 99 | 35840 | 0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 218525 | 6931 | 437 | 342 | 142 | 111914 | 0 | 3620 | 89 | 94624 | 426 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 23334 | 599 | 13 | 23 | 47 | 21712 | 0 | 56 | 7 | 857 | 21 |
| Transport, storage and communications | 38599 | 389 | 126 | 953 | 3853 | 6211 | 0 | 215 | 12695 | 14134 | 23 |
| Financial intermediation | 9202 | 720 | 274 | 3300 | 1624 | 317 | 0 | 40 | 25 | 2893 | 9 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 5883 | 84 | 1628 | 1310 | 666 | 920 | 0 | 461 | 452 | 362 | 0 |
| Public administration and social security | 61635 | 2194 | 3210 | 10264 | 25942 | 6411 | 0 | 2527 | 968 | 9986 | 132 |
| Education | 50287 | 656 | 43503 | 2357 | 1210 | 1953 | 0 | 89 | 94 | 302 | 122 |
| Health and social work | 12769 | 273 | 1990 | 6457 | 1033 | 2387 | 0 | 63 | 115 | 448 | 4 |
| Other community, social and personal service activities | 18080 | 631 | 1904 | 1540 | 130 | 3834 | 0 | 328 | 103 | 9571 | 39 |
| Private households with employed persons | 40108 | 55 | 180 | 135 | 78 | 5463 | 2843 | 1592 | 263 | 29173 | 327 |
| Extra-territorial organizations and bodies | 7977 | 50 | 95 | 364 | 858 | 4127 | 290 | 401 | 217 | 1509 | 66 |
| Not Reported | 4998 | 37 | 95 | 116 | 120 | 230 | 1178 | 436 | 61 | 2064 | 660 |
| Male | 1346010 | 11428 | 44556 | 29035 | 32749 | 122725 | 743331 | 100513 | 24061 | 236755 | 857 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 853937 | 103 | 118 | 725 | 236 | 435 | 738360 | 553 | 297 | 113071 | 40 |
| Fishing | 2591 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 18 | 2316 | 31 | 0 | 214 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 2876 | 13 | 57 | 162 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2168 | 67 | 390 | 0 |
| Manufacturing and recycling | 97965 | 745 | 811 | 1987 | 479 | 1194 | 0 | 74299 | 8436 | 9981 | 33 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 6465 | 104 | 418 | 1225 | 387 | 324 | 0 | 2364 | 401 | 1237 | 5 |
| Construction | 41515 | 107 | 249 | 2076 | 153 | 265 | 0 | 12598 | 99 | 25968 | 0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 122480 | 5232 | 391 | 328 | 138 | 80711 | 0 | 3309 | 78 | 32027 | 266 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 13766 | 453 | 13 | 23 | 34 | 12570 | 0 | 38 | 4 | 614 | 17 |
| Transport, storage and communications | 37309 | 373 | 108 | 816 | 3613 | 6029 | 0 | 203 | 12521 | 13635 | 12 |
| Financial intermediation | 8017 | 647 | 266 | 2903 | 1335 | 317 | 0 | 32 | 25 | 2488 | 4 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 5108 | 84 | 1556 | 1199 | 632 | 452 | 0 | 412 | 432 | 341 | 0 |
| Public administration and social security | 54011 | 2054 | 2990 | 9312 | 22847 | 5947 | 0 | 2051 | 876 | 7853 | 81 |
| Education | 39113 | 550 | 34062 | 1637 | 914 | 1498 | 0 | 51 | 89 | 230 | 80 |
| Health and social work | 9488 | 246 | 1356 | 4677 | 836 | 1841 | 0 | 59 | 115 | 359 | 0 |
| Other community, social and personal service activities | 15474 | 601 | 1832 | 1407 | 120 | 3469 | 0 | 296 | 97 | 7612 | 39 |
| Private households with employed persons | 25610 | 42 | 164 | 110 | 66 | 3648 | 1789 | 1400 | 247 | 18060 | 85 |
| Extra-territorial organizations and bodies | 7478 | 43 | 79 | 338 | 830 | 3839 | 252 | 391 | 217 | 1442 | 48 |
| Not Reported | 2805 | 29 | 81 | 103 | 115 | 162 | 614 | 259 | 61 | 1234 | 147 |
| Female | 1016969 | 2315 | 10679 | 4994 | 4481 | 45819 | 659020 | 83274 | 3321 | 201855 | 1211 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 736170 | 9 | 24 | 85 | 30 | 182 | 656930 | 466 | 113 | 78208 | 123 |
| Fishing | 459 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 433 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 1107 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 1024 | 9 | 44 | 0 |
| Manufacturing and recycling | 85252 | 43 | 62 | 404 | 154 | 479 | 0 | 79347 | 2863 | 1866 | 34 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 32275 | 0 | 25 | 150 | 58 | 40 | 0 | 181 | 8 | 31810 | 3 |
| Construction | 10969 | 0 | 4 | 40 | 16 | 110 | 0 | 927 | 0 | 9872 | 0 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 96045 | 1699 | 46 | 14 | 4 | 31203 | 0 | 311 | 11 | 62597 | 160 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 9568 | 146 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 9142 | 0 | 17 | 4 | 243 | 4 |
| Transport, storage and communications | 1290 | 16 | 18 | 137 | 241 | 183 | 0 | 13 | 173 | 499 | 11 |
| Financial intermediation | 1185 | 72 | 8 | 397 | 289 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 405 | 5 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 775 | 0 | 73 | 110 | 34 | 468 | 0 | 49 | 20 | 21 | 0 |
| Public administration and social security | 7624 | 140 | 220 | 952 | 3095 | 464 | 0 | 476 | 92 | 2133 | 52 |
| Education | 11174 | 106 | 9441 | 720 | 296 | 455 | 0 | 37 | 5 | 73 | 41 |
| Health and social work | 3281 | 27 | 634 | 1780 | 197 | 546 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 89 | 4 |
| Other community, social and personal service activities | 2606 | 30 | 71 | 133 | 10 | 365 | 0 | 31 | 6 | 1959 | 0 |
| Private households with employed persons | 14498 | 12 | 16 | 25 | 12 | 1815 | 1054 | 193 | 16 | 11113 | 243 |
| Extra-territorial organizations and bodies | 499 | 7 | 15 | 26 | 27 | 289 | 39 | 11 | 0 | 67 | 18 |
| Not Reported | 2193 | 8 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 68 | 564 | 177 | 0 | 830 | 514 |
| Central Dev. Region | |||||||||||
| Both Sexes | 3234707 | 26425 | 99541 | 74710 | 96534 | 326221 | 1647105 | 375415 | 73206 | 512692 | 2858 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 1885617 | 169 | 226 | 1049 | 388 | 1655 | 1640485 | 1132 | 351 | 240084 | 79 |
| Fishing | 3256 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 72 | 2857 | 12 | 8 | 285 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 4512 | 51 | 9 | 62 | 58 | 54 | 0 | 3760 | 122 | 396 | 0 |
| Manufacturing and recycling | 368393 | 2447 | 4944 | 5629 | 1949 | 4989 | 0 | 304917 | 25828 | 17348 | 341 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 43559 | 414 | 1090 | 2613 | 1151 | 565 | 0 | 8118 | 500 | 29104 | 4 |
| Construction | 114202 | 161 | 999 | 4651 | 195 | 277 | 0 | 36566 | 338 | 71006 | 10 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 309996 | 6077 | 677 | 762 | 352 | 212087 | 0 | 7747 | 523 | 81497 | 274 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 50568 | 1527 | 259 | 928 | 1351 | 43105 | 0 | 444 | 183 | 2690 | 81 |
| Transport, storage and communications | 72569 | 1380 | 757 | 2795 | 5045 | 9461 | 0 | 762 | 39125 | 13199 | 45 |
| Financial intermediation | 22647 | 2404 | 670 | 6360 | 4511 | 694 | 0 | 87 | 133 | 7724 | 65 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 14315 | 317 | 3461 | 3771 | 1704 | 1499 | 0 | 1037 | 1246 | 1256 | 24 |
| Public administration and social security | 144107 | 7822 | 6425 | 25215 | 72081 | 13152 | 0 | 5256 | 2414 | 11289 | 452 |
| Education | 87669 | 1348 | 68724 | 5075 | 4010 | 6167 | 0 | 265 | 429 | 1455 | 197 |
| Health and social work | 26447 | 649 | 5258 | 10466 | 1829 | 6888 | 0 | 167 | 287 | 885 | 19 |
| Other community, social and personal service activities | 30961 | 1071 | 4699 | 3424 | 421 | 8602 | 0 | 698 | 166 | 11828 | 53 |
| Private households with employed persons | 30573 | 84 | 278 | 399 | 205 | 7145 | 1721 | 1416 | 911 | 18096 | 319 |
| Extra-territorial organizations and bodies | 16675 | 222 | 359 | 482 | 708 | 9099 | 507 | 1348 | 380 | 3350 | 219 |
| Not Reported | 8641 | 275 | 708 | 1012 | 578 | 710 | 1534 | 1683 | 262 | 1200 | 677 |
| Male | 2032649 | 22984 | 74433 | 64087 | 83383 | 254652 | 913788 | 224540 | 63631 | 329685 | 1465 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 1081314 | 158 | 214 | 965 | 309 | 1402 | 908402 | 495 | 278 | 169077 | 13 |
| Fishing | 2870 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 72 | 2562 | 11 | 0 | 204 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 2896 | 51 | 9 | 62 | 58 | 48 | 0 | 2267 | 105 | 295 | 0 |
| Manufacturing and recycling | 211630 | 2267 | 4465 | 5206 | 1653 | 4302 | 0 | 161169 | 17277 | 15066 | 227 |
| Electricity, gas and water supply | 14830 | 365 | 1050 | 2342 | 988 | 539 | 0 | 7729 | 491 | 1322 | 4 |
| Construction | 98613 | 147 | 949 | 4518 | 178 | 233 | 0 | 34801 | 298 | 57477 | 10 |
| Wholesale and retail trade | 207966 | 5027 | 565 | 669 | 277 | 165075 | 0 | 6999 | 380 | 28794 | 179 |
| Hotels and restaurants | 36180 | 1324 | 230 | 800 | 1061 | 30039 | 0 | 409 | 183 | 2073 | 61 |
| Transport, storage and communications | 69839 | 1232 | 635 | 2519 | 4540 | 8985 | 0 | 665 | 38672 | 12554 | 37 |
| Financial intermediation | 18942 | 2055 | 522 | 5585 | 3555 | 612 | 0 | 70 | 133 | 6380 | 31 |
| Real estate, renting and business activities | 12540 | 290 | 3196 | 3314 | 1542 | 1022 | 0 | 869 | 1202 | 1093 | 11 |
| Public administration and social security | 126742 | 7019 | 5841 | 22376 | 63358 | 12110 | 0 | 4449 | 2325 | 8969 | 294 |
| Education | 61621 | 1070 | 48203 | 3502 | 2844 | 4318 | 0 | 189 | 395 | 982 | 118 |
| Health and social work | 18244 | 481 | 3099 | 7450 | 1346 | 4880 | 0 | 153 | 276 | 556 | 3 |
| Other community, social and personal service activities | 26888 | 1000 | 4323 | 3099 | 379 | 7414 | 0 | 617 | 159 | 9856 | 41 |
| Private households with employed persons | 19942 | 84 | 236 | 388 | 173 | 4666 | 1462 | 1174 | 858 | 10811 | 91 |
| Extra-territorial organizations and bodies | 15406 | 152 | 281 | 390 | 658 | 8412 | 454 | 1296 | 380 | 3235 | 148 |
| Not Reported | 6186 | 256 | 612 | 886 | 462 | 523 | 907 | 1180 | 221 | 941 | 197 |
| Female | 1202058 | 3440 | 25108 | 10623 | 13151 | 71569 | 733317 | 150875 | 9575 | 183007 | 1393 |
| Agriculture and forestry | 804303 | 11 | 12 | 84 | 79 | 252 | 732082 | 637 | 74 | 71007 | 66 |
| Fishing | 386 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 295 | 2 | 8 | 81 | 0 |
| Mining and Quarrying | 1616 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1493 | 17 | 101 | 0 |