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Table No. 8 :-	MOTHER-TONES OF POPULATION PRESENT BY DISTRICT AND REGION .
dft[efiff Mother Tongue	hDdf	g]kfnL	d}yLnL	ef]hk'/L	tfdfª	cjlw	yf?	g]jf/L	du/	/fO{ ls/ft	u'?ª	lnDj'	ef]6] z]kf{	df] k|+:yflgo efiff	/fhj+zL	;tf/	;'g'jf/	bg'jf/	;+VofnL	j+ufnL	r]kfË	emf+u/	yfdL	lwdfn	df8jf8L	dfemL	ysfnL	kx/L	lxGbL	lh/]n	p2"{	s'dfn	b/fO{	nfKr]	d]r]	/fhL	pl8;f	cGo	gv'n]sf]
k|b]z Regions	Total	Nepali	Maithili	Bhojpuri	Tamang	Abadhi	Tharu	Newari	Magar	Rai Kirati	Gurung	Limbu	Bhote Sherpa	M.P. Local language	Rajbansi	Satar	Sunwar	Danuwar	Santhali	Bangali	Chepang	Jhangar	Thami	Dhimal	Madwari	Majhi	Thakali	Pahari	Hindi	Ziral	Urdu	Kumal	Darai	Lapche	Macha	Ragi	Udissa	Other	Unstated
g]kfn Nepal	9,412,996	4,796,528	1,130,401	577,357	518,812	447,090	406,907	377,727	254,675	239,749	157,778	138,705	84,229	83,986	55,803	18,840	13,362	11,624	10,645	9,915	9,247	9,140	9,046	8,188	6,716	5,895	4,134	3,002	2,867	2,757	2,650	1,724	1,645	1,272	938	801	782	1,627	6,432
k"j{ kxf8 Eastern Hills	1,886,722	1,081,544	10	0	244,299	0	4	63,667	42,145	216,817	6,915	136,803	60,370	0	0	0	12,392	2,862	0	9	0	0	8,952	0	259	3,815	0	661	231	2,757	10	1	0	1,265	0	0	0	391	543
sfe|]knfGrf]s Kavrepalanchok	216,440	115,762	6		76,097			19,968	967	5	304		171				5	2,079		1			1			697		314	16		8							9	30
l;Gw'kfNrf]s Sindhupalchok	186,492	91,268			66,621			15,243	65		39		9,847					783		2			2,286			284				1									53
bf]nvf Dolakha	132,112	84,249			30,137			6,250	1,369	6	47		1,912				70						6,405			1,409		256											2
lr;+v' (šfd]5fk_Chisankhu, Ramechhap	123,357	78,669			16,407			4,713	2,249		680		8,265				8,484						80			663		41		2,735								371
lr;+v' -cf]vn9'+uf_Chisankhu, Okhaldhunga	164,429	100,310			9,670			1,876	6,203	22,259	288		21,911				1,406						92			209		50		21								1	133
dfem ls/ft Majhkirat	128,404	71,515			3,455			2,865	2,833	44,939	177	8	2,281													325			2										4
ef]hk'/ Bhojpur	252,660	172,986			7,099			2,094	5,827	62,866	166	4	1,450				1			2			27			85			3									3	47
5y"d Chhathum	135,351	56,187			6,730			4,623	11,864	25,351	1,357	28,669	415				45									74													36
t]x|y"d Terahthum	422,952	226,392	1		21,385			5,389	6,683	45,116	3,353	99,628	12,968				1,647						7		32	69			58			1						6	217
Onfd Ilam	124,525	84,206	3		6,698		4	646	4,085	16,275	504	8,494	1,150				734			4			54		227				152		2			1,265				1	21
k"j{{ leqL dw]z Eastern inner terai	193,666	101,664	5	1	28,242	0	11,416	3,560	25,182	14,803	23	0	2,324	0	0	0	518	4,887	0	1	1	0	83	0	0	499	0	293	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	106	29
pbok'/ Udayapur	89,429	40,937	5	1	6,513		11,416	989	13,753	14,297	19		237				99	789		1						330					26								17
l;Gw'nL u9L Sindhuligadhi	104,237	60,727			21,729			2,571	11,429	506	4		2,087				419	4,098			1		83			169		293			3							106	12
k"j{{ t/fO{ Eastern Terai	2,213,282	145,611	1,129,576	576,546	19,617	340	88,663	13,624	15,850	6,520	524	1,836	98	83,986	55,799	18,840	248	3,253	10,645	9,666	4	9,140	10	8,188	5,444	1,222	2	136	946	0	622	278	0	7	938	0	780	274	4,049
emfkf Jhapa	119,700	24,464	1,773	963	1,232	319	2,713	863	1,734	1,205	68	781		15,727	38,143	11,938	105	416	8,705	2,646		84	3	3,529	428	397						196		7	920		113	116	112
lj/f6gu/ Biratnagar	325,645	45,491	70,255	1,994	3,662	2	64,070	7,526	5,296	4,927	391	1,051		68,259	17,656	6,902	115	121	1,940	5,977	2	8,277	1	4,659	2,952	772						82			18		254	90	2,903
xg'dfggu/ Hanumannagar	299,869	10,360	284,653		51		2,134	372	24		4	1								727		526			478												235	1	303
l;/fxf Siraha	210,532	10,556	187,962		2,560		7,105	608	1,211	170		1								5		253			43														58
dxf]t/L Mahottari	488,218	30,626	439,883	47	5,325	14	1,287	789	6,203	110	20		84				26	2,702		124			6		206	41		71	354		152							11	137
;nf{xL Sarlahi	162,979	12,243	138,743	20	6,449		3,366	537	1,106	23	1						2	14		2					27	11			58		242							2	133
/f}tx6 Rautahat	218,661	3,875	5,272	205,847	25		2,407	366	190	77	4	1													141	1			139		63								253
af/f Bara	250,054	7,221	898	231,560	313	5	5,300	2,517	85	8	36	1	14							183	2				1,169		2	65	339		142							53	141
k;f{ Parsha	137,624	775	137	136,115			281	46	1											2									56		23						178	1	9
sf7df8f}+ -pkTosf_ -Kathmandu Valley _	459,990	188,938	88	82	23,248	1	6	239,791	342	88	589	58	1,221	0	4	0	6	352	0	86	19	0	1	0	299	0	4	1,279	1,061	0	960	0	0	0	0	0	0	225	1,242
sf7df8f}+  Kathmandu	224,867	103,035	84	82	13,564	1	2	102,846	267	38	510	19	922		4		2			83	19				299		3		1,011		838							173	1,065
nlntk'/ Lalitpur	145,301	57,460	4		6,317		4	79,220	47	46	63	39	269				3	352		3			1				1	1,279	47		64							47	35
etmk'/ Bhaktapur	89,822	28,443			3,367			57,725	28	4	16		30				1												3		58							5	142
klZrd kxf8 Western Hills	1,946,502	1,471,356	7	0	119,879	0	293	40,079	145,179	23	146,600	0	12,694	0	0	0	57	1	0	4	3,158	0	0	0	0	280	4,026	5	41	0	678	646	1,220	0	0	0	2	189	85
g'jfsf]6 Nuwakot	162,981	93,349			64,344			3,909	201	3	432		585																		95								63
wflb+u  Dhading	203,039	130,976			45,103			3,878	5,428		11,792		2,316								3,116							5	2			409					2		12
uf]vf{  Gorkha	151,264	122,630			1,909			2,799	2,474	1	19,665		1,763								6								1									16
tgx'F   Tanahau	127,642	77,329			49			8,990	22,785		16,614		1								18					280	19				515		1,039						3
ndh'+u Lamjung	130,935	74,203			7,048			1,866	675	11	45,808		1,072								18						12		1			221
sf:sL Kaski	127,515	97,956	1		1,405			5,489	950	8	21,413		2														260		12		19
:of+u\hf Syangja	339,634	277,803			19			4,459	27,304		29,876		2					1									116											47	7
jfu\n'+u Baglung	228,769	199,668			2			2,100	16,142		284		6,953														3,619					1
u'NdL Gulmi	301,730	293,304						3,418	4,598		409																											1
kfNkf Palpa	172,993	104,138	6				293	3,171	64,622		307						57			4									25		49	15	181					125
;'b"/ klZrd kxf8 Far Western Hills	1,698,083	1,629,345	6	0	6,897	0	28,091	985	23,386	6	1,499	6	7,255	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44	0	52	0	0	0	0	0	0	224	0	256	31
Ko"7fg Piuthan	212,481	209,856						946	1,098		581
;Nofg Salyan	415,524	379,406					25,661	2	10,252		55		83														42		21										2
h'Dnf  Jumla	184,505	170,692			6,810						1		6,995														2		5
b}n]v Dailekh	208,745	193,601					2,428	22	11,613	6	851																									224
c5fd Achham	152,520	152,330					1		189
8f]6L Doti	282,637	282,304			87			3	234		2		4																									3
j}t8L Baitadi	158,962	158,489	6				1	3			9		173																20									253	8
88]nw'/f Dandeldhura	82,709	82,667						9				6																	6										21
dWo leqL dw]z Centeral Inner Terai	244,236	115,606	24	653	76,615	0	24,460	13,550	2,016	1,458	1,157	0	267	0	0	0	103	269	0	1	6,065	0	0	0	55	25	0	628	29	0	36	728	425	0	0	0	0	7	59
lr;fkfgL Chisapani	158,530	61,433	13	8	75,168			13,260	826	1,442	176						103	268		1	5,075				55			628	27		36							7	4
lrtjg Chitawan	67,882	50,826	11	644	1,446		12,156	231	205	8	818		45								990					25			2			2	419						54
gjnk'/ Nawalpur	17,824	3,347		1	1		12,304	59	985	8	163		222					1														726	6						1
klZrd leqL dw]z Western Inner Terai	98,607	38,774	6	0	0	0	59,666	41	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	53	0	16	27	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
bf+u Dang	55,858	30,720	6				25,088	41			1																											2
b]pv'/L Deokhuri	42,749	8,054					34,578																		21				53		16	27
klZrd t/fO{  Western Terai	400,357	11,065	644	75	14	360,289	23,704	2,266	548	34	469	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	88	0	0	0	0	594	54	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	134	319
kfNxL Palhi	96,227	3,064		56		92,502	177	187	189		23									13					10														6
dfemv08 Majhkhanda	141,627	6,229	583	16	9	123,438	8,215	1,834	353	34	446									50					37		57											32	294
vhxgL Khajahani	125,036	1,393	61	3	5	109,417	13,857	195	5			2								13						54	1											12	18
lzj/fh Sivaraj	37,467	379				34,932	1,455	50	1											12					547													90	1
;'b"/ klZrd t/fO{ Far Western Terai	271,551	12,625	35	0	1	86,460	170,604	164	27	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	38	0	0	60	0	0	0	0	44	0	0	0	454	0	299	44	0	0	0	577	0	43	75
jfs] Banke	95,148	5,341	25			73,580	15,240	136	17								1			36					33				183		244					234		28	50
jlb{of Bardia	67,731	2,509	5			11,715	53,274	7	6								37			2									126		28					9		13
s}nfnL Kailali	89,795	4,182	4		1	791	84,266	19	1											12					11				95		20	44				324		2	23
sGrgk'/ Kanchanpur	18,877	593	1			374	17,824	2	3		1									10									50		7					10			2