| TABLE 12:- TOTAL POPULATION BY RELIGION AND SEX FOR GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS . | |||||||||||||||
| AREA | TOTAL | HINDU | BUDDHIST | JAIN | ISLAM | CHRISTIAN | OTHERS/ U | ||||||||
| MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | MALE | FEMALE | ||
| NEPAL | 7695336 | 7327503 | 6906382 | 6539405 | 388981 | 410100 | 5038 | 4400 | 206437 | 192760 | 2113 | 1778 | 186385 | 179060 | |
| MOUNTAIN REGION | 666432 | 636464 | 571048 | 540919 | 79228 | 79863 | 70 | 80 | 267 | 220 | 115 | 77 | 15704 | 15305 | |
| EASTERN MTN.REG. | 170848 | 167591 | 148288 | 145081 | 21574 | 21707 | 22 | 16 | 65 | 38 | 43 | 28 | 856 | 721 | |
| CENTRAL MTN.REG. | 213292 | 199851 | 166324 | 153114 | 44987 | 45009 | 27 | 34 | 112 | 116 | 26 | 19 | 1816 | 1559 | |
| WESTERN MTN.REG. | 10378 | 9573 | 4227 | 3262 | 5889 | 6148 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 12 | 240 | 145 | ||
| MID WEST MTN.REG. | 125836 | 116650 | 114929 | 106423 | 5351 | 5377 | 9 | 10 | 43 | 21 | 15 | 9 | 5489 | 4810 | |
| FAR WEST MTN.REG. | 146078 | 142799 | 137280 | 133039 | 1427 | 1622 | 6 | 15 | 47 | 44 | 15 | 9 | 7303 | 8070 | |
| HILL REGION | 3619439 | 3543676 | 3269005 | 3178518 | 245575 | 261639 | 584 | 517 | 6928 | 6519 | 1090 | 931 | 96257 | 95552 | |
| EASTERN HILL REG. | 633054 | 623988 | 604133 | 593287 | 23883 | 26058 | 48 | 45 | 407 | 411 | 67 | 50 | 4516 | 4137 | |
| CENTRAL HILL REG. | 1089381 | 1019052 | 898139 | 825382 | 169062 | 172847 | 288 | 268 | 2970 | 2617 | 339 | 250 | 18583 | 17688 | |
| WESTERN HILL REG. | 1074819 | 1076120 | 987855 | 981106 | 46090 | 55184 | 188 | 146 | 3129 | 3104 | 564 | 545 | 36993 | 36035 | |
| MID WEST HILL REG. | 521695 | 520670 | 499505 | 496374 | 4242 | 4911 | 38 | 45 | 362 | 345 | 91 | 63 | 17457 | 18932 | |
| FAR WEST HILL REG. | 300490 | 303846 | 279373 | 282369 | 2298 | 2639 | 22 | 13 | 60 | 42 | 29 | 23 | 18708 | 18760 | |
| TERAI REGION | 3409465 | 3147363 | 3066329 | 2819968 | 64178 | 68598 | 4384 | 3803 | 199242 | 186021 | 908 | 770 | 74424 | 68203 | |
| EASTERN TERAI REG. | 1098055 | 1015387 | 1018081 | 939376 | 17275 | 18909 | 1024 | 808 | 51389 | 47162 | 350 | 300 | 9936 | 8832 | |
| CENTRAL TERAI REG. | 1235942 | 1151839 | 1063442 | 984957 | 36001 | 37866 | 2131 | 1980 | 100002 | 94959 | 380 | 323 | 33986 | 31754 | |
| WESTERN TERAI REG. | 499345 | 458624 | 446292 | 409098 | 5627 | 6736 | 1169 | 977 | 33077 | 29745 | 84 | 79 | 13096 | 11989 | |
| MID WEST TERAI REG. | 346974 | 323786 | 316524 | 294512 | 2599 | 2789 | 35 | 20 | 14053 | 13634 | 47 | 34 | 13716 | 12797 | |
| FAR WEST TERAI REG. | 229149 | 197727 | 221990 | 192025 | 2676 | 2298 | 25 | 18 | 721 | 521 | 47 | 34 | 3690 | 2831 | |