TABLE 13:-  POPULATION BY FIVE-YEAR AGE GROUPS AND SEX FOR GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS
AREA AND			TOTAL			LITERATE			ILLITERATE
AGE			BOTH SEXES	MALE	FEMALE	BOTH SEXES	MALE	FEMALE	BOTH SEXES	MALE	FEMALE
		NEPAL
TOTAL			12179688	6232972	5946716	2833435	2117025	716410	9346253	4115947	5230306
06-09	YEARS		1661800	845358	816442	359162	234732	124430	1302638	610626	692012
10-14	YEARS		1707021	919290	787731	661554	467052	194502	1045467	452238	593229
15-19	YEARS		1328401	695746	632655	446391	335429	110962	882010	360317	521693
20-24	YEARS		1335698	636929	698769	353863	265556	88307	981835	371373	610462
25-29	YEARS		1161670	570192	591478	266722	206949	59773	894948	363243	531705
30-34	YEARS		975401	468270	507131	188789	148994	39795	786612	319276	467336
35-39	YEARS		893272	461873	431399	156396	127470	28926	736876	334403	402473
40-44	YEARS		752788	376720	376068	110171	89378	20793	642617	287342	355275
45-49	YEARS		618805	329439	289366	87640	73034	14606	531165	256405	274760
50-54	YEARS		542022	290103	251919	67804	56194	11610	474218	233909	240309
55-59	YEARS		345749	188064	157685	45945	38871	7074	299804	149193	150611
60-64	YEARS		367495	191656	175839	37469	30858	6611	330026	160798	169228
65 YRS. & ABOVE			489566	259332	230234	51529	42508	9021	438037	216824	221213
		MOUNTAIN REGION
TOTAL			1068044	545752	522292	191790	150828	40962	876254	394924	481330
06-09	YEARS		130409	66119	64290	19020	13107	5913	111389	53012	58377
10-14	YEARS		141155	75564	65591	43644	32637	11007	97511	42927	54584
15-19	YEARS		119271	62951	56320	31949	25388	6561	87322	37563	49759
20-24	YEARS		119486	58239	61247	25337	20116	5221	94149	38123	56026
25-29	YEARS		101163	49452	51711	18517	15097	3420	82646	34355	48291
30-34	YEARS		87326	41885	45441	13225	10874	2351	74101	31011	43090
35-39	YEARS		78249	39470	38779	10653	8921	1732	67596	30549	37047
40-44	YEARS		69603	34053	35550	7875	6475	1400	61728	27578	34150
45-49	YEARS		53545	27887	25658	6092	5258	834	47453	22629	24824
50-54	YEARS		53901	28471	25430	5223	4341	882	48678	24130	24548
55-59	YEARS		33042	17902	15140	3405	2904	501	29637	14998	14639
60-64	YEARS		37542	19859	17683	3039	2466	573	34503	17393	17110
65 YRS. & ABOVE			43352	23900	19452	3811	3244	567	39541	20656	18885
		EASTERN MOUNTAIN REGION
TOTAL			282911	142664	140247	74912	57929	16983	207999	84735	123264
06-09	YEARS		35965	18352	17613	7512	4858	2654	28453	13494	14959
10-14	YEARS		43309	22502	20807	17506	12210	5296	25803	10292	15511
15-19	YEARS		36560	18742	17818	13172	9972	3200	23388	8770	14618
20-24	YEARS		33590	16452	17138	10266	8047	2219	23324	8405	14919
25-29	YEARS		24723	12150	12573	6857	5626	1231	17866	6524	11342
30-34	YEARS		19608	9628	9980	4788	4093	695	14820	5535	9285
35-39	YEARS		17351	8569	8782	3686	3242	444	13665	5327	8338
40-44	YEARS		16027	7700	8327	2860	2507	353	13167	5193	7974
45-49	YEARS		13333	6766	6567	2272	2044	228	11061	4722	6339
50-54	YEARS		12558	6401	6157	1912	1709	203	10646	4692	5954
55-59	YEARS		8127	4312	3815	1326	1184	142	6801	3128	3673
60-64	YEARS		9012	4579	4433	1174	1055	119	7838	3524	4314
65 YRS. & ABOVE			12748	6511	6237	1581	1382	199	11167	5129	6038
		CENTRAL MOUNTAIN REGION
TOTAL			343249	178260	164989	53417	42022	11395	289832	136238	153594
06-09	YEARS		41180	20826	20354	5521	3736	1785	35659	17090	18569
10-14	YEARS		45878	24755	21123	12682	9538	3144	33196	15217	17979
15-19	YEARS		38641	20980	17661	8869	7135	1734	29772	13845	15927
20-24	YEARS		38571	19252	19319	6748	5367	1381	31823	13885	17938
25-29	YEARS		31684	15752	15932	4777	3884	893	26907	11868	15039
30-34	YEARS		26093	12687	13406	3303	2704	599	22790	9983	12807
35-39	YEARS		24863	12690	12173	2993	2507	486	21870	10183	11687
40-44	YEARS		23089	11625	11464	2248	1835	413	20841	9790	11051
45-49	YEARS		17621	9276	8345	1730	1499	231	15891	7777	8114
50-54	YEARS		17309	9343	7966	1526	1276	250	15783	8067	7716
55-59	YEARS		10577	5795	4782	977	823	154	9600	4972	4628
60-64	YEARS		12074	6516	5558	830	676	154	11244	5840	5404
65 YRS. & ABOVE			15669	8763	6906	1213	1042	171	14456	7721	6735
		WESTERN MOUNTAIN REGION
TOTAL			17103	8968	8135	3822	2812	1010	13281	6156	7125
06-09	YEARS		1787	829	958	495	285	210	1292	544	748
10-14	YEARS		1942	1025	917	972	625	347	970	400	570
15-19	YEARS		1679	874	805	623	457	166	1056	417	639
20-24	YEARS		1949	1051	898	579	470	109	1370	581	789
25-29	YEARS		1820	1041	779	458	392	66	1362	649	713
30-34	YEARS		1405	759	646	244	207	37	1161	552	609
35-39	YEARS		1230	650	580	145	126	19	1085	524	561
40-44	YEARS		1253	655	598	103	86	17	1150	569	581
45-49	YEARS		1053	576	477	83	69	14	970	507	463
50-54	YEARS		869	446	423	47	37	10	822	409	413
55-59	YEARS		638	337	301	29	25	4	609	312	297
60-64	YEARS		638	318	320	18	12	6	620	306	314
65 YRS. & ABOVE			840	407	433	26	21	5	814	386	428
		MID WESTERN MOUNAIN REGION
TOTAL			194980	101023	93957	23934	19527	4407	171046	81496	89550
06-09	YEARS		22385	11550	10835	2167	1668	499	20218	9882	10336
10-14	YEARS		22556	12434	10122	4777	4012	765	17779	8422	9357
15-19	YEARS		20907	10868	10039	3828	3218	610	17079	7650	9429
20-24	YEARS		22259	10619	11640	3351	2714	637	18908	7905	11003
25-29	YEARS		19944	9617	10327	2635	2176	459	17309	7441	9868
30-34	YEARS		19663	9573	10090	2091	1687	404	17572	7886	9686
35-39	YEARS		16123	8487	7636	1531	1252	279	14592	7235	7357
40-44	YEARS		13466	6685	6781	1030	788	242	12436	5897	6539
45-49	YEARS		9222	5102	4120	743	616	127	8479	4486	3993
50-54	YEARS		10424	5791	4633	692	534	158	9732	5257	4475
55-59	YEARS		6065	3448	2617	427	361	66	5638	3087	2551
60-64	YEARS		6681	3658	3023	360	255	105	6321	3403	2918
65 YRS. & ABOVE			5285	3191	2094	302	246	56	4983	2945	2038
		FAR WESTERN MOUNTAIN REGION
TOTAL			229801	114837	114964	35705	28538	7167	194096	86299	107797
06-09	YEARS		29092	14562	14530	3325	2560	765	25767	12002	13765
10-14	YEARS		27470	14848	12622	7707	6252	1455	19763	8596	11167
15-19	YEARS		21484	11487	9997	5457	4606	851	16027	6881	9146
20-24	YEARS		23117	10865	12252	4393	3518	875	18724	7347	11377
25-29	YEARS		22992	10892	12100	3790	3019	771	19202	7873	11329
30-34	YEARS		20557	9238	11319	2799	2183	616	17758	7055	10703
35-39	YEARS		18682	9074	9608	2298	1794	504	16384	7280	9104
40-44	YEARS		15768	7388	8380	1634	1259	375	14134	6129	8005
45-49	YEARS		12316	6167	6149	1264	1030	234	11052	5137	5915
50-54	YEARS		12741	6490	6251	1046	785	261	11695	5705	5990
55-59	YEARS		7635	4010	3625	646	511	135	6989	3499	3490
60-64	YEARS		9137	4788	4349	657	468	189	8480	4320	4160
65 YRS. & ABOVE			8810	5028	3782	689	553	136	8121	4475	3646
		HILL REGION
TOTAL			5835307	2928415	2906892	1455461	1080440	375021	4379846	1847975	2531871
06-09	YEARS		751401	374366	377035	167810	108436	59374	583591	265930	317661
10-14	YEARS		842238	444810	397428	346808	244007	102801	495430	200803	294627
15-19	YEARS		685602	355688	329914	241482	182492	58990	444120	173196	270924
20-24	YEARS		633656	301833	331823	179672	133780	45892	453984	168053	285931
25-29	YEARS		524333	248389	275944	129232	98501	30731	395101	149888	245213
30-34	YEARS		439159	206235	232924	93389	72715	20674	345770	133520	212250
35-39	YEARS		413176	203907	209269	77972	62076	15896	335204	141831	193373
40-44	YEARS		361876	176242	185634	58697	47076	11621	303179	129166	174013
45-49	YEARS		299613	153600	146013	46214	37795	8419	253399	115805	137594
50-54	YEARS		275166	143158	132008	37907	30931	6976	237259	112227	125032
55-59	YEARS		175098	94805	80293	25887	21665	4222	149211	73140	76071
60-64	YEARS		180081	91617	88464	20902	16978	3924	159179	74639	84540
65 YRS. & ABOVE			253908	133765	120143	29489	23988	5501	224419	109777	114642
		EASTERN HILL REGION
TOTAL			1038562	522774	515788	262559	202417	60142	776003	320357	455646
06-09	YEARS		138093	68934	69159	28521	18639	9882	109572	50295	59277
10-14	YEARS		161233	83161	78072	65012	46269	18743	96221	36892	59329
15-19	YEARS		130586	67214	63372	46771	36409	10362	83815	30805	53010
20-24	YEARS		116622	56765	59857	34606	27039	7567	82016	29726	52290
25-29	YEARS		89670	43299	46371	23326	18871	4455	66344	24428	41916
30-34	YEARS		73167	35276	37891	16284	13601	2683	56883	21675	35208
35-39	YEARS		66366	33366	33000	12619	10824	1795	53747	22542	31205
40-44	YEARS		59539	29501	30038	9617	8314	1303	49922	21187	28735
45-49	YEARS		50422	26212	24210	7405	6504	901	43017	19708	23309
50-54	YEARS		46143	23917	22226	5947	5200	747	40196	18717	21479
55-59	YEARS		29428	15813	13615	4139	3631	508	25289	12182	13107
60-64	YEARS		31284	15765	15519	3372	2901	471	27912	12864	15048
65 YRS. & ABOVE			46009	23551	22458	4940	4215	725	41069	19336	21733
		CENTRAL HILL REGION
TOTAL			1733738	895715	838023	495494	352112	143382	1238244	543603	694641
06-09	YEARS		220633	112324	108309	59595	37224	22371	161038	75100	85938
10-14	YEARS		251752	135247	116505	109526	74249	35277	142226	60998	81228
15-19	YEARS		209842	110870	98972	80477	57253	23224	129365	53617	75748
20-24	YEARS		197222	97015	100207	63519	44696	18823	133703	52319	81384
25-29	YEARS		157910	78049	79861	46105	33224	12881	111805	44825	66980
30-34	YEARS		130636	63565	67071	33754	24957	8797	96882	38608	58274
35-39	YEARS		123082	63110	59972	28294	21514	6780	94788	41596	53192
40-44	YEARS		105340	53012	52328	20562	15908	4654	84778	37104	47674
45-49	YEARS		86898	45731	41167	15911	12672	3239	70987	33059	37928
50-54	YEARS		77170	41687	35483	12598	10105	2493	64572	31582	32990
55-59	YEARS		49257	27592	21665	8343	6828	1515	40914	20764	20150
60-64	YEARS		50195	26651	23544	6730	5389	1341	43465	21262	22203
65 YRS. & ABOVE			73801	40862	32939	10080	8093	1987	63721	32769	30952
		WESTERN HILL REGION
TOTAL			1749975	864604	885371	481921	356939	124982	1268054	507665	760389
06-09	YEARS		223106	110512	112594	58892	37657	21235	164214	72855	91359
10-14	YEARS		254054	134409	119645	122860	84669	38191	131194	49740	81454
15-19	YEARS		201632	104206	97426	80296	60943	19353	121336	43263	78073
20-24	YEARS		179645	83622	96023	55199	41468	13731	124446	42154	82292
25-29	YEARS		147698	66867	80831	38552	29614	8938	109146	37253	71893
30-34	YEARS		126517	57770	68747	28098	22186	5912	98419	35584	62835
35-39	YEARS		119692	56549	63143	23564	19018	4546	96128	37531	58597
40-44	YEARS		110879	52729	58150	19027	15519	3508	91852	37210	54642
45-49	YEARS		94380	47481	46899	15281	12661	2620	79099	34820	44279
50-54	YEARS		87431	44687	42744	12932	10615	2317	74499	34072	40427
55-59	YEARS		58060	31222	26838	9193	7811	1382	48867	23411	25456
60-64	YEARS		57436	28621	28815	7421	6121	1300	50015	22500	27515
65 YRS. & ABOVE			89445	45929	43516	10606	8657	1949	78839	37272	41567
		MID WESTERN HILL REGION
TOTAL			826937	409374	417563	133035	105605	27430	693902	303769	390133
06-09	YEARS		110372	54212	56160	13630	9664	3966	96742	44548	52194
10-14	YEARS		115148	60328	54820	32867	25865	7002	82281	34463	47818
15-19	YEARS		92335	46963	45372	21484	17790	3694	70851	29173	41678
20-24	YEARS		90617	41729	48888	16300	12913	3387	74317	28816	45501
25-29	YEARS		82688	38640	44048	12781	10295	2486	69907	28345	41562
30-34	YEARS		68017	31466	36551	8946	7232	1714	59071	24234	34837
35-39	YEARS		63754	31826	31928	7658	6277	1381	56096	25549	30547
40-44	YEARS		51759	24981	26778	5312	4246	1066	46447	20735	25712
45-49	YEARS		41621	21345	20276	4263	3459	804	37358	17886	19472
50-54	YEARS		39185	20321	18864	3605	2894	711	35580	17427	18153
55-59	YEARS		22685	12391	10294	2378	1976	402	20307	10415	9892
60-64	YEARS		23274	11808	11466	1786	1398	388	21488	10410	11078
65 YRS. & ABOVE			25482	13364	12118	2025	1596	429	23457	11768	11689
		FAR WESTERN HILL REGION
TOTAL			486095	235948	250147	82452	63367	19085	403643	172581	231062
06-09	YEARS		59197	28384	30813	7172	5252	1920	52025	23132	28893
10-14	YEARS		60051	31665	28386	16543	12955	3588	43508	18710	24798
15-19	YEARS		51207	26435	24772	12454	10097	2357	38753	16338	22415
20-24	YEARS		49550	22702	26848	10048	7664	2384	39502	15038	24464
25-29	YEARS		46367	21534	24833	8468	6497	1971	37899	15037	22862
30-34	YEARS		40822	18158	22664	6307	4739	1568	34515	13419	21096
35-39	YEARS		40282	19056	21226	5837	4443	1394	34445	14613	19832
40-44	YEARS		34359	16019	18340	4179	3089	1090	30180	12930	17250
45-49	YEARS		26292	12831	13461	3354	2499	855	22938	10332	12606
50-54	YEARS		25237	12546	12691	2825	2117	708	22412	10429	11983
55-59	YEARS		15668	7787	7881	1834	1419	415	13834	6368	7466
60-64	YEARS		17892	8772	9120	1593	1169	424	16299	7603	8696
65 YRS. & ABOVE			19171	10059	9112	1838	1427	411	17333	8632	8701
		TERAI REGION
TOTAL			5276337	2758805	2517532	1186184	885757	300427	4090153	1873048	2217105
06-09	YEARS		779990	404873	375117	172332	113189	59143	607658	291684	315974
10-14	YEARS		723628	398916	324712	271102	190408	80694	452526	208508	244018
15-19	YEARS		523528	277107	246421	172960	127549	45411	350568	149558	201010
20-24	YEARS		582556	276857	305699	148854	111660	37194	433702	165197	268505
25-29	YEARS		536174	272351	263823	118973	93351	25622	417201	179000	238201
30-34	YEARS		448916	220150	228766	82175	65405	16770	366741	154745	211996
35-39	YEARS		401847	218496	183351	67771	56473	11298	334076	162023	172053
40-44	YEARS		321309	166425	154884	43599	35827	7772	277710	130598	147112
45-49	YEARS		265647	147952	117695	35334	29981	5353	230313	117971	112342
50-54	YEARS		212955	118474	94481	24674	20922	3752	188281	97552	90729
55-59	YEARS		137609	75357	62252	16653	14302	2351	120956	61055	59901
60-64	YEARS		149872	80180	69692	13528	11414	2114	136344	68766	67578
65 YRS. & ABOVE			192306	101667	90639	18229	15276	2953	174077	86391	87686
		EASTERN TERAI REGION
TOTAL			1718810	900233	818577	494614	357353	137261	1224196	542880	681316
06-09	YEARS		256231	132274	123957	75744	47723	28021	180487	84551	95936
10-14	YEARS		247287	134213	113074	112805	75095	37710	134482	59118	75364
15-19	YEARS		180573	95398	85175	72212	50654	21558	108361	44744	63617
20-24	YEARS		198017	94578	103439	62646	45437	17209	135371	49141	86230
25-29	YEARS		179698	92635	87063	49194	38058	11136	130504	54577	75927
30-34	YEARS		142403	70157	72246	33465	26243	7222	108938	43914	65024
35-39	YEARS		127515	71144	56371	27860	23102	4758	99655	48042	51613
40-44	YEARS		96776	50346	46430	17526	14419	3107	79250	35927	43323
45-49	YEARS		81928	46399	35529	14318	12166	2152	67610	34233	33377
50-54	YEARS		63016	34459	28557	9664	8170	1494	53352	26289	27063
55-59	YEARS		44234	24990	19244	6843	5876	967	37391	19114	18277
60-64	YEARS		43548	23208	20340	5224	4453	771	38324	18755	19569
65 YRS. & ABOVE			57584	30432	27152	7113	5957	1156	50471	24475	25996
		CENTRAL TERAI REGION
TOTAL			1923458	999753	923705	360793	275196	85597	1562665	724557	838108
06-09	YEARS		281923	147634	134289	50911	34872	16039	231012	112762	118250
10-14	YEARS		246553	138483	108070	80466	58285	22181	166087	80198	85889
15-19	YEARS		171941	91361	80580	49879	37824	12055	122062	53537	68525
20-24	YEARS		208118	96896	111222	44477	33948	10529	163641	62948	100693
25-29	YEARS		196640	99029	97611	37139	29419	7720	159501	69610	89891
30-34	YEARS		172170	83814	88356	26387	21044	5343	145783	62770	83013
35-39	YEARS		148763	80216	68547	21454	17886	3568	127309	62330	64979
40-44	YEARS		123401	62860	60541	14017	11461	2556	109384	51399	57985
45-49	YEARS		101870	55167	46703	11563	9793	1770	90307	45374	44933
50-54	YEARS		84287	46354	37933	8047	6765	1282	76240	39589	36651
55-59	YEARS		52375	27332	25043	5445	4650	795	46930	22682	24248
60-64	YEARS		62225	32551	29674	4711	3929	782	57514	28622	28892
65 YRS. & ABOVE			73192	38056	35136	6297	5320	977	66895	32736	34159
		WESTERN TERAI REGION
TOTAL			773056	404056	369000	170808	130173	40635	602248	273883	328365
06-09	YEARS		107693	55838	51855	23936	15822	8114	83757	40016	43741
10-14	YEARS		102933	56513	46420	39735	28842	10893	63198	27671	35527
15-19	YEARS		75088	39352	35736	25651	19343	6308	49437	20009	29428
20-24	YEARS		84241	40295	43946	21907	16855	5052	62334	23440	38894
25-29	YEARS		74794	37797	36997	17038	13560	3478	57756	24237	33519
30-34	YEARS		64579	31405	33174	11583	9382	2201	52996	22023	30973
35-39	YEARS		60449	32083	28366	9490	8032	1458	50959	24051	26908
40-44	YEARS		50201	26329	23872	6166	5144	1022	44035	21185	22850
45-49	YEARS		40273	22427	17846	4746	4057	689	35527	18370	17157
50-54	YEARS		33316	19069	14247	3633	3160	473	29683	15909	13774
55-59	YEARS		20684	11416	9268	2300	2021	279	18384	9395	8989
60-64	YEARS		23749	13019	10730	1972	1692	280	21777	11327	10450
65 YRS. & ABOVE			35056	18513	16543	2651	2263	388	32405	16250	16155
		MID WEST . TERAI RG.
TOTAL			531023	276998	254025	97039	73322	23717	433984	203676	230308
06-09	YEARS		80805	40725	40080	13470	8949	4521	67335	31776	35559
10-14	YEARS		80427	43577	36850	24041	17404	6637	56386	26173	30213
15-19	YEARS		60082	32130	27952	15742	12107	3635	44340	20023	24317
20-24	YEARS		55707	27157	28550	11667	8906	2761	44040	18251	25789
25-29	YEARS		51339	25527	25812	9089	7081	2008	42250	18446	23804
30-34	YEARS		42739	21096	21643	6287	5064	1223	36452	16032	20420
35-39	YEARS		40176	21226	18950	5186	4258	928	34990	16968	18022
40-44	YEARS		31961	16733	15228	3451	2785	666	28510	13948	14562
45-49	YEARS		25806	14556	11250	2750	2313	437	23056	12243	10813
50-54	YEARS		19974	11239	8735	1868	1577	291	18106	9662	8444
55-59	YEARS		12764	7248	5516	1237	1062	175	11527	6186	5341
60-64	YEARS		12302	6612	5690	956	776	180	11346	5836	5510
65 YRS. & ABOVE			16941	9172	7769	1295	1040	255	15646	8132	7514
		FAR WEST . TERAI RG.
TOTAL			329990	177765	152225	62930	49713	13217	267060	128052	139008
06-09	YEARS		53338	28402	24936	8271	5823	2448	45067	22579	22488
10-14	YEARS		46428	26130	20298	14055	10782	3273	32373	15348	17025
15-19	YEARS		35844	18866	16978	9476	7621	1855	26368	11245	15123
20-24	YEARS		36473	17931	18542	8157	6514	1643	28316	11417	16899
25-29	YEARS		33703	17363	16340	6513	5233	1280	27190	12130	15060
30-34	YEARS		27025	13678	13347	4453	3672	781	22572	10006	12566
35-39	YEARS		24944	13827	11117	3781	3195	586	21163	10632	10531
40-44	YEARS		18970	10157	8813	2439	2018	421	16531	8139	8392
45-49	YEARS		15770	9403	6367	1957	1652	305	13813	7751	6062
50-54	YEARS		12362	7353	5009	1462	1250	212	10900	6103	4797
55-59	YEARS		7552	4371	3181	828	693	135	6724	3678	3046
60-64	YEARS		8048	4790	3258	665	564	101	7383	4226	3157
65 YRS. & ABOVE			9533	5494	4039	873	696	177	8660	4798	3862