| TABLE 10. | LITERACY OF POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY SEX, | ||||||
| FOR TOWN PANCHAYATS | |||||||
| Town Panchayats | Total 6 years & over | Literate | Illeterate | ||||
| Both Sexes | Male | Female | Both Sexes | Male | Female | Both Sexes | |
| Total Town Panchayats | 387840 | 211543 | 176297 | 182225 | 130064 | 52161 | 205615 |
| Bhadrapur | 6295 | 3840 | 2455 | 2876 | 2094 | 782 | 3419 |
| Bhairawa | 14408 | 7882 | 6526 | 6871 | 5189 | 1682 | 7537 |
| Bhaktapur | 32576 | 17030 | 15546 | 8860 | 7150 | 1710 | 23716 |
| Biratnagar | 37829 | 22459 | 15370 | 16895 | 12000 | 4895 | 20934 |
| Birgunj | 11051 | 6459 | 4592 | 6509 | 4535 | 1974 | 4542 |
| Butwal | 10816 | 5902 | 4914 | 4482 | 3206 | 1276 | 6334 |
| Dharan | 17489 | 9451 | 8038 | 9470 | 6198 | 3272 | 8019 |
| Hetauda | 12842 | 6863 | 5979 | 4716 | 3712 | 1004 | 8126 |
| Illam | 6121 | 3193 | 2928 | 2585 | 1866 | 719 | 3536 |
| Janakpur | 11640 | 6558 | 5082 | 4400 | 3402 | 998 | 7240 |
| Kathmandu | 128520 | 70409 | 58111 | 72729 | 50434 | 22295 | 55791 |
| Lalitpur | 49172 | 25333 | 23839 | 18906 | 13669 | 5237 | 30266 |
| Nepalgunj | 19537 | 10838 | 8699 | 7266 | 5467 | 1799 | 12271 |
| Pokhara | 17463 | 8548 | 8915 | 7510 | 5580 | 1930 | 9953 |
| Rajbiraj | 6585 | 3862 | 2723 | 4253 | 2992 | 1261 | 2332 |
| Tansen | 5496 | 2916 | 2580 | 3897 | 2570 | 1327 | 1599 |