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