TABLE 4.	LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY SEX, FOR DEVELOPMENT AND
	GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS AND DISTRICTS
As at 22 June 1971 Census
Regions		Total	No Schooling	Primary	Middle	High	Intermediate	Graduate	Post Graduate
NEPAL	Total	8,851,696	8,558,857	144,778	58,126	62,010	13,762	9,656	4,507
	Male	4,294,921	4,032,268	131,198	50,688	55,520	12,401	8,804	4,042
	Female	4,556,775	4,526,589	13,580	7,438	6,490	1,361	852	465
Eastern Development Region
	Total	2,118,508	2,045,431	33,430	16,235	17,138	3,360	2,212	702
	Male	1,029,923	965,538	29,526	13,713	15,407	3,019	2,062	658
	Female	1,088,585	1,079,893	3,904	2,522	1,731	341	150	44
Eastern Mountain Region
	Total	240,223	237,151	1,343	692	773	155	90	19
	Male	114,553	111,772	1,195	638	702	145	83	18
	Female	125,670	125,379	148	54	71	10	7	1
Taplejung
	Total	66,505	65,317	627	293	199	30	31	8
	Male	31,835	30,757	566	261	184	29	30	8
	Female	34,670	34,560	61	32	15	1	1
Sankhuwasabha
	Total	90,902	89,553	482	262	454	95	47	9
	Male	43,034	41,819	426	244	406	88	42	9
	Female	47,868	47,734	56	18	48	7	5
Solukhumbu
	Total	82,816	82,281	234	137	120	30	12	2
	Male	39,684	39,196	203	133	112	28	11	1
	Female	43,132	43,085	31	4	8	2	1	1
Eastern Hill Region
	Total	857,146	836,922	11,835	3,271	3,931	691	399	97
	Male	403,844	385,386	10,873	2,894	3,603	618	379	91
	Female	453,302	451,536	962	377	328	73	20	6
Panchthar
	Total	114,604	112,097	1,328	576	507	64	30	2
	Male	54,516	52,239	1,195	513	477	60	30	2
	Female	60,088	59,858	133	63	30	4
Illam
	Total	107,088	104,037	1,427	682	689	154	76	23
	Male	51,981	49,353	1,228	575	601	133	68	23
	Female	55,107	54,684	199	107	88	21	8
Tehrathum
	Total	92,249	90,770	383	326	569	144	48	9
	Male	43,039	41,736	318	277	517	136	47	8
	Female	49,210	49,034	65	49	52	8	1	1
Dhankuta
	Total	81,896	79,495	1,088	497	596	125	69	26
	Male	38,075	35,955	974	444	518	101	61	22
	Female	43,821	43,540	114	53	78	24	8	4
Bhojpur
	Total	151,133	147,623	2,355	291	644	106	95	19
	Male	70,215	66,987	2,159	261	600	95	94	19
	Female	80,918	80,636	196	30	44	11	1
Khotang
	Total	126,757	124,225	1,790	324	339	42	31	6
	Male	58,809	56,357	1,738	306	332	40	30	6
	Female	67,948	67,868	52	18	7	2	1
Okhaldhunga
	Total	95,799	93,801	1,256	328	354	29	27	4
	Male	44,608	42,786	1,137	293	335	27	26	4
	Female	51,191	51,015	119	35	19	2	1
Udayapur
	Total	87,620	84,874	2,208	247	233	27	23	8
	Male	42,601	39,973	2,124	225	223	26	23	7
	Female	45,019	44,901	84	22	10	1		1
Eastern Plain Region
	Total	1,021,139	971,358	20,252	12,272	12,434	2,514	1,723	586
	Male	511,526	468,380	17,458	10,181	11,102	2,256	1,600	549
	Female	509,613	502,978	2,794	2,091	1,332	258	123	37
Jhapa
	Total	175,146	166,067	3,994	2,233	2,042	481	265	64
	Male	92,405	84,713	3,351	1,807	1,792	437	247	58
	Female	82,741	81,354	643	426	250	44	18	6
Morang
	Total	219,311	207,412	4,516	3,089	2,974	683	478	159
	Male	112,338	102,210	3,867	2,563	2,528	588	441	141
	Female	106,973	105,202	649	526	446	95	37	18
Sunsari
	Total	159,973	150,879	3,370	2,480	2,282	533	334	95
	Male	79,628	71,963	2,788	2,081	1,960	445	298	93
	Female	80,345	78,916	582	399	322	88	36	2
Saptari
	Total	237,612	227,944	3,484	2,275	2,836	527	375	171
	Male	115,578	107,033	3,017	1,847	2,651	509	358	163
	Female	122,034	120,911	467	428	185	18	17	8
Siraha
	Total	229,097	219,056	4,888	2,195	2,300	290	271	97
	Male	111,577	102,461	4,435	1,883	2,171	277	256	94
	Female	117,520	116,595	453	312	129	13	15	3
Central Development Region
	Total	2,963,423	2,873,581	30,027	17,019	26,875	7,054	5,616	3,251
	Male	1,465,330	1,386,088	26,984	14,536	23,599	6,255	5,008	2,860
	Female	1,498,093	1,487,493	3,043	2,483	3,276	799	608	391
Central Mountain Region
	Total	287,841	285,139	1,490	446	597	110	47	12
	Male	141,708	139,188	1,376	425	557	103	47	12
	Female	146,133	145,951	114	21	40	7	0	0
Dolakha
	Total	104,517	102,869	1,119	217	229	52	24	7
	Male	49,241	47,712	1,033	207	209	49	24	7
	Female	55,276	55,157	86	10	20	3
Sindhu Palchok
	Total	168,981	168,009	351	222	324	51	20	4
	Male	85,361	84,445	327	211	307	47	20	4
	Female	83,620	83,564	24	11	17	4
Rasuwa
	Total	14,343	14,261	20	7	44	7	3	1
	Male	7,106	7,031	16	7	41	7	3	1
	Female	7,237	7,230	4		3
Central Hill Region
	Total	1,319,903	1,275,578	11,027	7,291	14,728	4,645	3,937	2,697
	Male	646,297	607,949	10,201	6,201	12,256	3,976	3,387	2,327
	Female	673,606	667,629	826	1,090	2,472	669	550	370
Sindhuli
	Total	113,724	111,629	1,489	216	276	69	37	8
	Male	55,683	53,699	1,409	207	262	63	36	7
	Female	58,041	57,930	80	9	14	6	1	1
Ramechhap
	Total	125,228	123,156	1,427	304	279	39	19	4
	Male	58,274	56,323	1,354	280	258	37	18	4
	Female	66,954	66,833	73	24	21	2	1
Nuwakot
	Total	140,317	138,250	1,234	320	407	65	35	6
	Male	70,832	68,907	1,174	286	367	63	31	4
	Female	69,485	69,343	60	34	40	2	4	2
Dhading
	Total	191,413	189,938	918	225	264	34	24	10
	Male	96,037	94,658	845	212	254	34	24	10
	Female	95,376	95,280	73	13	10
Kavre Palanchok
	Total	193,519	191,279	716	508	758	170	62	26
	Male	93,974	91,894	662	470	706	159	60	23
	Female	99,545	99,385	54	38	52	11	2	3
Makwanpur
	Total	125,380	123,339	1,351	167	359	98	54	12
	Male	62,624	60,725	1,277	151	317	91	52	11
	Female	62,756	62,614	74	16	42	7	2	1
Bhaktapur
	Total	79,837	77,902	316	342	859	255	105	58
	Male	38,588	36,827	294	300	781	237	101	48
	Female	41,249	41,075	22	42	78	18	4	10
Kathmandu
	Total	239,621	214,886	2,637	4,260	9,413	3,201	3,039	2,185
	Male	117,546	97,010	2,332	3,499	7,557	2,674	2,580	1,894
	Female	122,075	117,876	305	761	1,856	527	459	291
Lalitpur
	Total	110,864	105,199	939	949	2,113	714	562	388
	Male	52,739	47,906	854	796	1,754	618	485	326
	Female	58,125	57,293	85	153	359	96	77	62
Central Plain Region
	Total	1,355,679	1,312,864	17,510	9,282	11,550	2,299	1,632	542
	Male	677,325	638,951	15,407	7,910	10,786	2,176	1,574	521
	Female	678,354	673,913	2,103	1,372	764	123	58	21
Dhanusha
	Total	250,292	242,231	2,542	1,822	2,646	436	447	168
	Male	123,358	116,079	2,234	1,561	2,472	418	433	161
	Female	126,934	126,152	308	261	174	18	14	7
Mahottari
	Total	249,552	241,442	3,391	1,521	2,287	460	337	114
	Male	123,203	116,087	2,891	1,184	2,159	438	330	114
	Female	126,349	125,355	500	337	128	22	7
Sarlahi
	Total	135,945	132,893	1,336	625	816	154	100	21
	Male	68,165	65,460	1,164	528	752	145	96	20
	Female	67,780	67,433	172	97	64	9	4	1
Chitwan
	Total	132,461	130,606	360	425	746	178	114	32
	Male	65,219	63,585	291	366	667	171	110	29
	Female	67,242	67,021	69	59	79	7	4	3
Rautahat
	Total	254,178	248,739	2,104	1,119	1,591	315	243	67
	Male	128,711	123,789	1,843	953	1,521	307	232	66
	Female	125,467	124,950	261	166	70	8	11	1
Bara
	Total	179,684	172,814	3,218	1,797	1,499	225	115	16
	Male	90,749	84,530	2,899	1,567	1,409	218	111	15
	Female	88,935	88,284	319	230	90	7	4	1
Parsa
	Total	153,567	144,139	4,559	1,973	1,965	531	276	124
	Male	77,920	69,421	4,085	1,751	1,806	479	262	116
	Female	75,647	74,718	474	222	159	52	14	8
Western Development Region
	Total	1,876,137	1,789,382	54,208	15,771	12,761	2,395	1,244	376
	Male	870,375	791,534	49,325	14,050	11,692	2,237	1,184	353
	Female	1,005,762	997,848	4,883	1,721	1,069	158	60	23
Western Mountain Region
	Total	41,997	40,747	782	209	226	26	6	1
	Male	20,605	19,506	662	185	220	25	6	1
	Female	21,392	21,241	120	24	6	1	0	0
Manang
	Total	6,340	6,197	121	4	15	3	0	0
	Male	3,366	3,248	96	4	15	3
	Female	2,974	2,949	25
Mustang
	Total	20,496	19,464	635	183	187	21	5	1
	Male	9,776	8,867	542	159	182	20	5	1
	Female	10,720	10,597	93	24	5	1
Dolpa
	Total	15,161	15,086	26	22	24	2	1	0
	Male	7,463	7,391	24	22	23	2	1
	Female	7,698	7,695	2		1
Western Hill Region
	Total	1,376,037	1,315,076	40,488	9,429	8,443	1,540	838	223
	Male	622,033	566,072	37,217	8,491	7,780	1,455	807	211
	Female	754,004	749,004	3,271	938	663	85	31	12
Gorkha
	Total	139,166	134,730	3,069	610	626	63	63	5
	Male	66,324	62,177	2,870	559	595	61	57	5
	Female	72,842	72,553	199	51	31	2	6
Lamjung
	Total	111,501	107,432	2,992	414	515	102	44	2
	Male	51,333	47,528	2,788	378	501	93	43	2
	Female	60,168	59,904	204	36	14	9	1
Kaski
	Total	109,248	104,653	1,470	1,274	1,332	325	152	42
	Male	47,179	43,214	1,214	1,109	1,154	302	147	39
	Female	62,069	61,439	256	165	178	23	5	3
Parbat
	Total	89,394	85,517	2,459	652	621	94	43	8
	Male	38,926	35,354	2,252	588	593	90	41	8
	Female	50,468	50,163	207	64	28	4	2
Tanahun
	Total	120,124	113,311	5,105	862	688	91	56	11
	Male	54,513	48,267	4,639	790	664	86	56	11
	Female	65,611	65,044	466	72	24	5
Syangja
	Total	200,239	190,037	6,698	1,802	1,361	174	144	23
	Male	87,618	78,182	6,166	1,640	1,299	168	141	22
	Female	112,621	111,855	532	162	62	6	3	1
Palpa
	Total	155,394	144,988	7,385	1,380	1,189	246	133	73
	Male	71,055	61,598	6,792	1,207	1,036	229	126	67
	Female	84,339	83,390	593	173	153	17	7	6
Gulmi
	Total	173,628	166,100	5,370	953	925	173	82	25
	Male	77,797	70,746	5,034	882	859	170	81	25
	Female	95,831	95,354	336	71	66	3	1
Arghakhanchi
	Total	97,817	93,711	2,945	549	456	100	42	14
	Male	44,692	40,817	2,779	507	435	98	42	14
	Female	53,125	52,894	166	42	21	2
Myagdi
	Total	45,073	43,565	1,125	191	155	20	15	2
	Male	20,886	19,509	1,031	169	141	19	15	2
	Female	24,187	24,056	94	22	14	1
Baglung
	Total	134,453	131,032	1,870	742	575	152	64	18
	Male	61,710	58,680	1,652	662	503	139	58	16
	Female	72,743	72,352	218	80	72	13	6	2
Western Plain Region
	Total	458,103	433,559	12,938	6,133	4,092	829	400	152
	Male	227,737	205,956	11,446	5,374	3,692	757	371	141
	Female	230,366	227,603	1,492	759	400	72	29	11
Nawalparasi
	Total	110,560	105,351	3,066	1,129	761	155	63	35
	Male	54,366	49,662	2,762	1,010	693	147	60	32
	Female	56,194	55,689	304	119	68	8	3	3
Kapilbastu
	Total	161,888	153,736	4,230	2,094	1,378	264	129	57
	Male	80,777	73,582	3,680	1,833	1,258	246	123	55
	Female	81,111	80,154	550	261	120	18	6	2
Rupandehi
	Total	185,655	174,472	5,642	2,910	1,953	410	208	60
	Male	92,594	82,712	5,004	2,531	1,741	364	188	54
	Female	93,061	91,760	638	379	212	46	20	6
Far Western Development Region
	Total	1,893,628	1,850,463	27,113	9,101	5,236	953	584	178
	Male	929,293	889,108	25,363	8,389	4,822	890	550	171
	Female	964,335	961,355	1,750	712	414	63	34	7
Far Western Mountain Region
	Total	338,707	330,921	5,608	1,504	553	86	24	11
	Male	168,141	160,797	5,273	1,429	524	85	22	11
	Female	170,566	170,124	335	75	29	1	2	0
Humla
	Total	24,512	24,371	103	24	12	2	0	0
	Male	12,591	12,460	95	22	12	2
	Female	11,921	11,911	8	2
Mugu
	Total	20,728	20,567	110	39	11	1	0	0
	Male	10,522	10,374	99	37	11	1
	Female	10,206	10,193	11	2
Tibrikot
	Total	7,618	7,431	91	61	30	4	0	1
	Male	3,847	3,669	86	57	30	4		1
	Female	3,771	3,762	5	4
Jumla
	Total	98,064	96,178	1,337	398	118	24	5	4
	Male	49,447	47,657	1,267	378	112	24	5	4
	Female	48,617	48,521	70	20	6
Bajura
	Total	48,853	48,307	384	120	37	3	2	0
	Male	23,814	23,302	360	112	36	2	2
	Female	25,039	25,005	24	8	1	1
Bajhang
	Total	86,467	84,521	1,490	309	114	21	8	4
	Male	42,437	40,609	1,394	297	106	21	6	4
	Female	44,030	43,912	96	12	8		2
Darchula
	Total	52,465	49,546	2,093	553	231	31	9	2
	Male	25,483	22,726	1,972	526	217	31	9	2
	Female	26,982	26,820	121	27	14
Far Western Hill Region
	Total	1,101,902	1,078,974	15,919	4,098	2,315	340	204	52
	Male	526,623	504,821	15,149	3,888	2,196	323	197	49
	Female	575,279	574,153	770	210	119	17	7	3
Rukum
	Total	74,773	73,535	960	175	88	8	7	0
	Male	36,040	34,866	919	161	80	8	6
	Female	38,733	38,669	41	14	8		1
Rolpa
	Total	129,373	126,800	2,130	312	108	17	6	0
	Male	61,560	59,117	2,029	292	100	16	6
	Female	67,813	67,683	101	20	8	1
Salyan
	Total	109,785	107,588	1,672	314	174	20	16	1
	Male	51,741	49,668	1,579	290	167	20	16	1
	Female	58,044	57,920	93	24	7
Pyuthan
	Total	106,133	102,820	2,296	512	387	62	42	14
	Male	48,995	45,849	2,179	485	366	62	40	14
	Female	57,138	56,971	117	27	21		2
Jajarkot
	Total	69,169	68,797	244	74	48	2	3	1
	Male	35,080	34,735	226	67	47	1	3	1
	Female	34,089	34,062	18	7	1	1
Dailekh
	Total	122,654	120,627	1,553	299	162	9	3	1
	Male	59,781	57,813	1,519	284	152	9	3	1
	Female	62,873	62,814	34	15	10
Surkhet
	Total	77,079	75,441	1,010	429	156	29	13	1
	Male	37,458	35,916	939	413	150	26	13	1
	Female	39,621	39,525	71	16	6	3
Achham
	Total	106,243	105,383	611	139	96	11	2	1
	Male	49,944	49,130	576	132	92	11	2	1
	Female	56,299	56,253	35	7	4
Doti
	Total	132,863	131,157	1,053	313	247	54	27	12
	Male	63,632	62,041	995	290	218	50	27	11
	Female	69,231	69,116	58	23	29	4		1
Baitadi
	Total	100,991	96,639	2,652	996	534	100	54	16
	Male	49,537	45,371	2,525	962	520	94	50	15
	Female	51,454	51,268	127	34	14	6	4	1
Dandeldhura
	Total	72,839	70,187	1,738	535	315	28	31	5
	Male	32,855	30,315	1,663	512	304	26	31	4
	Female	39,984	39,872	75	23	11	2		1
Far Western Plain Region
	Total	453,019	440,568	5,586	3,499	2,368	527	356	115
	Male	234,529	223,490	4,941	3,072	2,102	482	331	111
	Female	218,490	217,078	645	427	266	45	25	4
Dangdeukhuri
	Total	124,706	122,106	783	704	788	160	111	54
	Male	61,832	59,589	646	581	706	151	108	51
	Female	62,874	62,517	137	123	82	9	3	3
Banke
	Total	98,208	93,936	1,381	1,660	836	198	152	45
	Male	51,702	47,981	1,163	1,481	721	178	134	44
	Female	46,506	45,955	218	179	115	20	18	1
Bardiya
	Total	78,113	76,913	510	333	272	55	26	4
	Male	40,853	39,808	440	285	239	51	26	4
	Female	37,260	37,105	70	48	33	4
Kailali
	Total	98,801	96,901	1,301	273	226	56	37	7
	Male	52,009	50,260	1,206	242	208	52	34	7
	Female	46,792	46,641	95	31	18	4	3
Kanchanpur
	Total	53,191	50,712	1,611	529	246	58	30	5
	Male	28,133	25,852	1,486	483	228	50	29	5
	Female	25,058	24,860	125	46	18	8	1