TABLE 42.	LITERACY OF POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY AGE & SEX FOR SELECTED LOCALITES 1971
	TOTAL			BOTH SEXES		LITERATE		FEMALE		ILLITERATE
	6YEARS AND OVER					MALE				BOTH SEXES
AREA AND AGE	Both sexes	Male	Female	Total	Percent	Number	Percent	Number	Percent	Total	Perent
BHADRAPUR
TOTAL	6,295	3,840	2,455	2,876	45.7	2,094	54.5	782	31.9	3,419	54.3
6 TO 9 YEARS	813	426	387	387	47.6	219	51.4	168	43.4	426	52.4
10 TO 14 YEARS	916	535	381	580	63.3	340	63.6	240	63.0	336	36.7
15 TO 19 YEARS	769	481	288	466	60.6	323	67.2	143	49.7	303	39.4
20 TO 24 YEARS	695	441	254	357	51.4	280	63.5	77	30.3	338	48.6
25 TO 29 YEARS	695	416	279	281	40.4	225	54.1	56	20.1	414	59.6
30 TO 34 YEARS	543	327	216	197	36.3	161	49.2	36	16.7	346	63.7
35 TO 39 YEARS	656	404	252	214	32.6	183	45.3	31	12.3	442	67.4
40 TO 44 YEARS	421	291	130	151	35.9	136	46.7	15	11.5	270	64.1
45 TO 54 YEARS	423	305	118	136	32.2	127	41.6	9	7.6	287	67.8
55 TO 64 YEARS	239	138	101	60	25.1	56	40.6	4	4.0	179	74.9
65 YEARS AND OVER	125	76	49	47	37.6	44	57.9	3	6.1	78	62.4
BHAIRAWA
TOTAL	14,408	7,882	6,526	6,871	47.7	5,189	65.8	1,682	25.8	7,537	52.3
6 TO 9 YEARS	1,703	852	851	848	49.8	478	56.1	370	43.5	855	50.2
10 TO 14 YEARS	1,936	1,037	899	1,344	69.4	808	77.9	536	59.6	592	30.6
15 TO 19 YEARS	1,719	951	768	1,087	63.2	767	80.7	320	41.7	632	36.8
20 TO 24 YEARS	1,795	1,069	726	974	54.3	811	75.9	163	22.5	821	45.7
25 TO 29 YEARS	1,535	860	675	733	47.8	620	72.1	113	16.7	802	52.2
30 TO 34 YEARS	1,249	639	610	449	35.9	395	61.8	54	8.9	800	64.1
35 TO 39 YEARS	1,217	639	578	417	34.3	373	58.4	44	7.6	800	65.7
40 TO 44 YEARS	1,028	596	432	355	34.5	323	54.2	32	7.4	673	65.5
45 TO 54 YEARS	1,233	742	491	448	36.3	412	55.5	36	7.3	785	63.7
55 TO 64 YEARS	598	305	293	137	22.9	131	43.0	6	2.0	461	77.1
65 YEARS AND OVER	395	192	203	79	20.0	71	37.0	8	3.9	316	80.0
BHAKTAPUR
TOTAL	32,576	17,030	15,546	8,860	27.2	7,150	42.0	1,710	11.0	23,716	72.8
6 TO 9 YEARS	3,889	1,985	1,904	1,214	31.2	848	42.7	366	19.2	2,675	68.8
10 TO 14 YEARS	3,921	1,979	1,942	1,806	46.1	1,266	64.0	540	27.8	2,115	53.9
15 TO 19 YEARS	3,801	2,172	1,629	1,812	47.7	1,428	65.7	384	23.6	1,989	52.3
20 TO 24 YEARS	3,298	1,800	1,498	1,049	31.8	873	48.5	176	11.7	2,249	68.2
25 TO 29 YEARS	3,205	1,703	1,502	832	26.0	730	42.9	102	6.8	2,373	74.0
30 TO 34 YEARS	2,698	1,356	1,342	535	19.8	486	35.8	49	3.7	2,163	80.2
35 TO 39 YEARS	2,470	1,282	1,188	441	17.9	402	31.4	39	3.3	2,029	82.1
40 TO 44 YEARS	2,078	1,076	1,002	341	16.4	320	29.7	21	2.1	1,737	83.6
45 TO 54 YEARS	3,308	1,647	1,661	424	12.8	406	24.7	18	1.1	2,884	87.2
55 TO 64 YEARS	2,361	1,216	1,145	247	10.5	236	19.4	11	1.0	2,114	89.5
65 YEARS AND OVER	1,547	814	733	159	10.3	155	19.0	4	0.5	1,388	89.7
							#DIV/0!
BIRATNAGAR
TOTAL	37,829	22,459	15,370	16,895	44.7	12,000	53.4	4,895	31.8	20,934	55.3
6 TO 9 YEARS	4,296	2,191	2,105	2,203	51.3	1,217	55.5	986	46.8	2,093	48.7
10 TO 14 YEARS	5,090	2,816	2,274	3,463	68.0	2,042	72.5	1,421	62.5	1,627	32.0
15 TO 19 YEARS	4,762	2,857	1,905	2,747	57.7	1,796	62.9	951	49.9	2,015	42.3
20 TO 24 YEARS	4,756	2,906	1,850	2,235	47.0	1,636	56.3	599	32.4	2,521	53.0
25 TO 29 YEARS	4,582	2,970	1,612	1,702	37.1	1,375	46.3	327	20.3	2,880	62.9
30 TO 34 YEARS	3,583	2,108	1,475	1,231	34.4	1,019	48.3	212	14.4	2,352	65.6
35 TO 39 YEARS	2,974	1,895	1,079	1,058	35.6	900	47.5	158	14.6	1,916	64.4
40 TO 44 YEARS	2,542	1,551	991	807	31.7	705	45.5	102	10.3	1,735	68.3
45 TO 54 YEARS	2,969	1,915	1,054	927	31.2	825	43.1	102	9.7	2,042	68.8
55 TO 64 YEARS	1,423	810	613	351	24.7	328	40.5	23	3.8	1,072	75.3
65 YEARS AND OVER	852	440	412	171	20.1	157	35.7	14	3.4	681	79.9
BIRJUNG
TOTAL	11,051	6,459	4,592	6,509	58.9	4,535	70.2	1,974	43.0	4,542	41.1
6 TO 9 YEARS	1,199	624	575	765	63.8	431	69.1	334	58.1	434	36.2
10 TO 14 YEARS	1,453	813	640	1,135	78.1	687	84.5	448	70.0	318	21.9
15 TO 19 YEARS	1,375	829	546	925	67.3	623	75.2	302	55.3	450	32.7
20 TO 24 YEARS	1,544	934	610	959	62.1	707	75.7	252	41.3	585	37.9
25 TO 29 YEARS	1,232	756	476	707	57.4	527	69.7	180	37.8	525	42.6
30 TO 34 YEARS	1,006	543	463	505	50.2	364	67.0	141	30.5	501	49.8
35 TO 39 YEARS	897	556	341	460	51.3	349	62.8	111	32.6	437	48.7
40 TO 44 YEARS	675	439	236	334	49.5	271	61.7	63	26.7	341	50.5
45 TO 54 YEARS	863	543	320	407	47.2	329	60.6	78	24.4	456	52.8
55 TO 64 YEARS	521	272	249	217	41.7	166	61.0	51	20.5	304	58.3
65 YEARS AND OVER	286	150	136	95	33.2	81	54.0	14	10.3	191	66.8
BUTWAL
TOTAL	10,816	5,902	4,914	4,482	41.4	3,206	54.3	1,276	26.0	6,334	58.6
6 TO 9 YEARS	1,284	627	657	613	47.7	335	53.4	278	42.3	671	52.3
10 TO 14 YEARS	1,550	819	731	1,065	68.7	643	78.5	422	57.7	485	31.3
15 TO 19 YEARS	1,359	772	587	833	61.3	581	75.3	252	42.9	526	38.7
20 TO 24 YEARS	1,236	675	561	579	46.8	424	62.8	155	27.6	657	53.2
25 TO 29 YEARS	1,074	571	503	364	33.9	290	50.8	74	14.7	710	66.1
30 TO 34 YEARS	990	490	500	288	29.1	249	50.8	39	7.8	702	70.9
35 TO 39 YEARS	889	494	395	228	25.6	202	40.9	26	6.6	661	74.4
40 TO 44 YEARS	789	456	333	184	23.3	165	36.2	19	5.7	605	76.7
45 TO 54 YEARS	938	580	358	204	21.7	197	34.0	7	2.0	734	78.3
55 TO 64 YEARS	466	273	193	91	19.5	88	32.2	3	1.6	375	80.5
65 YEARS AND OVER	241	145	96	33	13.7	32	22.1	1	1.0	208	86.3
DHARAN
TOTAL	17,489	9,451	8,038	9,470	54.1	6,198	65.6	3,272	40.7	8,019	45.9
6 TO 9 YEARS	2,217	1,070	1,147	1,308	59.0	676	63.2	632	55.1	909	41.0
10 TO 14 YEARS	3,073	1,634	1,439	2,498	81.3	1,388	84.9	1,110	77.1	575	18.7
15 TO 19 YEARS	2,806	1,695	1,111	2,173	77.4	1,436	84.7	737	66.3	633	22.6
20 TO 24 YEARS	2,155	1,180	975	1,296	60.1	892	75.6	404	41.4	859	39.9
25 TO 29 YEARS	1,660	902	758	759	45.7	577	64.0	182	24.0	901	54.3
30 TO 34 YEARS	1,266	628	638	436	34.4	344	54.8	92	14.4	830	65.6
35 TO 39 YEARS	1,085	576	509	344	31.7	288	50.0	56	11.0	741	68.3
40 TO 44 YEARS	1,064	601	463	271	25.5	244	40.6	27	5.8	793	74.5
45 TO 54 YEARS	1,170	676	494	238	20.3	220	32.5	18	3.6	932	79.7
55 TO 64 YEARS	606	312	294	106	17.5	97	31.1	9	3.1	500	82.5
65 YEARS AND OVER	387	177	210	41	10.6	36	20.3	5	2.4	346	89.4
HITAURA
TOTAL	12,842	6,863	5,979	4,716	36.7	3,712	54.1	1,004	16.8	8,126	63.3
6 TO 9 YEARS	1,865	911	954	657	35.2	395	43.4	262	27.5	1,208	64.8
10 TO 14 YEARS	1,821	998	823	995	54.6	626	62.7	369	44.8	826	45.4
15 TO 19 YEARS	1,427	760	667	621	43.5	464	61.1	157	23.5	806	56.5
20 TO 24 YEARS	1,423	700	723	522	36.7	432	61.7	90	12.4	901	63.3
25 TO 29 YEARS	1,410	737	673	495	35.1	448	60.8	47	7.0	915	64.9
30 TO 34 YEARS	1,244	668	576	412	33.1	375	56.1	37	6.4	832	66.9
35 TO 39 YEARS	1,032	588	444	319	30.9	302	51.4	17	3.8	713	69.1
40 TO 44 YEARS	813	468	345	246	30.3	234	50.0	12	3.5	567	69.7
45 TO 54 YEARS	969	561	408	257	26.5	249	44.4	8	2.0	712	73.5
55 TO 64 YEARS	542	319	223	142	26.2	139	43.6	3	1.3	400	73.8
65 YEARS AND OVER	296	153	143	50	16.9	48	31.4	2	1.4	246	83.1
ILAM
TOTAL	6,121	3,193	2,928	2,585	42.2	1,866	58.4	719	24.6	3,536	57.8
6 TO 9 YEARS	829	416	413	284	34.3	174	41.8	110	26.6	545	65.7
10 TO 14 YEARS	992	507	485	558	56.3	340	67.1	218	44.9	434	43.8
15 TO 19 YEARS	791	404	387	435	55.0	280	69.3	155	40.1	356	45.0
20 TO 24 YEARS	767	419	348	398	51.9	289	69.0	109	31.3	369	48.1
25 TO 29 YEARS	618	328	290	285	46.1	229	69.8	56	19.3	333	53.9
30 TO 34 YEARS	431	234	197	156	36.2	133	56.8	23	11.7	275	63.8
35 TO 39 YEARS	396	220	176	135	34.1	120	54.5	15	8.5	261	65.9
40 TO 44 YEARS	369	185	184	105	28.5	93	50.3	12	6.5	264	71.5
45 TO 54 YEARS	457	239	218	135	29.5	120	50.2	15	6.9	322	70.5
55 TO 64 YEARS	285	158	127	65	22.8	61	38.6	4	3.1	220	77.2
65 YEARS AND OVER	186	83	103	29	15.6	27	32.5	2	1.9	157	84.4
JANAKPUR
TOTAL	11,640	6,558	5,082	4,400	37.8	3,402	51.9	998	19.6	7,240	62.2
6 TO 9 YEARS	1,480	753	727	574	38.8	352	46.7	222	30.5	906	61.2
10 TO 14 YEARS	1,472	846	626	839	57.0	578	68.3	261	41.7	633	43.0
15 TO 19 YEARS	1,247	741	506	636	51.0	473	63.8	163	32.2	611	49.0
20 TO 24 YEARS	1,246	714	532	478	38.4	370	51.8	108	20.3	768	61.6
25 TO 29 YEARS	1,142	621	521	392	34.3	312	50.2	80	15.4	750	65.7
30 TO 34 YEARS	1,108	561	547	335	30.2	285	50.8	50	9.1	773	69.8
35 TO 39 YEARS	1,045	612	433	298	28.5	265	43.3	33	7.6	747	71.5
40 TO 44 YEARS	824	497	327	245	29.7	218	43.9	27	8.3	579	70.3
45 TO 54 YEARS	1,111	689	422	342	30.8	313	45.4	29	6.9	769	69.2
55 TO 64 YEARS	578	328	250	155	26.8	145	44.2	10	4.0	423	73.2
65 YEARS AND OVER	387	196	191	106	27.4	91	46.4	15	7.9	281	72.6
KATHMANDU
TOTAL	128,520	70,409	58,111	72,729	56.6	50,434	71.6	22,295	38.4	55,791	43.4
6 TO 9 YEARS	14,489	7,497	6,992	7,574	52.3	4,262	56.8	3,312	47.4	6,915	47.7
10 TO 14 YEARS	16,291	8,581	7,710	12,587	77.3	7,052	82.2	5,535	71.8	3,704	22.7
15 TO 19 YEARS	17,129	9,817	7,312	12,895	75.3	8,092	82.4	4,803	65.7	4,234	24.7
20 TO 24 YEARS	17,598	10,682	6,916	12,197	69.3	8,894	83.3	3,303	47.8	5,401	30.7
25 TO 29 YEARS	13,558	7,916	5,642	8,102	59.8	6,171	78.0	1,931	34.2	5,456	40.2
30 TO 34 YEARS	10,790	5,971	4,819	5,463	50.6	4,369	73.2	1,094	22.7	5,327	49.4
35 TO 39 YEARS	8,891	4,826	4,065	3,913	44.0	3,155	65.4	758	18.6	4,978	56.0
40 TO 44 YEARS	7,338	3,847	3,491	2,896	39.5	2,393	62.2	503	14.4	4,442	60.5
45 TO 54 YEARS	10,770	5,581	5,189	3,892	36.1	3,276	58.7	616	11.9	6,878	63.9
55 TO 64 YEARS	6,885	3,471	3,414	2,057	29.9	1,779	51.3	278	8.1	4,828	70.1
65 YEARS AND OVER	4,781	2,220	2,561	1,153	24.1	991	44.6	162	6.3	3,628	75.9
LALITPUR
TOTAL	49,172	25,333	23,839	18,906	38.4	13,669	54.0	5,237	22.0	30,266	61.6
6 TO 9 YEARS	6,159	3,104	3,055	2,271	36.9	1,351	43.5	920	30.1	3,888	63.1
10 TO 14 YEARS	6,109	3,163	2,946	3,704	60.6	2,277	72.0	1,427	48.4	2,405	39.4
15 TO 19 YEARS	5,577	2,846	2,731	3,196	57.3	1,979	69.5	1,217	44.6	2,381	42.7
20 TO 24 YEARS	5,388	2,754	2,634	2,485	46.1	1,828	66.4	657	24.9	2,903	53.9
25 TO 29 YEARS	4,922	2,535	2,387	1,904	38.7	1,485	58.6	419	17.6	3,018	61.3
30 TO 34 YEARS	4,083	2,175	1,908	1,404	34.4	1,178	54.2	226	11.8	2,679	65.6
35 TO 39 YEARS	3,573	1,864	1,709	1,009	28.2	909	48.8	100	5.9	2,564	71.8
40 TO 44 YEARS	3,097	1,632	1,465	834	26.9	748	45.8	86	5.9	2,263	73.1
45 TO 54 YEARS	4,730	2,523	2,207	1,169	24.7	1,070	42.4	99	4.5	3,561	75.3
55 TO 64 YEARS	3,278	1,628	1,650	604	18.4	548	33.7	56	3.4	2,674	81.6
65 YEARS AND OVER	2,256	1,109	1,147	326	14.5	296	26.7	30	2.6	1,930	85.5
NEPALGUNJ
TOTAL	19,537	10,838	8,699	7,266	37.2	5,467	50.4	1,799	20.7	12,271	62.8
6 TO 9 YEARS	2,425	1,321	1,104	844	34.8	523	39.6	321	29.1	1,581	65.2
10 TO 14 YEARS	2,562	1,470	1,092	1,303	50.9	849	57.8	454	41.6	1,259	49.1
15 TO 19 YEARS	2,056	1,141	915	1,040	50.6	710	62.2	330	36.1	1,016	49.4
20 TO 24 YEARS	2,367	1,351	1,016	1,130	47.7	901	66.7	229	22.5	1,237	52.3
25 TO 29 YEARS	2,112	1,145	967	830	39.3	656	57.3	174	18.0	1,282	60.7
30 TO 34 YEARS	1,738	911	827	555	31.9	461	50.6	94	11.4	1,183	68.1
35 TO 39 YEARS	1,624	925	699	458	28.2	392	42.4	66	9.4	1,166	71.8
40 TO 44 YEARS	1,295	710	585	340	26.3	293	41.3	47	8.0	955	73.7
45 TO 54 YEARS	1,760	1,023	737	473	26.9	423	41.3	50	6.8	1,287	73.1
55 TO 64 YEARS	975	521	454	200	20.5	175	33.6	25	5.5	775	79.5
65 YEARS AND OVER	623	320	303	93	14.9	84	26.3	9	3.0	530	85.1
POKHARA
TOTAL	17,463	8,548	8,915	7,510	43.0	5,580	65.3	1,930	21.6	9,953	57.0
6 TO 9 YEARS	2,266	1,135	1,131	1,027	45.3	638	56.2	389	34.4	1,239	54.7
10 TO 14 YEARS	2,779	1,448	1,331	1,903	68.5	1,240	85.6	663	49.8	876	31.5
15 TO 19 YEARS	2,244	1,095	1,149	1,334	59.4	877	80.1	457	39.8	910	40.6
20 TO 24 YEARS	1,873	959	914	957	51.1	762	79.5	195	21.3	916	48.9
25 TO 29 YEARS	1,532	773	759	625	40.8	527	68.2	98	12.9	907	59.2
30 TO 34 YEARS	1,395	631	764	404	29.0	355	56.3	49	6.4	991	71.0
35 TO 39 YEARS	1,318	613	705	337	25.6	309	50.4	28	4.0	981	74.4
40 TO 44 YEARS	1,148	525	623	294	25.6	273	52.0	21	3.4	854	74.4
45 TO 54 YEARS	1,605	793	812	373	23.2	359	45.3	14	1.7	1,232	76.8
55 TO 64 YEARS	810	388	422	175	21.6	165	42.5	10	2.4	635	78.4
65 YEARS AND OVER	493	188	305	81	16.4	75	39.9	6	2.0	412	83.6
RAJBIRAJ
TOTAL	6,585	3,862	2,723	4,253	64.6	2,992	77.5	1,261	46.3	2,332	35.4
6 TO 9 YEARS	824	449	375	610	74.0	358	79.7	252	67.2	214	26.0
10 TO 14 YEARS	899	526	373	730	81.2	463	88.0	267	71.6	169	18.8
15 TO 19 YEARS	853	508	345	654	76.7	427	84.1	227	65.8	199	23.3
20 TO 24 YEARS	898	549	349	625	69.6	456	83.1	169	48.4	273	30.4
25 TO 29 YEARS	736	414	322	471	64.0	333	80.4	138	42.9	265	36.0
30 TO 34 YEARS	574	351	223	319	55.6	244	69.5	75	33.6	255	44.4
35 TO 39 YEARS	473	301	172	263	55.6	217	72.1	46	26.7	210	44.4
40 TO 44 YEARS	368	207	161	168	45.7	134	64.7	34	21.1	200	54.3
45 TO 54 YEARS	504	300	204	229	45.4	196	65.3	33	16.2	275	54.6
55 TO 64 YEARS	294	174	120	127	43.2	114	65.5	13	10.8	167	56.8
65 YEARS AND OVER	162	83	79	57	35.2	50	60.2	7	8.9	105	64.8
TANSEN
TOTAL	5,496	2,916	2,580	3,897	70.9	2,570	88.1	1,327	51.4	1,599	29.1
6 TO 9 YEARS	658	355	303	551	83.7	327	92.1	224	73.9	107	16.3
10 TO 14 YEARS	810	415	395	731	90.2	390	94.0	341	86.3	79	9.8
15 TO 19 YEARS	814	433	381	691	84.9	395	91.2	296	77.7	123	15.1
20 TO 24 YEARS	673	373	300	527	78.3	350	93.8	177	59.0	146	21.7
25 TO 29 YEARS	529	286	243	370	69.9	261	91.3	109	44.9	159	30.1
30 TO 34 YEARS	437	229	208	264	60.4	194	84.7	70	33.7	173	39.6
35 TO 39 YEARS	359	201	158	201	56.0	167	83.1	34	21.5	158	44.0
40 TO 44 YEARS	319	159	160	157	49.2	134	84.3	23	14.4	162	50.8
45 TO 54 YEARS	427	228	199	207	48.5	177	77.6	30	15.1	220	51.5
55 TO 64 YEARS	284	136	148	114	40.1	99	72.8	15	10.1	170	59.9
65 YEARS AND OVER	186	101	85	84	45.2	76	75.2	8	9.4	102	54.8