| TABLE 1 : HOUSEHOLDS USING MAIN SOURCE OF DRINKING WATER FOR REGIONS AND DISTRICTS | ||||||||
| Area | Main source of drinking water | |||||||
| Total | Tap/Pipe | Well | Tubewell | Spout Water | Rivers/ Stream | Others | Not Stated | |
| NEPAL | 4174457 | 2209760 | 377241 | 1184156 | 267180 | 61400 | 37232 | 37489 |
| Eastern Dev. Region | 1001121 | 353590 | 92687 | 484440 | 46485 | 10342 | 6821 | 6756 |
| Taplejung | 24764 | 22361 | 812 | 0 | 1218 | 255 | 0 | 119 |
| Panchthar | 37260 | 25743 | 6374 | 0 | 4633 | 327 | 96 | 88 |
| Ilam | 54565 | 41231 | 5440 | 1339 | 5201 | 931 | 201 | 222 |
| Jhapa * | 126002 | 31720 | 17232 | 72060 | 1320 | 366 | 2648 | 656 |
| Morang | 168383 | 23321 | 5809 | 136077 | 692 | 1010 | 619 | 855 |
| Sunsari | 120495 | 23984 | 2365 | 90570 | 1352 | 305 | 1136 | 782 |
| Dhankuta | 32571 | 26294 | 4363 | 36 | 1074 | 373 | 266 | 166 |
| Terhathum | 20682 | 15036 | 2973 | 0 | 2247 | 158 | 0 | 268 |
| Sankhuwasabha | 30766 | 19211 | 4018 | 0 | 6750 | 608 | 98 | 82 |
| Bhojpur | 39481 | 22611 | 8228 | 0 | 7909 | 582 | 0 | 151 |
| Solukhumbu | 21667 | 16576 | 2089 | 0 | 2481 | 456 | 0 | 64 |
| Okhaldhunga | 30121 | 21126 | 3367 | 0 | 4642 | 786 | 64 | 136 |
| Khotang | 42866 | 27525 | 7985 | 0 | 5873 | 901 | 239 | 343 |
| Udayapur | 51603 | 13886 | 12335 | 21861 | 519 | 2549 | 126 | 327 |
| Saptari | 101141 | 7298 | 3104 | 88653 | 242 | 159 | 442 | 1243 |
| Siraha* | 98754 | 15667 | 6193 | 73845 | 332 | 578 | 886 | 1252 |
| Central Dev. Region | 1465753 | 846532 | 124697 | 412473 | 48557 | 9213 | 10287 | 13994 |
| Dhanusa | 117417 | 35237 | 6619 | 71649 | 266 | 275 | 626 | 2746 |
| Mahottari | 94229 | 32525 | 5744 | 49438 | 2499 | 472 | 2525 | 1026 |
| Sarlahi | 111076 | 32043 | 11174 | 64860 | 322 | 452 | 965 | 1260 |
| Sindhuli* | 47710 | 26420 | 15231 | 1630 | 1404 | 2145 | 527 | 354 |
| Ramechhap | 40386 | 29077 | 6832 | 89 | 3052 | 988 | 0 | 348 |
| Dolakha* | 37292 | 30676 | 959 | 0 | 5080 | 345 | 49 | 183 |
| Sindhupalchok* | 57649 | 46951 | 3745 | 0 | 5759 | 780 | 0 | 414 |
| Kavrepalanchok | 70509 | 56384 | 7919 | 47 | 4712 | 407 | 679 | 359 |
| Lalitpur | 68922 | 57237 | 6745 | 825 | 3099 | 113 | 477 | 425 |
| Bhaktapur | 41253 | 30755 | 4843 | 2977 | 2032 | 29 | 277 | 339 |
| Kathmandu | 235387 | 197851 | 14714 | 13448 | 6182 | 195 | 1616 | 1381 |
| Nuwakot | 53169 | 45179 | 2987 | 0 | 3974 | 388 | 47 | 594 |
| Rasuwa | 8696 | 7372 | 126 | 0 | 872 | 273 | 12 | 41 |
| Dhading | 62759 | 49731 | 5452 | 64 | 6602 | 780 | 0 | 129 |
| Makwanpur | 71112 | 54834 | 9619 | 3584 | 1273 | 780 | 415 | 606 |
| Rautahat | 88162 | 30576 | 3019 | 52346 | 628 | 31 | 546 | 1017 |
| Bara | 87706 | 21587 | 3720 | 60354 | 277 | 173 | 711 | 884 |
| Parsa | 79456 | 33668 | 1597 | 42733 | 329 | 107 | 247 | 774 |
| Chitawan | 92863 | 28428 | 13651 | 48427 | 194 | 480 | 569 | 1114 |
| Western Dev. Region | 863045 | 594043 | 76910 | 119741 | 46969 | 9833 | 9147 | 6401 |
| Gorkha | 58923 | 37659 | 4928 | 102 | 15165 | 700 | 0 | 369 |
| Lamjung | 36525 | 30789 | 2403 | 114 | 2575 | 375 | 0 | 269 |
| Tanahu | 62898 | 43336 | 13867 | 170 | 4301 | 669 | 0 | 556 |
| Syangja | 64746 | 52729 | 7608 | 0 | 3339 | 677 | 18 | 375 |
| Kaski | 85075 | 73900 | 6502 | 101 | 2745 | 1407 | 87 | 331 |
| Manang | 1776 | 1658 | 0 | 0 | 54 | 61 | 0 | 3 |
| Mustang | 3243 | 2733 | 23 | 0 | 171 | 301 | 0 | 15 |
| Myagdi | 24435 | 20486 | 1186 | 0 | 1845 | 528 | 73 | 317 |
| Parbat | 32731 | 27497 | 2601 | 0 | 2144 | 236 | 57 | 196 |
| Baglung | 53565 | 47133 | 2141 | 0 | 3267 | 681 | 83 | 260 |
| Gulmi | 59189 | 46918 | 6978 | 0 | 3344 | 902 | 556 | 491 |
| Palpa | 49942 | 42321 | 3392 | 130 | 2973 | 486 | 48 | 592 |
| Nawalparasi | 98340 | 34761 | 9241 | 49533 | 1623 | 834 | 1757 | 592 |
| Rupandehi | 117856 | 73975 | 480 | 40019 | 1403 | 51 | 1169 | 759 |
| Kapilbastu | 72932 | 31008 | 6010 | 29573 | 126 | 183 | 4975 | 1058 |
| Arghakhanchi | 40869 | 27141 | 9549 | 0 | 1895 | 1741 | 324 | 219 |
| Mid West Dev. Regio | 479009 | 246161 | 54491 | 83012 | 67548 | 18943 | 3371 | 5483 |
| Pyuthan | 39375 | 26974 | 5590 | 0 | 4346 | 1826 | 218 | 420 |
| Rolpa | 38512 | 23883 | 5199 | 0 | 6335 | 2312 | 320 | 464 |
| Rukum | 33501 | 21150 | 1702 | 0 | 8059 | 2294 | 0 | 296 |
| Salyan * | 10926 | 7147 | 1500 | 0 | 2057 | 164 | 0 | 57 |
| Dang | 82495 | 44173 | 22144 | 5386 | 4659 | 4959 | 529 | 645 |
| Banke | 67269 | 27568 | 3017 | 33862 | 597 | 100 | 831 | 1294 |
| Bardiya | 59569 | 14181 | 833 | 42852 | 146 | 67 | 662 | 829 |
| Surkhet * | 50691 | 35040 | 5727 | 912 | 5731 | 2487 | 389 | 405 |
| Dailekh | 41140 | 15054 | 7786 | 0 | 16890 | 911 | 0 | 499 |
| Jajarkot | 24147 | 11811 | 710 | 0 | 10043 | 1074 | 266 | 242 |
| Dolpa* | 4414 | 1597 | 179 | 0 | 1263 | 1317 | 0 | 58 |
| Jumla* | 12147 | 8980 | 41 | 0 | 2365 | 595 | 66 | 99 |
| Kalikot* | 2026 | 921 | 0 | 0 | 996 | 0 | 0 | 109 |
| Mugu* | 5844 | 3218 | 54 | 0 | 1988 | 465 | 89 | 29 |
| Humla | 6953 | 4464 | 7 | 0 | 2073 | 373 | 0 | 36 |
| Far West Dev. Region | 365529 | 169434 | 28456 | 84490 | 57621 | 13068 | 7606 | 4855 |
| Bajura* | 18363 | 11858 | 778 | 8 | 5144 | 284 | 49 | 243 |
| Bajhang | 28582 | 12440 | 4028 | 16 | 8713 | 2590 | 512 | 284 |
| Achham | 43995 | 19314 | 5531 | 180 | 16699 | 1299 | 343 | 629 |
| Doti | 36428 | 17996 | 3029 | 18 | 11093 | 3326 | 419 | 549 |
| Kailali | 94523 | 40506 | 1570 | 46547 | 1594 | 1080 | 1922 | 1304 |
| Kanchanpur | 60227 | 14105 | 2127 | 37693 | 1984 | 298 | 2781 | 1240 |
| Dadeldhura | 21975 | 14239 | 2978 | 8 | 3076 | 1191 | 313 | 170 |
| Baitadi | 40401 | 23990 | 7479 | 20 | 5594 | 1875 | 1063 | 378 |
| Darchula | 21035 | 14985 | 937 | 3724 | 1126 | 206 | 58 | |