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. Region 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