TABLE 11  : POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY LITERACY STATUS, AGE AND SEX FOR  REGIONS
Area & Age	Total			Can't Read & Write			Can Read Only			Read & Write			Not Stated
	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female	Total	Male	Female
NEPAL	19255805	9592569	9663236	7654241	2720233	4934008	1133172	574324	558849	10348428	6242957	4105470	119964	55054	64909
6 Years	657518	332545	324973	309580	148606	160975	117974	60837	57137	228913	122599	106313	1051	503	548
7 Years	616724	309933	306791	210087	94847	115241	80299	42042	38257	325855	172845	153009	482	199	284
8 Years	704336	363210	341125	198815	87351	111464	69870	36772	33097	435349	238943	196406	302	144	158
9 Years	506949	256305	250644	101176	40864	60312	36639	18486	18154	368968	196863	172104	166	92	74
10 Years	746897	386922	359975	162002	64675	97327	43623	22635	20987	541166	299578	241588	106	34	72
11 Years	479809	245290	234520	65999	23532	42467	20891	10718	10173	392856	211002	181854	63	37	26
12 Years	702368	367893	334475	124740	46268	78472	26541	13105	13436	551017	308493	242523	72	28	44
13 Years	510491	258697	251793	73435	24540	48895	15762	7315	8447	421220	226828	194392	74	15	59
14 Years	542367	275003	267363	88713	30101	58612	15730	7341	8389	437879	237540	200339	45	22	23
15 Years	527311	256970	270341	113819	35702	78117	17716	7167	10549	395712	214074	181639	63	27	36
16-19 Years	1861691	928856	932835	411482	133997	277485	71242	30321	40922	1378714	764428	614287	252	111	141
20-24 Years	2016768	946742	1070026	609700	168558	441142	95191	37585	57607	1311467	740490	570977	410	109	300
25-29 Years	1725478	821014	904464	671427	197251	474177	87779	36368	51411	953698	581803	371895	12575	5593	6982
30-34 Years	1489503	726040	763463	665792	199242	466549	74948	33068	41880	731745	485988	245757	17018	7741	9277
35-39 Years	1310653	651351	659302	674536	221505	453031	71585	34359	37226	548859	388243	160616	15673	7244	8428
40-44 Years	1088044	539993	548051	609336	204256	405081	62815	32464	30351	402413	296995	105419	13479	6278	7201
45-49 Years	923373	469695	453678	551655	195623	356032	53301	30564	22737	306996	237933	69063	11421	5575	5846
50-54 Years	766054	392659	373395	494698	184352	310346	45552	28379	17173	215692	174987	40706	10112	4941	5171
55-59 Years	602093	318610	283483	404254	160593	243661	37365	24699	12666	152432	129325	23108	8042	3994	4048
60-64 Years	520908	262255	258653	383932	154488	229444	30313	20306	10006	97868	83682	14186	8795	3779	5017
65+ Years	956471	482585	473886	729062	303884	425178	58036	39793	18244	149609	130319	19290	19763	8589	11174
Eastern Dev. Region	4511039	2248699	2262340	1721330	613479	1107851	264283	135771	128512	2500484	1488575	1011909	24942	10874	14068
6 Years	148936	75876	73060	71185	34643	36543	26880	14104	12776	50316	26881	23435	554	248	306
7 Years	149834	76392	73442	51186	23587	27600	19921	10554	9367	78477	42133	36344	250	118	132
8 Years	160268	81570	78699	43873	19173	24700	15895	8125	7771	100426	54248	46178	74	24	50
9 Years	116093	58438	57655	22033	9058	12975	8642	4258	4384	85336	45079	40257	82	43	39
10 Years	168256	86286	81970	34276	14052	20224	9706	5020	4685	124254	67206	57048	21	9	12
11 Years	110967	57083	53884	13987	5485	8502	4703	2349	2353	92241	49233	43008	37	16	21
12 Years	159131	82715	76416	25436	10034	15402	5656	2730	2926	128013	69936	58076	26	14	12
13 Years	119645	60778	58866	15000	5526	9474	3410	1614	1797	101204	53629	47575	30	10	20
14 Years	125248	63420	61828	17994	6678	11316	2912	1384	1529	104315	55354	48961	28	4	23
15 Years	121742	59525	62218	22541	7372	15169	3402	1454	1948	95772	50679	45093	27	20	7
16-19 Years	443250	222191	221058	85102	29155	55947	14109	5911	8199	343950	187092	156858	88	34	55
20-24 Years	466694	217396	249298	125487	34714	90773	19531	7334	12197	321519	175295	146224	157	53	104
25-29 Years	400976	189430	211546	148814	43895	104919	19126	7257	11869	230594	137195	93399	2442	1083	1360
30-34 Years	352396	170806	181590	153839	45478	108361	18185	7946	10239	176929	115966	60963	3444	1416	2027
35-39 Years	317022	158583	158439	159707	52353	107354	17858	8684	9174	136085	96105	39981	3371	1441	1930
40-44 Years	263970	132457	131513	143798	47818	95980	16059	8628	7430	101432	74764	26668	2682	1247	1435
45-49 Years	222446	114668	107778	128458	45478	82980	14060	8182	5879	77648	59976	17672	2280	1032	1247
50-54 Years	181134	93188	87946	113357	40893	72464	11734	7560	4175	53929	43788	10141	2115	948	1167
55-59 Years	140007	74265	65742	91000	35218	55782	9531	6259	3272	37960	32114	5846	1516	674	841
60-64 Years	118622	60642	57980	85440	34083	51357	7849	5620	2229	23781	20250	3531	1552	689	863
65+ Years	224401	112990	111411	168815	68786	100029	15114	10798	4316	36306	31655	4651	4166	1750	2416
Central Dev. Region	6802796	3485722	3317074	2807449	1062700	1744749	375074	194039	181035	3580799	2209001	1371798	39473	19982	19491
6 Years	226684	114836	111848	103127	49279	53848	35979	18769	17210	87267	46631	40636	312	158	155
7 Years	206887	104246	102641	70509	31832	38677	23198	12405	10793	113020	59944	53075	160	64	96
8 Years	245026	127836	117190	76259	34033	42227	20993	11314	9679	147629	82420	65208	145	69	76
9 Years	164476	83183	81294	36355	14929	21426	9930	5146	4785	118165	63092	55073	26	16	10
10 Years	263082	138353	124729	71070	29708	41362	14040	7486	6554	177913	101144	76769	59	14	45
11 Years	153786	78684	75102	24065	9068	14997	5890	2953	2938	123831	66664	57167	0	0	0
12 Years	234582	125641	108941	51319	20710	30608	8224	4314	3910	175015	100611	74404	24	5	19
13 Years	163740	83729	80010	26811	9581	17230	4837	2319	2518	132068	71830	60238	24	0	24
14 Years	178658	92316	86341	34134	12808	21326	5291	2628	2664	139215	76863	62352	17	17	0
15 Years	178562	90347	88215	45416	16563	28853	6031	2703	3328	127094	71077	56017	21	4	17
16-19 Years	632586	328829	303757	155415	56606	98809	23798	11148	12650	453309	261032	192277	64	44	21
20-24 Years	741681	367082	374599	236475	73471	163004	33841	14626	19215	471231	278948	192283	134	37	97
25-29 Years	653203	326535	326668	258703	84145	174557	31845	14118	17727	358707	226279	132428	3948	1993	1955
30-34 Years	567525	288825	278700	256771	84930	171840	27549	13050	14499	277499	187880	89619	5707	2965	2742
35-39 Years	483160	250423	232737	249333	90997	158336	25184	12440	12744	203628	144352	59275	5015	2634	2381
40-44 Years	394373	203760	190613	220792	82110	138682	22293	11699	10594	147038	107754	39284	4250	2197	2053
45-49 Years	324271	171000	153271	192664	74325	118339	17901	10397	7504	109996	84136	25860	3710	2142	1568
50-54 Years	263928	139469	124459	169215	68182	101033	15139	9328	5811	76319	60132	16186	3254	1826	1428
55-59 Years	207346	110599	96747	138180	56612	81568	12537	7840	4697	54077	44790	9287	2552	1357	1195
60-64 Years	180693	91376	89317	133289	55623	77666	10059	6150	3909	34355	28250	6105	2990	1353	1637
65+ Years	338546	168652	169894	257547	107188	150360	20513	13206	7307	53425	45170	8255	7061	3088	3973
Western Dev. Region	3882348	1847753	2034595	1346254	437551	908704	223883	107681	116202	2291943	1294619	997324	20267	7902	12365
6 Years	130473	65629	64844	56677	27465	29211	25261	12557	12704	48442	25546	22896	93	61	33
7 Years	125488	62693	62795	35691	16342	19349	17479	8786	8693	72278	37566	34712	41	0	41
8 Years	138864	71332	67533	29823	13324	16499	14937	7640	7297	94066	50338	43727	39	29	10
9 Years	107848	54560	53288	14632	6144	8489	8227	4099	4128	84962	44298	40664	27	19	8
10 Years	150178	76995	73183	21381	8187	13194	8657	4340	4317	120128	64462	55666	12	6	6
11 Years	107495	54645	52851	9367	3302	6065	4777	2642	2134	93338	48686	44652	14	14	0
12 Years	145797	74998	70800	16110	5663	10447	4937	2367	2569	124747	66967	57779	4	0	4
13 Years	112614	56549	56066	9812	3214	6598	2949	1387	1562	99844	51942	47902	9	5	4
14 Years	115809	57598	58211	11879	3675	8204	2915	1271	1645	101015	52652	48363	0	0	0
15 Years	110706	51649	59057	15940	4115	11826	2765	1034	1732	91997	46497	45500	3	3	0
16-19 Years	385961	184531	201430	57518	18129	39389	12045	4974	7071	316371	161414	154957	28	15	13
20-24 Years	375194	160346	214848	82208	19906	62302	14833	4626	10207	278082	135801	142281	71	13	58
25-29 Years	309062	132473	176589	96581	24182	72399	14843	4808	10036	195605	102663	92942	2032	820	1212
30-34 Years	270104	119422	150682	103898	25446	78452	13742	4383	9359	149970	88590	61380	2494	1003	1491
35-39 Years	245775	110979	134796	114655	29773	84882	13528	4984	8544	115152	75230	39922	2441	992	1449
40-44 Years	214375	98360	116015	110998	29699	81299	12792	5543	7248	88292	62328	25964	2293	790	1503
45-49 Years	188520	89724	98796	107109	31409	75699	10411	5328	5082	69124	52243	16881	1877	743	1134
50-54 Years	163247	79607	83640	102299	32659	69640	9693	5854	3839	49560	40445	9115	1695	649	1046
55-59 Years	131651	67046	64605	86739	30666	56073	8313	5767	2546	35215	30053	5162	1384	560	824
60-64 Years	117822	58648	59174	84784	31362	53422	6869	4935	1934	24584	21757	2828	1584	594	990
65+ Years	235363	119970	115393	178154	72888	105266	13909	10356	3553	39171	35141	4031	4128	1585	2543
Mid West Dev. Region	2251021	1119640	1131381	990195	359359	630836	141156	72719	68437	1103023	679659	423365	16646	7903	8743
6 Years	83146	41937	41209	43687	20977	22710	15440	7938	7502	23951	12992	10959	68	29	39
7 Years	75980	37559	38421	29984	13385	16599	10511	5550	4962	35464	18616	16848	21	9	12
8 Years	86008	44130	41878	26436	11719	14717	8674	4626	4049	50860	27770	23090	37	15	23
9 Years	66446	33715	32731	16349	6437	9912	5149	2594	2555	44925	24670	20255	24	14	9
10 Years	89199	46552	42648	19493	7608	11884	5343	2878	2464	64354	36064	28290	10	1	9
11 Years	60746	30848	29898	10648	3510	7138	2833	1494	1339	47260	25839	21420	5	4	1
12 Years	89518	46394	43125	17691	6133	11558	3757	1774	1982	68053	38478	29575	17	8	9
13 Years	64944	32484	32460	12468	3812	8656	2390	1021	1369	50077	27652	22426	8	0	8
14 Years	68603	34443	34160	13915	4415	9500	2152	988	1164	52536	29040	23496	0	0	0
15 Years	64705	30713	33991	16768	4711	12057	2649	973	1676	45280	25030	20249	8	0	8
16-19 Years	223161	106839	116323	62232	18339	43893	11118	4308	6810	149765	84180	65585	47	11	36
20-24 Years	240640	111806	128834	90466	24437	66029	14007	5769	8239	136131	81596	54535	35	4	31
25-29 Years	202698	97422	105276	92961	27196	65765	11976	5681	6295	95899	63749	32151	1862	796	1065
30-34 Years	167937	82893	85044	85216	26533	58683	8465	4345	4120	71686	50811	20875	2570	1204	1366
35-39 Years	148672	74425	74247	86014	29687	56327	8638	4862	3777	51748	38853	12894	2272	1023	1249
40-44 Years	121596	60223	61373	76712	27174	49538	6369	3638	2732	36488	28308	8179	2027	1103	924
45-49 Years	105265	53510	51755	69912	26880	43032	5894	3570	2324	27758	22271	5486	1701	788	913
50-54 Years	87699	45350	42349	62100	25395	36705	4949	3153	1796	19212	16037	3175	1438	765	673
55-59 Years	67962	37267	30695	49546	22176	27370	3790	2711	1078	13383	11740	1643	1243	640	603
60-64 Years	55064	28182	26882	43257	18898	24359	2852	1959	894	7719	6773	945	1236	552	684
65+ Years	81031	42949	38082	64340	29936	34404	4199	2888	1311	10476	9189	1287	2016	936	1080
Far West Dev. Region	1808601	890755	917846	789013	247145	541868	128776	64114	64662	872177	571103	301074	18635	8393	10242
6 Years	68278	34267	34011	34905	16241	18663	14414	7469	6945	18937	10550	8387	23	7	16
7 Years	58535	29043	29492	22717	9701	13016	9190	4748	4442	26617	14587	12030	11	7	4
8 Years	74169	38343	35826	22424	9102	13322	9369	5067	4302	42368	24167	18202	7	7	0
9 Years	52085	26410	25675	11807	4296	7510	4690	2389	2302	35580	19725	15856	8	0	8
10 Years	76181	38736	37445	15782	5119	10663	5878	2910	2967	54517	30702	23815	4	4	0
11 Years	46814	24029	22785	7933	2168	5766	2688	1279	1409	36187	20580	15607	7	3	4
12 Years	73339	38146	35194	14183	3727	10457	3967	1919	2048	55189	32500	22689	0	0	0
13 Years	49548	25157	24391	9343	2407	6936	2175	974	1201	38027	21775	16251	3	0	3
14 Years	54048	27226	26822	10791	2525	8266	2459	1071	1389	40798	23630	17167	0	0	0
15 Years	51597	24737	26860	13154	2943	10212	2869	1003	1866	35570	20791	14779	4	0	4
16-19 Years	176732	86465	90267	51215	11768	39447	10172	3980	6192	115321	70710	44611	25	8	17
20-24 Years	192559	90112	102447	75064	16030	59034	12979	5229	7749	104503	68850	35653	14	3	11
25-29 Years	159539	75154	84385	74368	17832	56537	9988	4504	5484	72892	51917	20975	2291	901	1390
30-34 Years	131541	64094	67447	66068	16855	49213	7008	3344	3663	55662	42741	12921	2803	1153	1650
35-39 Years	116024	56941	59083	64827	18695	46132	6377	3389	2987	42246	33702	8544	2574	1155	1419
40-44 Years	93730	45193	48537	57037	17454	39582	5302	2956	2347	29164	23841	5323	2227	942	1285
45-49 Years	82871	40793	42078	53512	17530	35982	5035	3087	1948	22471	19307	3164	1853	869	984
50-54 Years	70046	35045	35001	47727	17223	30504	4037	2484	1553	16672	14585	2087	1610	753	857
55-59 Years	55127	29433	25694	38788	15921	22867	3194	2122	1072	11797	10628	1169	1347	762	585
60-64 Years	48707	23407	25300	37161	14522	22639	2683	1643	1041	7429	6653	776	1434	590	843
65+ Years	77130	38024	39106	60206	25086	35120	4302	2545	1757	10230	9163	1067	2392	1230	1163