TABLE 12 : POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY LITERACY STATUS AND SEX FOR DEVELOPMENT REGIONS AND DISTRICTS
           
Area Total Male Female Can't Read & Write Can Read Only Read & Write Not Stated
Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female Total Male Female
Nepal 19255808 9592570 9663234 7654244 2720234 4934007 1133172 574330 558848 10348432 6242958 4105468 119969 55049 64909
                               
Eastern Dev. Region 4511040 2248699 2262340 1721331 613479 1107850 264282 135773 128512 2500484 1488576 1011908 24943 10874 14067
Taplejung 113782 55614 58167 43453 15108 28344 10061 5434 4627 59403 34773 24630 865 299 566
Panchthar 171193 83433 87760 63956 21884 42071 12214 6689 5525 94683 54746 39938 340 114 226
Ilam 245778 123872 121906 65250 22798 42452 16636 8843 7794 162775 91784 70990 1118 447 670
Jhapa* 553891 274666 279225 156409 54626 101783 25047 12110 12938 370728 206974 163754 1706 957 749
Morang 728436 364676 363760 271496 99011 172485 40286 20395 19891 413279 243738 169541 3375 1532 1843
Sunsari 533757 268526 265231 180782 64315 116468 28351 13547 14804 322306 189682 132624 2318 983 1335
Dhankuta 143342 70357 72985 41678 13201 28477 9185 4654 4531 91709 52201 39508 771 302 469
Terhathum 97445 46943 50502 30639 8857 21782 8793 4578 4215 57515 33353 24163 497 155 342
Sankhuwasabha 135964 66156 69808 50728 17914 32814 11108 5942 5166 73093 41914 31178 1035 386 649
Bhojpur 174643 83512 91131 68407 22764 45642 10054 5398 4656 95216 54981 40235 966 369 597
Solukhumbu 92138 45150 46988 41595 14826 26769 8106 4674 3432 42208 25569 16639 229 81 148
Okhaldhunga 132320 62989 69331 59237 18963 40274 7494 3879 3615 64995 39952 25043 595 195 400
Khotang 194397 93884 100513 81913 27290 54623 14426 7996 6431 96951 58310 38641 1106 288 818
Udayapur 242103 120739 121364 97536 35284 62253 14055 6960 7095 129069 77906 51163 1443 589 853
Saptari 478023 244281 233741 213272 76107 137164 25671 13306 12365 235548 153318 82230 3532 1550 1982
Siraha* 473828 243901 229928 254980 100531 154449 22795 11368 11427 191006 129375 61631 5047 2627 2420
   
Central Dev. Region 6802795 3485723 3317073 2807448 1062699 1744750 375074 194039 181034 3580799 2209000 1371797 39476 19978 19489
Dhanusa 557980 291535 266445 255045 101066 153979 28870 14520 14350 269873 173776 96097 4192 2173 2018
Mahottari 458502 240070 218432 270121 114740 155380 26632 13579 13054 157542 108823 48719 4207 2927 1279
Sarlahi 526477 273449 253027 300929 127773 173156 30032 16071 13961 190450 126862 63589 5065 2744 2322
Sindhuli* 230733 114597 116136 101356 36412 64944 12065 6189 5876 115656 71390 44265 1656 605 1050
Ramechhap 179683 84382 95301 91870 30088 61782 16115 8638 7477 70162 45032 25129 1536 623 913
Dolakha* 151801 74129 77673 61573 20282 41291 11927 6269 5658 76871 47105 29766 1430 473 957
Sindhupalchok* 252051 125333 126718 130524 49578 80946 17544 10290 7254 101289 64385 36904 2695 1080 1614
Kavre 331873 161843 170030 105085 31987 73097 14035 7210 6824 211558 122249 89310 1196 396 799
Lalitpur 304038 155277 148762 70034 20418 49616 18205 9104 9101 215179 125529 89650 620 225 394
Bhaktapur 202214 102801 99413 50302 14609 35694 8972 4712 4260 142151 83123 59028 790 358 431
Kathmandu 974617 520532 454085 174760 47427 127333 46903 22866 24037 751152 449460 301692 1803 779 1024
Nuwakot 248072 122646 125426 105355 37725 67631 14563 8218 6345 126894 76208 50686 1259 495 764
Rasuwa 38197 20055 18142 22917 10217 12701 1985 1165 820 12973 8522 4450 322 151 170
Dhading 286532 139422 147110 138704 51597 87107 21730 12440 9290 124594 74860 49734 1503 524 978
Makwanpur 332410 168415 163995 102507 36312 66194 18963 9749 9214 210012 121936 88076 929 418 511
Rautahat 445247 231598 213649 273065 118920 154145 24197 12223 11974 144712 98559 46152 3274 1895 1379
Bara 460274 239098 221176 240537 95477 145060 21487 10647 10840 194935 130846 64089 3315 2128 1187
Parsa 412271 217206 195065 215435 85540 129895 20178 10759 9419 174786 120074 54712 1871 832 1039
Chitawan 409823 203335 206488 97329 32531 64799 20671 9390 11280 290010 160261 129749 1813 1152 660
   
Western Dev. Region 3882349 1847753 2034594 1346257 437552 908704 223885 107682 116201 2291945 1294618 997322 20268 7903 12366
Gorkha 247222 114046 133177 95530 32226 63304 16351 8062 8288 133133 72966 60166 2209 791 1418
Lamjung 153207 71180 82027 53190 16009 37181 12535 5966 6569 86735 48971 37763 747 234 514
Tanahu 269294 123641 145653 83279 25160 58118 18326 8492 9834 166098 89375 76723 1591 613 977
Syangja 270299 119861 150438 73990 19055 54935 15483 7336 8147 179266 93056 86210 1560 414 1147
Kaski 333286 160869 172417 79818 21100 58718 12770 5815 6955 239640 133569 106071 1059 385 673
Manang 8828 4661 4166 3264 1415 1850 197 101 96 5289 3117 2171 78 29 49
Mustang 13406 7334 6071 5549 2359 3191 836 481 355 6938 4467 2471 83 29 54
Myagdi 96372 44090 52282 36261 11494 24766 5900 2606 3294 53722 29882 23840 489 108 381
Parbat 134604 60965 73639 46267 13585 32681 11351 5725 5626 76477 41485 34992 509 169 340
Baglung 227296 102445 124851 73340 21374 51966 13416 6143 7273 139561 74616 64944 980 313 668
Gulmi 249275 109800 139476 91545 26801 64744 13087 5918 7170 143288 76648 66639 1356 433 923
Palpa 226899 103753 123145 63733 18655 45078 12619 6021 6597 149666 78792 70875 881 286 595
Nawalparasi 476439 233983 242456 195591 67164 128427 26037 12038 13999 252445 153823 98622 2367 958 1409
Rupandehi 599430 304873 294556 171869 58319 113550 29662 13871 15791 395338 231228 164110 2562 1456 1106
Kapilbastu 400960 206810 194150 210092 84243 125849 21515 11695 9820 166225 109388 56836 3128 1484 1644
Arghakhanchi 175532 79442 96090 62939 18593 44346 13800 7412 6387 98124 53235 44889 669 201 468
Mid West Dev. Region 2251022 1119640 1131380 990194 359359 630834 141156 72720 68439 1103026 679660 423366 16647 7901 8744
Pyuthan 173193 78336 94857 81034 23821 57213 10233 5452 4781 80659 48683 31976 1267 380 887
Rolpa 172026 82512 89514 97595 33280 64315 9119 5235 3885 64079 43599 20480 1232 398 834
Rukum 158552 80901 77652 78464 30157 48307 14992 8982 6010 63020 40811 22210 2077 951 1125
Salyan* 51035 26070 24964 20940 7266 13674 5179 3043 2136 24573 15591 8982 343 170 172
Dang 387731 191287 196444 138683 47287 91396 23413 11079 12334 223726 131955 91771 1910 966 944
Banke 323513 166400 157112 116691 47270 69421 18534 8696 9838 185555 108664 76891 2733 1771 962
Bardiya 321694 161900 159793 152650 61579 91071 20735 9980 10756 146073 89123 56950 2235 1218 1017
Surkhet* 224069 110675 113394 69590 22216 47374 13743 6542 7201 139992 81610 58383 744 307 436
Dilekh 182367 88562 93805 84683 26858 57825 8892 4024 4869 86513 56665 29848 2279 1015 1264
Jajarkot 112583 57951 54631 58398 23718 34680 9423 5525 3898 44309 28504 15805 453 205 249
Dolpa* 18457 9386 9072 10979 4245 6734 914 456 458 6398 4619 1779 166 65 100
Jumla* 57136 29722 27414 35213 13650 21562 3207 2057 1150 18516 13939 4577 200 76 125
Kalikot* 9515 5310 4205 4957 1963 2994 752 449 303 3569 2854 714 238 43 195
Mugu* 25469 13181 12288 17367 6687 10679 838 472 366 7078 5949 1129 186 73 113
Humla 33682 17447 16235 22950 9362 13589 1182 728 454 8966 7094 1871 584 263 321
   
Far Wes Dev. Region 1808602 890755 917847 789014 247145 541869 128775 64116 64662 872178 571104 301075 18635 8393 10243
Bajura 81599 40451 41147 48476 16938 31537 4613 2613 2000 27522 20497 7025 988 403 585
Bajhang 136179 65036 71144 79664 23238 56426 7444 4245 3199 48018 37289 10729 1054 264 789
Achham 187482 87096 100386 108538 31799 76739 14040 7791 6249 62545 46690 15856 2358 816 1542
Doti 171413 85402 86011 81592 26235 55357 12466 6269 6197 72951 51296 21655 4405 1603 2802
Kailali 516306 260629 255677 196132 70903 125229 46154 21894 24260 268814 164732 104082 5207 3100 2107
Kanchanpur 315351 159782 155569 101568 32516 69053 23209 10490 12720 188119 115147 72972 2454 1630 825
Dadeldhura 103502 49426 54077 43914 10914 33000 5590 2789 2802 53430 35554 17876 568 169 399
Baitadi 194958 93457 101501 82638 21071 61567 10455 5460 4996 100498 66562 33936 1366 365 1002
Darchaula 101812 49476 52335 46492 13531 32961 4804 2565 2239 50281 33337 16944 235 43 192