| TABLE 2: HOUSEHOLDS BY TYPE OF MAIN FUEL USED FOR COOKING FOR REGIONS AND DISTRICTS | ||||||||
| Area | Type of Fuel used for cooking | |||||||
| Total | Wood | Kerosene | LP Gas | Bio Gas | Santhi/ Guitha (Cow Dung) | Others | Not Stated | |
| NEPAL | 4174458 | 2737905 | 564885 | 320305 | 69312 | 416022 | 28913 | 37116 |
| Eastern Dev. Region | 1000362 | 659345 | 98428 | 42649 | 12258 | 175469 | 5671 | 6543 |
| Taplejung | 24764 | 24167 | 477 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 119 |
| Panchthar | 37260 | 35663 | 1518 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 80 |
| Ilam | 54566 | 42797 | 8711 | 2238 | 175 | 0 | 434 | 212 |
| Jhapa * | 125949 | 83092 | 21030 | 10895 | 3350 | 6128 | 821 | 634 |
| Morang | 167872 | 85289 | 19111 | 9487 | 3548 | 47946 | 1619 | 871 |
| Sunsari | 120295 | 61996 | 19399 | 10744 | 2187 | 24254 | 925 | 790 |
| Dhankuta | 32575 | 24237 | 5255 | 2330 | 483 | 0 | 91 | 178 |
| Terhathum | 20682 | 19807 | 386 | 0 | 213 | 0 | 0 | 276 |
| Sankhuwasabha | 30766 | 29810 | 749 | 0 | 59 | 0 | 67 | 82 |
| Bhojpur | 39481 | 38612 | 630 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 64 | 175 |
| Solukhumbu | 21667 | 21187 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 272 | 64 |
| Okhaldhunga | 30121 | 29423 | 497 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 56 | 144 |
| Khotang | 42866 | 42157 | 390 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 319 |
| Udayapur | 51603 | 47074 | 1607 | 460 | 1656 | 0 | 486 | 321 |
| Saptari | 101141 | 35208 | 10674 | 3900 | 389 | 49540 | 200 | 1231 |
| Siraha* | 98754 | 38827 | 7850 | 2596 | 197 | 47602 | 636 | 1045 |
| Central Dev. Region | 1465813 | 807666 | 280593 | 162539 | 17387 | 165071 | 18487 | 14069 |
| Dhanusa | 117803 | 40738 | 24816 | 8083 | 399 | 39451 | 1814 | 2502 |
| Mahottari | 94229 | 52995 | 4724 | 1320 | 434 | 32787 | 995 | 975 |
| Sarlahi | 111076 | 74007 | 4663 | 2732 | 1013 | 26662 | 719 | 1280 |
| Sindhuli* | 47710 | 42363 | 2589 | 358 | 1803 | 0 | 226 | 370 |
| Ramechhap | 40386 | 38832 | 1085 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 356 |
| Dolakha* | 37292 | 33000 | 3292 | 711 | 85 | 0 | 20 | 183 |
| Sindhupalchok* | 57649 | 54481 | 2201 | 333 | 122 | 0 | 81 | 431 |
| Kavrepalanchok | 70509 | 50274 | 13698 | 5095 | 668 | 47 | 320 | 407 |
| Lalitpur | 68922 | 23423 | 26687 | 16625 | 95 | 95 | 1554 | 443 |
| Bhaktapur | 41253 | 10341 | 20951 | 4863 | 50 | 64 | 4593 | 391 |
| Kathmandu | 235387 | 44641 | 110286 | 74521 | 512 | 545 | 3387 | 1495 |
| Nuwakot | 53169 | 42931 | 5463 | 1638 | 1664 | 0 | 868 | 605 |
| Rasuwa | 8696 | 7886 | 633 | 122 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 44 |
| Dhading | 62759 | 58400 | 2959 | 635 | 579 | 0 | 48 | 137 |
| Makwanpur | 70734 | 36517 | 18274 | 11029 | 2539 | 37 | 1695 | 643 |
| Rautahat | 88162 | 55980 | 4989 | 1789 | 370 | 23572 | 546 | 916 |
| Bara | 87706 | 53260 | 7382 | 3327 | 347 | 22049 | 439 | 901 |
| Parsa | 79456 | 44026 | 8662 | 5624 | 165 | 19613 | 527 | 840 |
| Chitawan | 92915 | 43571 | 17239 | 23734 | 6430 | 149 | 642 | 1151 |
| Western Dev. Region | 863049 | 559082 | 112252 | 87815 | 29046 | 65271 | 2941 | 6641 |
| Gorkha | 58923 | 47491 | 4195 | 4865 | 1721 | 0 | 262 | 389 |
| Lamjung | 36525 | 30031 | 2135 | 1238 | 2827 | 0 | 24 | 269 |
| Tanahu | 62898 | 41353 | 10043 | 5907 | 4781 | 42 | 155 | 617 |
| Syangja | 64750 | 46260 | 9557 | 5207 | 3126 | 29 | 213 | 357 |
| Kaski | 85075 | 40316 | 15295 | 18896 | 9809 | 120 | 262 | 377 |
| Manang | 1776 | 1761 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Mustang | 3243 | 2045 | 355 | 0 | 0 | 817 | 9 | 16 |
| Myagdi | 24435 | 22078 | 1032 | 780 | 203 | 0 | 24 | 317 |
| Parbat | 32731 | 29731 | 1753 | 799 | 253 | 0 | 0 | 196 |
| Baglung | 53565 | 40883 | 7181 | 4810 | 122 | 0 | 304 | 265 |
| Gulmi | 59189 | 54927 | 2691 | 564 | 467 | 0 | 48 | 491 |
| Palpa | 49942 | 31279 | 11287 | 5273 | 1304 | 0 | 173 | 625 |
| Nawalparasi | 98340 | 66092 | 7083 | 4894 | 2183 | 16992 | 490 | 605 |
| Rupandehi | 117856 | 31291 | 31704 | 31522 | 1441 | 20235 | 878 | 785 |
| Kapilbastu | 72932 | 34302 | 6770 | 3059 | 566 | 27034 | 97 | 1104 |
| Arghakhanchi | 40869 | 39241 | 1158 | 0 | 243 | 0 | 0 | 227 |
| Mid West Dev. Region | 479817 | 384141 | 53629 | 20601 | 5075 | 10010 | 896 | 5466 |
| Pyuthan | 40183 | 37937 | 1406 | 0 | 436 | 0 | 0 | 404 |
| Rolpa | 38512 | 37344 | 632 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40 | 496 |
| Rukum | 33501 | 32547 | 658 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 280 |
| Salyan * | 10926 | 10287 | 418 | 164 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 57 |
| Dang | 82495 | 50009 | 18462 | 5314 | 2109 | 5615 | 311 | 676 |
| Banke | 67269 | 36393 | 15469 | 11134 | 314 | 2443 | 207 | 1309 |
| Bardiya | 59569 | 52543 | 2932 | 1166 | 1208 | 825 | 171 | 725 |
| Surkhet * | 50691 | 35347 | 10914 | 2823 | 990 | 49 | 151 | 417 |
| Dailekh | 41140 | 38320 | 2306 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 514 |
| Jajarkot | 24147 | 23655 | 258 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 234 |
| Dolpa* | 4414 | 3421 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 911 | 0 | 60 |
| Jumla* | 12147 | 12023 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 99 |
| Kalikot* | 2026 | 1792 | 109 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 126 |
| Mugu* | 5844 | 5787 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
| Humla | 6953 | 6736 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 168 | 0 | 37 |
| Far West Dev. Region | 365417 | 327671 | 19984 | 6700 | 5546 | 201 | 918 | 4397 |
| Bajura* | 18375 | 17978 | 138 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 259 |
| Bajhang | 28588 | 28028 | 276 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 284 |
| Achham | 44005 | 42681 | 703 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 621 |
| Doti | 36465 | 31911 | 3991 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 536 |
| Kailali | 94430 | 77914 | 8341 | 3516 | 2806 | 86 | 538 | 1230 |
| Kanchanpur | 60158 | 49664 | 4001 | 2688 | 2685 | 115 | 130 | 876 |
| Dadeldhura | 21980 | 20340 | 1173 | 185 | 0 | 0 | 117 | 166 |
| Baitadi | 40387 | 38800 | 771 | 312 | 55 | 0 | 65 | 383 |
| Darchula | 21029 | 20355 | 592 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 41 |