| TABLE 31 : USUALLY ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION 10-YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY MAJOR INDUSTRY DIVISION FOR REGIONS AND DISTRICTS | |||||||||||||||||||
| AREA | Major Industry | ||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | Agriculture and Forestry | Fishing | Mining and Quarrying | Manufacturing and recycling | Electricity, gas and Water supply | Construction | Wholesale and retail trade | Hotels and restaurants | Transport, storage and communications | Financial intermediation | Real state, renting and business activities | Public Administration and social security | Education | Health and social work | Other community, social and personal service activities | Private households with employed persons | Extra-territorial Organizations and bodies | Not Stated | |
| NEPAL | 9900198 | 6496221 | 8467 | 16049 | 872252 | 148217 | 286419 | 863771 | 120888 | 161637 | 46766 | 29920 | 301023 | 228382 | 61799 | 72575 | 105138 | 58272 | 22396 |
| Eastern Dev. Region | 2362979 | 1590107 | 3049 | 3983 | 183217 | 38740 | 52487 | 218526 | 23335 | 38599 | 9201 | 5882 | 61634 | 50288 | 12769 | 18081 | 40107 | 7977 | 4998 |
| Taplejung | 71163 | 61468 | 8 | 0 | 2670 | 1607 | 225 | 2074 | 144 | 211 | 24 | 79 | 235 | 1373 | 235 | 58 | 577 | 130 | 46 |
| Panchthar | 103601 | 85656 | 39 | 50 | 4311 | 2000 | 259 | 6506 | 226 | 407 | 97 | 135 | 669 | 1630 | 260 | 199 | 225 | 161 | 772 |
| Ilam | 139770 | 104146 | 11 | 129 | 8000 | 1695 | 3018 | 10636 | 1315 | 963 | 595 | 347 | 3040 | 3304 | 757 | 965 | 659 | 122 | 68 |
| Jhapa* | 268094 | 142142 | 157 | 85 | 26125 | 3921 | 6882 | 40192 | 5167 | 8732 | 1373 | 818 | 10110 | 6870 | 1611 | 2344 | 9740 | 1239 | 586 |
| Morang | 380823 | 224552 | 293 | 1575 | 44667 | 8624 | 12475 | 43056 | 3096 | 6493 | 1924 | 1049 | 11383 | 6460 | 1718 | 2391 | 9433 | 1228 | 407 |
| Sunsari | 243055 | 119034 | 393 | 413 | 28330 | 4146 | 10640 | 33864 | 4069 | 9863 | 1718 | 804 | 12203 | 6255 | 1699 | 3258 | 4936 | 995 | 435 |
| Dhankuta | 88300 | 61021 | 28 | 8 | 3430 | 1112 | 1043 | 11423 | 1295 | 455 | 206 | 189 | 3769 | 2258 | 490 | 486 | 751 | 127 | 209 |
| Terhathum | 55489 | 44463 | 14 | 8 | 3596 | 1100 | 254 | 2661 | 164 | 215 | 100 | 31 | 618 | 1382 | 205 | 83 | 314 | 204 | 79 |
| Sankhuwasabha | 87517 | 67586 | 12 | 139 | 4236 | 927 | 1542 | 6678 | 603 | 367 | 128 | 85 | 1288 | 2115 | 442 | 778 | 473 | 64 | 52 |
| Bhojpur | 106780 | 93265 | 0 | 25 | 3265 | 1264 | 363 | 4491 | 155 | 164 | 115 | 49 | 502 | 1607 | 297 | 395 | 402 | 91 | 329 |
| Solukhumbu | 63452 | 54086 | 8 | 0 | 1172 | 397 | 188 | 3691 | 1245 | 590 | 8 | 17 | 496 | 1009 | 137 | 225 | 104 | 17 | 64 |
| Okhaldhunga | 91150 | 78024 | 25 | 31 | 3580 | 1860 | 137 | 2735 | 193 | 262 | 56 | 56 | 961 | 1292 | 406 | 1051 | 296 | 32 | 152 |
| Khotang | 129118 | 116011 | 0 | 0 | 2635 | 1519 | 151 | 5292 | 55 | 198 | 41 | 48 | 525 | 2031 | 202 | 140 | 128 | 110 | 32 |
| Udayapur | 125138 | 86666 | 48 | 463 | 9134 | 1707 | 3855 | 8801 | 955 | 1190 | 251 | 357 | 3624 | 1773 | 551 | 566 | 3978 | 454 | 766 |
| Saptari | 209237 | 129910 | 930 | 98 | 19172 | 2915 | 5752 | 18665 | 1837 | 3232 | 1307 | 1084 | 7173 | 6226 | 2021 | 3145 | 4059 | 1079 | 630 |
| Siraha* | 200292 | 122077 | 1083 | 959 | 18894 | 3946 | 5703 | 17761 | 2816 | 5257 | 1258 | 734 | 5038 | 4703 | 1738 | 1997 | 4032 | 1924 | 371 |
| Central Dev. Region | 3234707 | 1885618 | 3256 | 4513 | 368392 | 43560 | 114202 | 309997 | 50568 | 72570 | 22648 | 14314 | 144108 | 87669 | 26446 | 30961 | 30572 | 16674 | 8641 |
| Dhanusa | 228900 | 113545 | 502 | 90 | 29460 | 4004 | 11265 | 31420 | 3107 | 5451 | 2029 | 1087 | 11292 | 5917 | 2054 | 2371 | 2405 | 2600 | 300 |
| Mahottari | 198117 | 136271 | 611 | 38 | 13987 | 1474 | 6968 | 16584 | 1489 | 2440 | 445 | 482 | 6262 | 3143 | 1326 | 1325 | 2254 | 2795 | 221 |
| Sarlahi | 234367 | 149202 | 314 | 170 | 29184 | 2495 | 11875 | 17400 | 1280 | 2740 | 833 | 795 | 5420 | 3774 | 1360 | 2616 | 2216 | 2412 | 281 |
| Sindhuli* | 117443 | 87411 | 102 | 51 | 7248 | 2041 | 4104 | 5252 | 1042 | 1069 | 524 | 197 | 3719 | 2367 | 518 | 511 | 538 | 647 | 102 |
| Ramechhap | 107364 | 92953 | 0 | 40 | 4628 | 980 | 1310 | 3358 | 320 | 503 | 106 | 25 | 818 | 1496 | 207 | 227 | 82 | 231 | 80 |
| Dolakha* | 96274 | 64629 | 45 | 151 | 9668 | 1100 | 1741 | 9735 | 1187 | 776 | 249 | 129 | 3105 | 1881 | 434 | 701 | 239 | 367 | 136 |
| Sindhupalchok* | 158252 | 133105 | 8 | 0 | 7297 | 1898 | 3255 | 6368 | 833 | 920 | 166 | 159 | 1377 | 1715 | 216 | 535 | 145 | 116 | 139 |
| Kavre | 173479 | 111586 | 75 | 514 | 16024 | 2089 | 4232 | 16404 | 4007 | 3924 | 944 | 385 | 4082 | 5480 | 1321 | 1349 | 653 | 149 | 261 |
| Lalitpur | 143606 | 51536 | 8 | 568 | 24031 | 2643 | 5134 | 20777 | 2581 | 4066 | 1788 | 1284 | 13359 | 6051 | 2427 | 2411 | 2333 | 733 | 1877 |
| Bhaktapur | 93512 | 38763 | 12 | 105 | 20373 | 839 | 2651 | 10335 | 1831 | 3358 | 931 | 686 | 6713 | 3486 | 989 | 1002 | 906 | 167 | 366 |
| Kathmandu | 425986 | 93880 | 109 | 713 | 87245 | 6431 | 16399 | 64835 | 16770 | 20588 | 8123 | 5531 | 49095 | 25770 | 7634 | 7872 | 10104 | 2172 | 2714 |
| Nuwakot | 131939 | 94477 | 60 | 356 | 10810 | 3504 | 2929 | 7970 | 1107 | 1538 | 513 | 153 | 3186 | 2826 | 715 | 819 | 423 | 385 | 167 |
| Rasuwa | 26643 | 22408 | 7 | 2 | 614 | 413 | 278 | 1093 | 240 | 217 | 60 | 3 | 430 | 490 | 155 | 154 | 49 | 19 | 11 |
| Dhading | 178730 | 149708 | 32 | 228 | 8651 | 2117 | 2028 | 7165 | 1275 | 1576 | 124 | 25 | 1742 | 2358 | 304 | 663 | 244 | 363 | 129 |
| Makwanpur | 151349 | 79852 | 101 | 416 | 17746 | 1929 | 4904 | 16781 | 3159 | 7817 | 1783 | 758 | 7904 | 4374 | 1092 | 1534 | 830 | 207 | 164 |
| Rautahat | 201448 | 147549 | 455 | 12 | 14596 | 1900 | 6553 | 13036 | 1224 | 2025 | 486 | 558 | 4412 | 2997 | 1086 | 1160 | 1377 | 1687 | 335 |
| Bara | 177602 | 105919 | 202 | 660 | 19758 | 1732 | 9077 | 17832 | 1987 | 3809 | 1052 | 677 | 6413 | 3418 | 1047 | 2024 | 1118 | 422 | 456 |
| Parsa | 201953 | 120401 | 550 | 101 | 27251 | 3238 | 8352 | 18932 | 1576 | 3697 | 814 | 551 | 6670 | 3056 | 1048 | 1757 | 2937 | 507 | 515 |
| Chitawan | 187743 | 92423 | 63 | 298 | 19821 | 2733 | 11147 | 24720 | 5553 | 6056 | 1678 | 829 | 8109 | 7070 | 2513 | 1930 | 1719 | 695 | 387 |
| Western Dev. Region | 2046516 | 1393875 | 1374 | 4273 | 163249 | 29352 | 60060 | 178525 | 29493 | 29819 | 7629 | 5258 | 43825 | 50381 | 11642 | 12889 | 12632 | 8879 | 3362 |
| Gorkha | 141155 | 109428 | 5 | 65 | 6760 | 1857 | 2468 | 9636 | 1271 | 892 | 337 | 227 | 2801 | 2871 | 770 | 772 | 314 | 424 | 257 |
| Lamjung | 91168 | 72967 | 34 | 125 | 3282 | 1352 | 1680 | 6599 | 585 | 276 | 116 | 84 | 677 | 2160 | 275 | 293 | 74 | 563 | 25 |
| Tanahu | 139618 | 97434 | 157 | 177 | 10569 | 1792 | 4310 | 12780 | 1400 | 1057 | 415 | 302 | 2952 | 4091 | 470 | 631 | 199 | 618 | 266 |
| Syangja | 150129 | 110030 | 182 | 536 | 8129 | 2387 | 3607 | 11252 | 1941 | 1526 | 492 | 399 | 2270 | 4306 | 665 | 713 | 1088 | 297 | 310 |
| Kaski | 159321 | 85638 | 313 | 678 | 16905 | 1613 | 7610 | 17350 | 5049 | 5104 | 854 | 804 | 5072 | 6464 | 1231 | 1728 | 1374 | 1205 | 329 |
| Manang | 5451 | 3824 | 0 | 13 | 169 | 71 | 81 | 174 | 392 | 83 | 12 | 24 | 209 | 188 | 69 | 121 | 19 | 0 | 1 |
| Mustang | 9206 | 5583 | 0 | 0 | 603 | 96 | 582 | 426 | 346 | 270 | 17 | 12 | 469 | 425 | 120 | 164 | 48 | 41 | 5 |
| Myagdi | 56915 | 45862 | 17 | 58 | 2275 | 464 | 861 | 3790 | 840 | 161 | 117 | 16 | 342 | 1049 | 273 | 361 | 268 | 102 | 59 |
| Parbat | 83564 | 64127 | 0 | 228 | 4351 | 1165 | 1917 | 6090 | 461 | 464 | 73 | 47 | 805 | 2326 | 235 | 580 | 260 | 206 | 227 |
| Baglung | 127614 | 93081 | 10 | 189 | 7433 | 1927 | 2992 | 9924 | 2075 | 1038 | 400 | 380 | 2918 | 3143 | 645 | 623 | 218 | 288 | 329 |
| Gulmi | 145536 | 114107 | 16 | 264 | 8691 | 2309 | 2433 | 10610 | 1053 | 551 | 98 | 108 | 786 | 2829 | 308 | 453 | 692 | 100 | 131 |
| Palpa | 113168 | 71919 | 39 | 81 | 11747 | 2054 | 3241 | 8406 | 2669 | 1173 | 528 | 310 | 3229 | 3906 | 2059 | 547 | 565 | 445 | 249 |
| Nawalparasi | 277429 | 194476 | 266 | 177 | 25847 | 5043 | 8554 | 21322 | 2392 | 3669 | 729 | 586 | 4698 | 4034 | 979 | 1252 | 2338 | 744 | 322 |
| Rupandehi | 239597 | 100793 | 89 | 1520 | 29933 | 4020 | 12402 | 39969 | 6586 | 10937 | 2675 | 1395 | 12108 | 7568 | 2579 | 2413 | 2149 | 1901 | 558 |
| Kapilbastu | 214071 | 147271 | 213 | 162 | 23091 | 2348 | 6203 | 15256 | 2157 | 2269 | 693 | 499 | 3939 | 3151 | 770 | 2117 | 2754 | 959 | 221 |
| Arghakhanchi | 92574 | 77335 | 33 | 0 | 3464 | 854 | 1119 | 4941 | 276 | 349 | 73 | 65 | 550 | 1870 | 194 | 121 | 272 | 986 | 73 |
| Mid West Dev. Region | 1236364 | 844214 | 566 | 2478 | 100573 | 22638 | 41485 | 100161 | 12678 | 13331 | 4400 | 3092 | 27961 | 22447 | 6898 | 6561 | 16827 | 7287 | 2757 |
| Pyuthan | 98538 | 74381 | 16 | 84 | 11567 | 1936 | 1537 | 4516 | 385 | 273 | 57 | 32 | 783 | 1381 | 273 | 148 | 582 | 359 | 227 |
| Rolpa | 123789 | 99019 | 8 | 250 | 9429 | 3107 | 1527 | 5583 | 379 | 323 | 33 | 24 | 517 | 1268 | 194 | 335 | 956 | 735 | 104 |
| Rukum | 86271 | 69143 | 161 | 59 | 5209 | 1286 | 1290 | 3479 | 296 | 152 | 151 | 50 | 654 | 1462 | 150 | 633 | 218 | 1560 | 316 |
| Salyan* | 33046 | 26606 | 45 | 0 | 1995 | 666 | 524 | 1031 | 142 | 74 | 53 | 0 | 435 | 498 | 148 | 68 | 159 | 443 | 159 |
| Dang | 198698 | 116590 | 70 | 911 | 22309 | 4870 | 8005 | 17545 | 3794 | 4327 | 1038 | 697 | 4885 | 4745 | 1072 | 1182 | 5976 | 358 | 321 |
| Banke | 147549 | 58387 | 91 | 230 | 18575 | 3137 | 11020 | 26464 | 3661 | 4448 | 1963 | 1080 | 8609 | 3362 | 1900 | 1605 | 1871 | 517 | 627 |
| Bardiya | 158790 | 104358 | 80 | 139 | 11607 | 2185 | 9231 | 14030 | 936 | 1275 | 357 | 470 | 3741 | 1985 | 644 | 1081 | 5470 | 1060 | 141 |
| Surkhet* | 108589 | 58331 | 56 | 659 | 9699 | 2643 | 6288 | 13907 | 2005 | 1652 | 405 | 326 | 4550 | 3183 | 1294 | 744 | 1229 | 1333 | 287 |
| Dilekh | 107884 | 84949 | 5 | 84 | 5144 | 1395 | 1373 | 7504 | 383 | 233 | 179 | 178 | 2155 | 2000 | 609 | 401 | 218 | 622 | 452 |
| Jajarkot | 69089 | 64171 | 33 | 24 | 1556 | 397 | 304 | 1137 | 24 | 67 | 0 | 17 | 244 | 863 | 109 | 17 | 49 | 25 | 50 |
| Dolpa* | 13384 | 10835 | 0 | 0 | 457 | 155 | 37 | 1007 | 44 | 51 | 13 | 17 | 230 | 369 | 96 | 60 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Jumla* | 41489 | 35026 | 0 | 27 | 1674 | 407 | 229 | 1804 | 313 | 181 | 100 | 174 | 636 | 473 | 175 | 88 | 65 | 66 | 50 |
| Kalikot* | 4909 | 3658 | 0 | 0 | 74 | 16 | 62 | 320 | 183 | 23 | 7 | 0 | 86 | 150 | 33 | 127 | 0 | 168 | 0 |
| Mugu* | 20309 | 17309 | 0 | 10 | 805 | 333 | 32 | 770 | 59 | 101 | 34 | 24 | 253 | 382 | 109 | 57 | 14 | 9 | 8 |
| Humla | 24030 | 21451 | 1 | 1 | 473 | 105 | 26 | 1064 | 74 | 151 | 10 | 3 | 183 | 326 | 92 | 15 | 12 | 31 | 12 |
| Far West Dev. Region | 1019632 | 782407 | 222 | 802 | 56821 | 13927 | 18185 | 56562 | 4814 | 7318 | 2888 | 1374 | 23495 | 17597 | 4044 | 4083 | 5000 | 17455 | 2638 |
| Bajura* | 61928 | 52368 | 0 | 0 | 2740 | 934 | 178 | 3009 | 121 | 156 | 25 | 33 | 380 | 845 | 91 | 57 | 65 | 366 | 559 |
| Bajhang | 95427 | 71591 | 42 | 123 | 10149 | 1240 | 1020 | 6650 | 188 | 330 | 42 | 49 | 528 | 1646 | 288 | 385 | 188 | 601 | 369 |
| Achham | 127921 | 112975 | 0 | 0 | 4575 | 1667 | 303 | 4434 | 196 | 272 | 17 | 60 | 766 | 1157 | 341 | 106 | 121 | 686 | 244 |
| Doti | 102617 | 72822 | 32 | 19 | 6851 | 1372 | 1062 | 3818 | 566 | 455 | 199 | 79 | 2795 | 1230 | 357 | 178 | 274 | 10188 | 322 |
| Kailali | 239466 | 164718 | 62 | 292 | 13610 | 2926 | 10084 | 18933 | 1556 | 2912 | 1532 | 573 | 9063 | 4478 | 1165 | 1741 | 2587 | 2693 | 543 |
| Kanchanpur | 149706 | 109253 | 60 | 58 | 8140 | 2609 | 2870 | 10340 | 750 | 2133 | 521 | 336 | 5055 | 3300 | 659 | 696 | 915 | 1764 | 246 |
| Dadeldhura | 61456 | 47132 | 12 | 232 | 3096 | 488 | 906 | 4114 | 630 | 366 | 214 | 106 | 1594 | 1319 | 509 | 215 | 238 | 238 | 46 |
| Baitadi | 117942 | 96573 | 5 | 52 | 5599 | 1814 | 1149 | 4009 | 680 | 418 | 313 | 113 | 2302 | 2297 | 490 | 520 | 563 | 861 | 182 |
| Darchaula | 63169 | 54975 | 9 | 26 | 2061 | 877 | 613 | 1255 | 127 | 276 | 25 | 25 | 1012 | 1325 | 144 | 185 | 49 | 58 | 127 |