TABLE 23 : POPULATION BY SPOKEN  AS  A  SECOND  LANGUAGE , SEX AND AGE GROUPS
AREA, SEX &  A  G  E     G R O U P NOT
MOTHER TONGUE TOTAL 0 -4 5-14 15 - 24 25 - 34 35 - 44 45 - 54 55 - 64 65 + STATED
NEPAL                    
BOTH SEXES 17710515 2580860 4912617 3239181 2428978 1795584 1278016 860191 612808 2280
NEPALI 3347261 293530 873086 708331 518075 380277 266723 181025 125854 360
MAITHILI 71226 6932 16939 13780 12745 9064 5583 3510 2644 29
BHOJPURI 74148 8571 19323 13669 11746 8563 5822 3723 2714 17
NEWARI 22129 1411 4157 4706 3900 3049 2197 1492 1209 8
GURUNG 18918 1490 4139 3721 2599 2379 1890 1459 1236 5
TAMANG 23645 2287 5630 4580 3651 2913 2040 1525 1013 6
ABADHI 19996 2152 5027 3701 3187 2385 1649 1089 802 4
THARU 48603 5077 12931 10204 7585 5663 3624 2089 1402 28
MAGAR 37118 3350 8988 7105 5322 4679 3464 2404 1797 9
LIMBU 10203 1012 2439 2029 1594 1177 811 679 458 4
RAI / KIRATI 48334 5515 13046 9617 6987 5071 3722 2615 1749 12
SHERPA 4635 285 994 1001 817 558 481 305 189 5
THAKALI 1056 42 159 213 220 151 131 77 62 1
RAJBANSI 3217 154 724 727 625 422 296 159 108 2
SATAR 1339 90 277 279 252 212 108 64 56 1
DANUWAR 467 37 95 100 92 73 37 25 8 0
SANTHAL 559 43 114 117 114 88 32 24 27 0
HINDI 489578 29725 94420 102463 99287 72555 45496 27180 18399 53
URDU 22932 2209 5659 4305 3973 2914 1875 1141 853 3
CHEPANG 1449 189 331 292 217 166 133 78 43 0
THAMI 822 79 185 190 113 111 68 53 23 0
BENGALI 2505 274 525 440 531 310 215 131 79 0
MAJHI 779 86 182 133 135 93 67 59 24 0
DHIMAL 405 43 89 63 82 60 30 24 13 1
JHANGAR 192 27 50 25 33 23 18 7 9 0
MARWADI 933 78 189 209 204 105 73 41 34 0
KUMHALE 100 19 20 19 12 10 12 4 4 0
DARAI 900 112 222 193 157 97 65 30 24 0
JIREL 105 13 19 14 25 12 11 7 4 0
BYANSHI 161 10 17 40 35 19 16 15 9 0
RAJI 1210 114 264 293 207 128 93 66 44 1
ENGLISH 42021 206 4086 16315 11481 6025 2635 867 406 0
OTHER LOCAL LANGUAGE 151150 21100 39943 27336 20356 16279 12767 8283 5068 18
OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE 3261 270 654 511 625 496 325 219 160 1
NOT STATED 13259158 2194328 3797694 2302460 1711994 1269457 915507 619722 446284 1712
                     
MALE 8850784 1307355 2529834 1546078 1157270 892468 655646 447064 314226 843
NEPALI 1791758 148380 469745 373722 276286 207684 147526 100078 68211 126
MAITHILI 36667 3619 8844 6846 6352 4807 2965 1838 1380 16
BHOJPURI 38140 4418 10097 6739 5872 4424 3200 1964 1417 9
NEWARI 11464 721 2115 2287 2008 1667 1240 791 632 3
GURUNG 9328 813 2204 1722 1102 1079 965 800 641 2
TAMANG 12419 1159 2891 2292 1909 1596 1152 841 575 4
ABADHI 10618 1096 2648 1886 1637 1287 974 629 460 1
THARU 24948 2514 6654 4929 3818 2957 2061 1201 796 18
MAGAR 18664 1736 4621 3292 2544 2338 1842 1311 976 4
LIMBU 5198 511 1287 978 781 605 426 378 231 1
RAI / KIRATI 24634 2769 6874 4711 3438 2615 1971 1365 886 5
SHERPA 2425 130 507 524 435 314 244 164 105 2
THAKALI 549 19 83 106 120 77 70 44 30 0
RAJBANSI 1655 87 355 359 310 204 171 101 67 1
SATAR 728 48 138 164 132 127 65 33 21 0
DANUWAR 273 18 55 59 49 46 26 15 5 0
SANTHAL 324 25 54 63 67 60 21 17 17 0
HINDI 292631 15262 52078 59952 59822 46362 30258 17396 11478 23
URDU 12646 1140 3113 2229 2121 1736 1115 675 515 2
CHEPANG 720 87 160 137 113 78 83 41 21 0
THAMI 401 44 97 84 50 53 31 28 14 0
BENGALI 1339 140 264 206 282 188 122 85 52 0
MAJHI 343 35 79 65 53 42 32 23 14 0
DHIMAL 216 27 46 31 37 41 13 14 7 0
JHANGAR 103 14 26 13 20 13 8 3 6 0
MARWADI 512 38 97 113 122 56 50 21 15 0
KUMHALE 44 7 8 8 5 5 7 2 2 0
DARAI 450 56 96 89 84 60 32 19 14 0
JIREL 51 6 9 5 16 6 4 4 1 0
BYANSHI 104 5 11 19 24 15 12 12 6 0
RAJI 669 54 147 149 123 82 57 34 23 0
ENGLISH 32037 115 2598 11590 9337 5040 2261 758 338 0
OTHER LOCAL LANGUAGE 73546 10572 20382 12743 9265 7493 6019 4282 2785 5
OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE 1936 150 375 267 361 307 229 142 105 0
NOT STATED 6443244 1111540 1931076 1047699 768575 599004 450394 311955 222380 621
                     
FEMALE 8861056 1273625 2383062 1693347 1271972 903305 622466 413204 298637 1438
NEPALI 1555503 145150 403341 334609 241789 172593 119197 80947 57643 234
MAITHILI 34559 3313 8095 6934 6393 4257 2618 1672 1264 13
BHOJPURI 36008 4153 9226 6930 5874 4139 2622 1759 1297 8
NEWARI 10665 690 2042 2419 1892 1382 957 701 577 5
GURUNG 9590 677 1935 1999 1497 1300 925 659 595 3
TAMANG 11226 1128 2739 2288 1742 1317 888 684 438 2
ABADHI 9378 1056 2379 1815 1550 1098 675 460 342 3
THARU 23655 2563 6277 5275 3767 2706 1563 888 606 10
MAGAR 18454 1614 4367 3813 2778 2341 1622 1093 821 5
LIMBU 5005 501 1152 1051 813 572 385 301 227 3
RAI / KIRATI 23700 2746 6172 4906 3549 2456 1751 1250 863 7
SHERPA 2210 155 487 477 382 244 237 141 84 3
THAKALI 507 23 76 107 100 74 61 33 32 1
RAJBANSI 1562 67 369 368 315 218 125 58 41 1
SATAR 611 42 139 115 120 85 43 31 35 1
DANUWAR 194 19 40 41 43 27 11 10 3 0
SANTHAL 235 18 60 54 47 28 11 7 10 0
HINDI 196947 14463 42342 42511 39465 26193 15238 9784 6921 30
URDU 10286 1069 2546 2076 1852 1178 760 466 338 1
CHEPANG 729 102 171 155 104 88 50 37 22 0
THAMI 421 35 88 106 63 58 37 25 9 0
BENGALI 1166 134 261 234 249 122 93 46 27 0
MAJHI 436 51 103 68 82 51 35 36 10 0
DHIMAL 189 16 43 32 45 19 17 10 6 1
JHANGAR 89 13 24 12 13 10 10 4 3 0
MARWADI 421 40 92 96 82 49 23 20 19 0
KUMHALE 56 12 12 11 7 5 5 2 2 0
DARAI 450 56 126 104 73 37 33 11 10 0
JIREL 54 7 10 9 9 6 7 3 3 0
BYANSHI 57 5 6 21 11 4 4 3 3 0
RAJI 541 60 117 144 84 46 36 32 21 1
ENGLISH 9984 91 1488 4725 2144 985 374 109 68 0
OTHER LOCAL LANGUAGE 77604 10528 19561 14593 11091 8786 6748 4001 2283 13
OTHER FOREIGN LANGUAGE 1325 120 279 244 264 189 96 77 55 1
NOT STATED 6815914 1082788 1866618 1254761 943419 670453 465113 307767 223904 1091