TABLE 26 : POPULATION 6  - YEAR OF AGE AND OVER BY CASTE / ETHENIC GROUPS , LITERACY STATUS, EDUCATIONAL ATTAINTMENT AND  SEX
AREA , SEX	EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
CASTE / ETHNIC GROUP	TOTAL	ILLITERATE	NO	PRIMARY	SECONDARY	S.L.C. &	INTERMEDIATE	GRADUATE	OTHERS &	LITERACY
			SCHOOLING	( 1  -  5 )	( 6 - 10 )	EQUIV .	& EQUIV.	EQUIV. &	LEVEL NOT	NOT STATED
								ABOVE	STATED
NEPAL
BOTH SEXES	15145071	9073370	1360371	2445959	1345461	300342	136214	96977	273424	112953
YADAV , AHIR	624670	455555	29520	63034	44709	11345	4717	2354	8629	4807
KAYASTHA	44290	15517	4056	7146	8365	3975	2171	1899	913	248
KUMHAR	58283	41563	3330	6587	4033	946	390	192	674	568
BANIA	83107	43725	7383	15363	10839	2172	1160	704	1269	492
DHOBI	62034	48676	2536	5529	3302	549	245	162	545	490
SUDHI , KALWAR	133250	72960	10413	22121	17301	4440	1744	1048	2459	764
KURMI	135927	100507	6090	15220	9423	1395	739	303	1141	1109
BRAHMAN (TERAI )	137438	51657	13390	25244	24910	9034	4987	4032	3394	790
RAJPUT	46362	22094	3736	7634	6857	2532	1133	1173	894	309
THARU	964641	691438	71766	118853	53401	8370	2548	901	11028	6336
TELI	205106	129174	13131	29102	20992	5094	2160	1006	3011	1436
KUSHWHA	166629	118211	9042	19623	12313	2676	988	381	2363	1032
MUSLIM	517504	398554	30068	47365	22172	4124	1977	1468	7954	3822
HALUWAI	36169	21089	3217	5822	4095	762	252	113	640	179
MALLAH	88323	77038	2478	4830	2248	360	117	35	541	676
RAJBANSHI	68162	42227	6877	11660	5107	648	192	63	1131	257
DHIMAL	14095	8464	1257	2688	1074	100	22	5	385	100
GANGAIN	18602	11875	1147	3083	1530	211	69	40	595	52
MARWADI	25265	2920	2665	4612	7409	3003	1945	2018	584	109
BENGALI	6646	3223	538	1137	1038	252	130	164	141	23
DHANUK	110855	84689	5137	10033	6492	1593	427	176	1436	872
SHIKH	7653	5635	407	742	493	126	77	87	62	24
DHUSADH	75031	66980	2187	3150	1386	238	51	24	374	641
CHAMAR	164636	146863	4317	7892	3168	331	113	31	735	1186
KHATWAY	53659	47006	1466	2913	1279	204	66	13	243	469
MUSAHAR	112886	107411	2326	1627	408	50	16	7	292	749
KEWAT	82254	63447	3737	7512	4385	969	340	127	1334	403
RAJBHAR	27090	20281	1354	2581	1696	437	176	66	314	185
KANU	56977	39665	3399	6992	4225	929	312	159	581	715
OTHERS (TERAI )	510499	395737	24173	47415	25161	4705	2265	1402	5222	4419
BRAHMAN (HILL)	1995774	755393	252186	432800	323433	92251	44058	33040	51471	11142
CHHETRI	2437349	1321852	244348	471510	255620	48304	19536	11984	45340	18855
THAKURI	245607	129012	25404	47805	28023	5061	2468	1784	4591	1459
SANYASI	149190	81812	15871	28959	14356	2650	924	616	2898	1104
NEWAR	890189	347180	100384	174249	139112	47583	27031	23000	25890	5760
LIMBU	244172	128096	29813	49744	25806	2725	945	528	4678	1837
RAI	431851	236187	50787	84828	39296	5359	1845	1031	8985	3533
GURUNG	376057	197704	43556	74289	39668	5541	2168	1203	9834	2094
THAKALI	11983	4478	1605	2444	2195	579	276	189	171	46
TAMANG	828368	590767	67229	111228	31899	3967	1198	703	13956	7421
MAGAR	1087402	651037	116809	205893	72151	7751	2057	885	22203	8616
DANUWAR	41143	30672	2524	4333	1950	423	95	38	712	396
JIREL	3983	2589	410	595	227	51	10	3	8	90
MAJHI	44375	34064	2826	5210	1168	119	17	4	507	460
SUNUWAR	33641	20716	3569	5814	2448	303	89	36	441	225
GAINE	3639	2499	369	572	134	11	1	1	42	10
CHEPANG	29033	24792	1642	1965	269	15	2	1	136	211
KUMAL	61278	42479	5711	9399	2201	202	40	20	822	404
CHURAOTE	1462	750	200	316	106	20	4	8	37	21
BOTE	5327	4150	369	603	85	8	7	2	54	49
LEPCHA	3978	2249	405	853	235	53	42	33	65	43
RAUTE	2295	1686	143	264	105	26	12	16	19	24
DARAI	8685	5442	968	1536	473	32	9	9	143	73
RAJI	2704	2105	195	297	54	9	3	2	21	18
THAMI	15609	11756	1329	1658	267	42	16	18	148	375
DAMAI	295628	210181	23029	44887	9538	667	148	72	4287	2819
KAMI	768382	561869	57051	105594	23938	2326	649	266	9588	7101
SARKI	221920	166224	16280	28070	5632	418	85	48	3160	2003
WADI	5659	4441	386	572	137	9	4	3	54	53
OTHERS (HILL )	150322	98297	12763	24271	8642	1061	352	302	2682	1952
SHERPA	91588	57935	9295	15180	5244	908	385	306	1295	1040
BHOTE	10223	6946	964	1515	476	88	25	21	83	105
OTHERS (MOUNTAIN )	1462	836	146	270	129	28	11	9	25	8
NO  CASTE (FOREIGNERS )	2631	866	250	380	279	74	110	520	107	45
NOT STATED	4119	2127	412	546	354	108	63	123	87	299
MALE	7522617	3402273	906930	1593217	966574	229008	107806	79199	190512	47098
YADAV , AHIR	329495	192635	22268	49555	38822	10437	4425	2219	6995	2139
KAYASTHA	22459	5491	1996	3667	4618	2765	1720	1587	504	111
KUMHAR	29920	17448	2333	4850	3221	799	338	161	519	251
BANIA	43853	16219	4945	10185	8014	1773	981	599	921	216
DHOBI	32195	21456	1880	4497	2863	458	208	144	444	245
SUDHI , KALWAR	70190	26162	7334	14914	13290	3813	1591	959	1779	348
KURMI	71351	42554	4612	11975	8485	1306	701	287	956	475
BRAHMAN (TERAI )	72463	16841	7684	14024	16669	6997	4226	3553	2150	319
RAJPUT	24692	8265	2334	4631	4691	2004	979	1017	624	147
THARU	484775	271509	53332	91790	45796	7662	2430	866	8566	2824
TELI	107513	48842	9791	21037	17303	4556	2028	953	2351	652
KUSHWHA	86509	47816	6830	15176	10678	2460	920	359	1827	443
MUSLIM	267513	177060	21398	35735	18918	3637	1782	1333	5874	1776
HALUWAI	18880	8012	2207	3963	3161	662	226	101	457	91
MALLAH	45784	36244	1902	4256	2094	340	110	35	470	333
RAJBANSHI	34262	15202	5198	7960	4156	588	178	57	811	112
DHIMAL	7140	3226	856	1791	832	91	22	5	270	47
GANGAIN	9501	4366	849	2210	1307	197	61	33	459	19
MARWADI	13711	1079	1273	2261	3851	1823	1397	1660	309	58
BENGALI	3503	1298	344	710	666	177	79	109	108	12
DHANUK	57651	35959	3964	8238	5858	1487	410	170	1160	405
SHIKH	3740	2357	287	504	341	85	55	48	48	15
DHUSADH	38592	32009	1639	2753	1293	224	47	20	311	296
CHAMAR	84081	69006	3267	7141	2990	318	112	28	643	576
KHATWAY	27507	21822	1169	2595	1205	186	55	12	214	249
MUSAHAR	56893	52763	1631	1462	372	41	11	7	257	349
KEWAT	42299	27005	2827	6049	3832	904	331	119	1053	179
RAJBHAR	13910	8428	1059	2001	1453	401	165	64	261	78
KANU	29867	16333	2503	5404	3597	850	285	142	467	286
OTHERS (TERAI )	264424	174875	18080	37448	20867	3924	1923	1177	4101	2029
BRAHMAN (HILL)	980963	218859	151925	231936	207522	68722	35992	28558	33193	4256
CHHETRI	1182318	423637	163590	306418	187580	37546	15706	9833	30931	7077
THAKURI	119660	40312	16562	31196	20879	3806	1857	1391	3081	576
SANYASI	73394	26970	10867	18862	10880	2123	749	534	2009	400
NEWAR	442240	114489	60637	98790	85192	30426	17536	16178	16647	2345
LIMBU	118363	42722	20384	30095	17989	2102	732	403	3233	703
RAI	211629	83658	33867	52935	27432	4028	1365	774	6139	1431
GURUNG	178614	68523	27373	43050	25850	3802	1527	903	6574	1012
THAKALI	5758	1453	987	1259	1216	384	197	132	108	22
TAMANG	413523	240199	48640	81239	25052	3157	915	536	10657	3128
MAGAR	522154	226126	78785	134958	54900	6175	1666	702	15399	3443
DANUWAR	19743	11661	1836	3288	1696	391	88	36	576	171
JIREL	1935	912	309	427	187	45	9	3	8	35
MAJHI	21828	14218	2010	3940	981	100	14	3	370	192
SUNUWAR	16475	7557	2538	3810	1816	239	78	32	312	93
GAINE	1757	962	232	414	109	9	1	1	25	4
CHEPANG	14889	11657	1287	1519	224	11	2	0	97	92
KUMAL	29911	16798	3661	6598	1838	178	40	19	582	197
CHURAOTE	744	233	154	212	78	17	4	8	28	10
BOTE	2680	1823	250	445	73	5	7	2	43	32
LEPCHA	2396	1227	284	568	163	35	27	25	43	24
RAUTE	575	277	54	132	64	16	8	10	12	2
DARAI	4337	2124	606	1048	390	29	8	6	95	31
RAJI	1389	938	127	240	43	7	3	2	17	12
THAMI	7663	4871	974	1303	214	26	11	12	103	149
DAMAI	142210	83067	15669	31351	7248	534	129	59	3014	1139
KAMI	373351	223027	39614	78401	19489	2012	569	231	6998	3010
SARKI	106658	66123	11152	20973	4785	368	75	38	2244	900
WADI	2678	1811	276	414	103	8	3	2	41	20
OTHERS (HILL )	73272	37594	8654	16388	6618	851	282	215	1863	807
SHERPA	45444	22033	6555	10410	3848	669	271	238	957	463
BHOTE	4915	2502	730	1108	374	69	16	17	62	37
OTHERS (MOUNTAIN )	758	339	105	167	87	22	10	7	16	5
NO  CASTE (FOREIGNERS )	1501	428	157	171	158	46	67	378	63	33
NOT STATED	2219	861	287	370	253	85	46	87	63	167
FEMALE	7622454	5671097	453441	852742	378887	71334	28408	17778	82912	65855
YADAV , AHIR	295175	262920	7252	13479	5887	908	292	135	1634	2668
KAYASTHA	21831	10026	2060	3479	3747	1210	451	312	409	137
KUMHAR	28363	24115	997	1737	812	147	52	31	155	317
BANIA	39254	27506	2438	5178	2825	399	179	105	348	276
DHOBI	29839	27220	656	1032	439	91	37	18	101	245
SUDHI , KALWAR	63060	46798	3079	7207	4011	627	153	89	680	416
KURMI	64576	57953	1478	3245	938	89	38	16	185	634
BRAHMAN (TERAI )	64975	34816	5706	11220	8241	2037	761	479	1244	471
RAJPUT	21670	13829	1402	3003	2166	528	154	156	270	162
THARU	479866	419929	18434	27063	7605	708	118	35	2462	3512
TELI	97593	80332	3340	8065	3689	538	132	53	660	784
KUSHWHA	80120	70395	2212	4447	1635	216	68	22	536	589
MUSLIM	249991	221494	8670	11630	3254	487	195	135	2080	2046
HALUWAI	17289	13077	1010	1859	934	100	26	12	183	88
MALLAH	42539	40794	576	574	154	20	7	0	71	343
RAJBANSHI	33900	27025	1679	3700	951	60	14	6	320	145
DHIMAL	6955	5238	401	897	242	9	0	0	115	53
GANGAIN	9101	7509	298	873	223	14	8	7	136	33
MARWADI	11554	1841	1392	2351	3558	1180	548	358	275	51
BENGALI	3143	1925	194	427	372	75	51	55	33	11
DHANUK	53204	48730	1173	1795	634	106	17	6	276	467
SHIKH	3913	3278	120	238	152	41	22	39	14	9
DHUSADH	36439	34971	548	397	93	14	4	4	63	345
CHAMAR	80555	77857	1050	751	178	13	1	3	92	610
KHATWAY	26152	25184	297	318	74	18	11	1	29	220
MUSAHAR	55993	54648	695	165	36	9	5	0	35	400
KEWAT	39955	36442	910	1463	553	65	9	8	281	224
RAJBHAR	13180	11853	295	580	243	36	11	2	53	107
KANU	27110	23332	896	1588	628	79	27	17	114	429
OTHERS (TERAI )	246075	220862	6093	9967	4294	781	342	225	1121	2390
BRAHMAN (HILL)	1014811	536534	100261	200864	115911	23529	8066	4482	18278	6886
CHHETRI	1255031	898215	80758	165092	68040	10758	3830	2151	14409	11778
THAKURI	125947	88700	8842	16609	7144	1255	611	393	1510	883
SANYASI	75796	54842	5004	10097	3476	527	175	82	889	704
NEWAR	447949	232691	39747	75459	53920	17157	9495	6822	9243	3415
LIMBU	125809	85374	9429	19649	7817	623	213	125	1445	1134
RAI	220222	152529	16920	31893	11864	1331	480	257	2846	2102
GURUNG	197443	129181	16183	31239	13818	1739	641	300	3260	1082
THAKALI	6225	3025	618	1185	979	195	79	57	63	24
TAMANG	414845	350568	18589	29989	6847	810	283	167	3299	4293
MAGAR	565248	424911	38024	70935	17251	1576	391	183	6804	5173
DANUWAR	21400	19011	688	1045	254	32	7	2	136	225
JIREL	2048	1677	101	168	40	6	1	0	0	55
MAJHI	22547	19846	816	1270	187	19	3	1	137	268
SUNUWAR	17166	13159	1031	2004	632	64	11	4	129	132
GAINE	1882	1537	137	158	25	2	0	0	17	6
CHEPANG	14144	13135	355	446	45	4	0	1	39	119
KUMAL	31367	25681	2050	2801	363	24	0	1	240	207
CHURAOTE	718	517	46	104	28	3	0	0	9	11
BOTE	2647	2327	119	158	12	3	0	0	11	17
LEPCHA	1582	1022	121	285	72	18	15	8	22	19
RAUTE	1720	1409	89	132	41	10	4	6	7	22
DARAI	4348	3318	362	488	83	3	1	3	48	42
RAJI	1315	1167	68	57	11	2	0	0	4	6
THAMI	7946	6885	355	355	53	16	5	6	45	226
DAMAI	153418	127114	7360	13536	2290	133	19	13	1273	1680
KAMI	395031	338842	17437	27193	4449	314	80	35	2590	4091
SARKI	115262	100101	5128	7097	847	50	10	10	916	1103
WADI	2981	2630	110	158	34	1	1	1	13	33
OTHERS (HILL )	77050	60703	4109	7883	2024	210	70	87	819	1145
SHERPA	46144	35902	2740	4770	1396	239	114	68	338	577
BHOTE	5308	4444	234	407	102	19	9	4	21	68
OTHERS (MOUNTAIN )	704	497	41	103	42	6	1	2	9	3
NO  CASTE (FOREIGNERS )	1130	438	93	209	121	28	43	142	44	12
NOT STATED	1900	1266	125	176	101	23	17	36	24	132