| TABLE 36: POPULATION 10 - YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY MARITAL STATUS, LITERACY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SEX | ||||||||
| AREA, SEX & | M A R I T A L S T A T U S | |||||||
| EDUCATIONAL | TOTAL | SINGLE | MARRIED | WIDOW / | DIVORCED | SEPERATED | NOT | |
| ATTAINMENT | WIDOWER | STATED | ||||||
| NEPAL | ||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 12975089 | 3974059 | 8196489 | 660215 | 29891 | 44662 | 69773 | |
| ILLITERATE | 7937129 | 1383994 | 5857763 | 602116 | 22921 | 36485 | 33850 | |
| LITERATE | 4950845 | 2573601 | 2285941 | 52143 | 6760 | 7913 | 24487 | |
| NO SCHOOLING | 1080912 | 298381 | 740122 | 30165 | 2681 | 3242 | 6321 | |
| PRIMARY ( 1 - 5 ) | 1791473 | 1279869 | 491553 | 8940 | 2113 | 1965 | 7033 | |
| SECONDARY ( 6 - 10 ) | 1345461 | 769341 | 560677 | 5151 | 1216 | 1602 | 7474 | |
| SLC & EQUIV . | 300342 | 104800 | 192079 | 1292 | 248 | 341 | 1582 | |
| INTERMEDIATE & EQUIV. | 136214 | 47767 | 86921 | 480 | 76 | 162 | 808 | |
| GRADUATE & EQUIV . | 78816 | 17368 | 60609 | 368 | 51 | 118 | 302 | |
| POST GRADUATE & ABOVE | 18161 | 2603 | 15342 | 106 | 17 | 27 | 66 | |
| OTHERS | 223 | 44 | 172 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| LEVEL NOT STATED | 199243 | 53428 | 138466 | 5637 | 357 | 456 | 899 | |
| LITERACY NOT STATED | 87115 | 16464 | 52785 | 5956 | 210 | 264 | 11436 | |
| MALE | 6418531 | 2288349 | 3886899 | 189194 | 15564 | 13789 | 24736 | |
| ILLITERATE | 2918188 | 578361 | 2157898 | 153065 | 10593 | 9262 | 9009 | |
| LITERATE | 3465180 | 1702585 | 1708775 | 34885 | 4886 | 4467 | 9582 | |
| NO SCHOOLING | 743947 | 174292 | 544362 | 19700 | 1853 | 1674 | 2066 | |
| PRIMARY ( 1 - 5 ) | 1192205 | 821456 | 359116 | 6308 | 1605 | 1163 | 2557 | |
| SECONDARY ( 6 - 10 ) | 966574 | 541193 | 417008 | 3422 | 907 | 983 | 3061 | |
| SLC & EQUIV . | 229008 | 78697 | 148255 | 844 | 171 | 215 | 826 | |
| INTERMEDIATE & EQUIV. | 107806 | 37714 | 69200 | 312 | 58 | 102 | 420 | |
| GRADUATE & EQUIV . | 64518 | 13897 | 50095 | 250 | 32 | 81 | 163 | |
| POST GRADUATE & ABOVE | 14681 | 1853 | 12691 | 77 | 10 | 10 | 40 | |
| OTHERS | 192 | 35 | 153 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| LEVEL NOT STATED | 146249 | 33448 | 107895 | 3968 | 250 | 239 | 449 | |
| LITERACY NOT STATED | 35163 | 7403 | 20226 | 1244 | 85 | 60 | 6145 | |
| FEMALE | 6556558 | 1685710 | 4309590 | 471021 | 14327 | 30873 | 45037 | |
| ILLITERATE | 5018941 | 805633 | 3699865 | 449051 | 12328 | 27223 | 24841 | |
| LITERATE | 1485665 | 871016 | 577166 | 17258 | 1874 | 3446 | 14905 | |
| NO SCHOOLING | 336965 | 124089 | 195760 | 10465 | 828 | 1568 | 4255 | |
| PRIMARY ( 1 - 5 ) | 599268 | 458413 | 132437 | 2632 | 508 | 802 | 4476 | |
| SECONDARY ( 6 - 10 ) | 378887 | 228148 | 143669 | 1729 | 309 | 619 | 4413 | |
| SLC & EQUIV . | 71334 | 26103 | 43824 | 448 | 77 | 126 | 756 | |
| INTERMEDIATE & EQUIV. | 28408 | 10053 | 17721 | 168 | 18 | 60 | 388 | |
| GRADUATE & EQUIV . | 14298 | 3471 | 10514 | 118 | 19 | 37 | 139 | |
| POST GRADUATE & ABOVE | 3480 | 750 | 2651 | 29 | 7 | 17 | 26 | |
| OTHERS | 31 | 9 | 19 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| LEVEL NOT STATED | 52994 | 19980 | 30571 | 1669 | 107 | 217 | 450 | |
| LITERACY NOT STATED | 51952 | 9061 | 32559 | 4712 | 125 | 204 | 5291 | |