| TABLE 57 : ECONOMICALLY ACTIVE POPULATION 10 - YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY MAJOR OCCUPATION , LITERACY EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT AND SEX | ||||||||||
| AREA, SEX & | M A J O R O C C U P A T I O N | |||||||||
| EDUCATIONAL | TOTAL | PROF. / TECH | ADMINISTRA- | CLERICAL | SALES | SERVICE | FARM & | PROD. | OTHERS | OCCUPATION |
| ATTAINMENT | WORKERS | TIVE WORKERS | WORKERS | WORKERS | WORKERS | FISH | LABOUR | NOT STATED | ||
| WORKERS | WORKERS | |||||||||
| NEPAL | ||||||||||
| BOTH SEXES | 7339586 | 130653 | 21942 | 77697 | 218496 | 453739 | 5952047 | 310414 | 153728 | 20870 |
| ILLITERATE | 4929458 | 1041 | 0 | 0 | 75236 | 289244 | 4333693 | 161894 | 56868 | 11482 |
| LITERATE | 2368593 | 129569 | 21942 | 77697 | 142630 | 161753 | 1582569 | 147245 | 96045 | 9143 |
| NO SCHOOLING | 733704 | 8386 | 1944 | 6577 | 34529 | 50613 | 567321 | 43184 | 19147 | 2003 |
| PRIMARY ( 1 - 5 ) | 609072 | 2445 | 1020 | 3027 | 23029 | 40753 | 482422 | 40832 | 13499 | 2045 |
| SECONDARY ( 6 - 10 ) | 564860 | 13392 | 2067 | 16801 | 44538 | 49276 | 368580 | 41788 | 25958 | 2460 |
| SLC & EQUIV . | 174853 | 50983 | 1827 | 24385 | 17822 | 7782 | 49322 | 7923 | 13767 | 1042 |
| INTERMEDIATE & EQUIV. | 81050 | 26700 | 2608 | 16273 | 8981 | 2867 | 11307 | 2937 | 8855 | 522 |
| GRADUATE & EQUIV . | 57978 | 19420 | 8088 | 8217 | 6122 | 1745 | 4431 | 1704 | 7820 | 431 |
| POST GRADUATE & ABOVE | 14869 | 5635 | 3939 | 974 | 893 | 289 | 645 | 280 | 2088 | 126 |
| OTHERS | 166 | 69 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 30 | 2 |
| LEVEL NOT STATED | 132041 | 2539 | 439 | 1434 | 6709 | 8425 | 98510 | 8592 | 4881 | 512 |
| LITERACY NOT STATED | 41535 | 43 | 0 | 0 | 630 | 2742 | 35785 | 1275 | 815 | 245 |
| MALE | 6315494 | 221065 | 39804 | 139848 | 294234 | 485569 | 4512692 | 384407 | 216888 | 20987 |
| ILLITERATE | 2415962 | 861 | 0 | 0 | 43791 | 192140 | 2013135 | 119023 | 41368 | 5644 |
| LITERATE | 1939911 | 110085 | 19902 | 69924 | 125033 | 145705 | 1241991 | 132201 | 87453 | 7617 |
| NO SCHOOLING | 575360 | 7250 | 1698 | 6078 | 29167 | 44329 | 429184 | 38512 | 17523 | 1619 |
| PRIMARY ( 1 - 5 ) | 481806 | 2023 | 877 | 2822 | 19357 | 36415 | 369927 | 36236 | 12540 | 1609 |
| SECONDARY ( 6 - 10 ) | 483200 | 11079 | 1933 | 15322 | 39281 | 45719 | 305896 | 37742 | 24142 | 2086 |
| SLC & EQUIV . | 154233 | 43375 | 1728 | 21735 | 16323 | 7193 | 43314 | 7357 | 12273 | 935 |
| INTERMEDIATE & EQUIV. | 72362 | 22827 | 2442 | 14481 | 8429 | 2663 | 10518 | 2730 | 7816 | 456 |
| GRADUATE & EQUIV . | 51714 | 16618 | 7363 | 7282 | 5879 | 1585 | 4190 | 1580 | 6842 | 375 |
| POST GRADUATE & ABOVE | 12741 | 4588 | 3453 | 832 | 847 | 263 | 609 | 254 | 1790 | 105 |
| OTHERS | 153 | 62 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 27 | 5 | 28 | 2 |
| LEVEL NOT STATED | 108342 | 2263 | 398 | 1363 | 5743 | 7535 | 78326 | 7785 | 4499 | 430 |
| LITERACY NOT STATED | 19710 | 34 | 0 | 0 | 377 | 2019 | 15575 | 982 | 614 | 109 |
| FEMALE | 3392685 | 39157 | 4080 | 15546 | 66892 | 129923 | 3021924 | 73252 | 32885 | 9026 |
| ILLITERATE | 2513496 | 180 | 0 | 0 | 31445 | 97104 | 2320558 | 42871 | 15500 | 5838 |
| LITERATE | 428682 | 19484 | 2040 | 7773 | 17597 | 16048 | 340578 | 15044 | 8592 | 1526 |
| NO SCHOOLING | 158344 | 1136 | 246 | 499 | 5362 | 6284 | 138137 | 4672 | 1624 | 384 |
| PRIMARY ( 1 - 5 ) | 127266 | 422 | 143 | 205 | 3672 | 4338 | 112495 | 4596 | 959 | 436 |
| SECONDARY ( 6 - 10 ) | 81660 | 2313 | 134 | 1479 | 5257 | 3557 | 62684 | 4046 | 1816 | 374 |
| SLC & EQUIV . | 20620 | 7608 | 99 | 2650 | 1499 | 589 | 6008 | 566 | 1494 | 107 |
| INTERMEDIATE & EQUIV. | 8688 | 3873 | 166 | 1792 | 552 | 204 | 789 | 207 | 1039 | 66 |
| GRADUATE & EQUIV . | 6264 | 2802 | 725 | 935 | 243 | 160 | 241 | 124 | 978 | 56 |
| POST GRADUATE & ABOVE | 2128 | 1047 | 486 | 142 | 46 | 26 | 36 | 26 | 298 | 21 |
| OTHERS | 13 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| LEVEL NOT STATED | 23699 | 276 | 41 | 71 | 966 | 890 | 20184 | 807 | 382 | 82 |
| LITERACY NOT STATED | 21825 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 253 | 723 | 20210 | 293 | 201 | 136 |