_id Area and sex Category Population aged 5 years & above Can read & write Can read only Can't read & write 1 Nepal Total 26725295 20377980 114331 6223061 2 Nepal Male 12963026 10830886 43921 2083529 3 Nepal Female 13762269 9547094 70410 4139532 4 Urban Municipalities Total 17749687 13928591 70849 3744704 5 Urban Municipalities Male 8630222 7371159 26717 1229749 6 Urban Municipalities Female 9119465 6557432 44132 2514955 7 Rural Municipalities Total 8975608 6449389 43482 2478357 8 Rural Municipalities Male 4332804 3459727 17204 853780 9 Rural Municipalities Female 4642804 2989662 26278 1624577 10 Mountain Total 1618454 1177540 7496 432415 11 Mountain Male 793736 643515 3103 146621 12 Mountain Female 824718 534025 4393 285794 13 Hill Total 10879634 8799144 53992 2021332 14 Hill Male 5254080 4617823 19516 614369 15 Hill Female 5625554 4181321 34476 1406963 16 Tarai Total 14227207 10401296 52843 3769314 17 Tarai Male 6915210 5569548 21302 1322539 18 Tarai Female 7311997 4831748 31541 2446775 19 Koshi Total 4578440 3648225 11469 918528 20 Koshi Male 2218709 1910756 4793 303064 21 Koshi Female 2359731 1737469 6676 615464 22 Madhesh Total 5473478 3477413 14231 1981166 23 Madhesh Male 2722401 1972460 6859 742731 24 Madhesh Female 2751077 1504953 7372 1238435 25 Bagmati Total 5718388 4692353 20526 1005281 26 Bagmati Male 2837341 2504079 7841 325303 27 Bagmati Female 2881047 2188274 12685 679978 28 Gandaki Total 2297497 1875910 18252 399642 29 Gandaki Male 1080724 959289 6332 113407 30 Gandaki Female 1216773 916621 11920 286235 31 Lumbini Total 4682237 3655933 25233 998751 32 Lumbini Male 2223630 1894018 9229 319293 33 Lumbini Female 2458607 1761915 16004 679458 34 Karnali Total 1519611 1156194 8980 352697 35 Karnali Male 735203 612069 3398 118887 36 Karnali Female 784408 544125 5582 233810 37 Sudur Paschim Total 2455644 1871952 15640 566996 38 Sudur Paschim Male 1145018 978215 5469 160844 39 Sudur Paschim Female 1310626 893737 10171 406152 40 Taplejung Total 110370 90733 341 19295 41 Taplejung Male 55530 48965 162 6403 42 Taplejung Female 54840 41768 179 12892 43 Sankhuwasabha Total 146105 116449 279 29368 44 Sankhuwasabha Male 73380 63403 130 9840 45 Sankhuwasabha Female 72725 53046 149 19528 46 Solukhumbu Total 96528 74274 487 21765 47 Solukhumbu Male 48441 40842 213 7386 48 Solukhumbu Female 48087 33432 274 14379 49 Okhaldhunga Total 129593 95752 339 33498 50 Okhaldhunga Male 62954 51373 129 11450 51 Okhaldhunga Female 66639 44379 210 22048 52 Khotang Total 160882 122248 511 38120 53 Khotang Male 79196 66242 242 12711 54 Khotang Female 81686 56006 269 25409 55 Bhojpur Total 145695 114914 886 29890 56 Bhojpur Male 71909 61905 354 9648 57 Bhojpur Female 73786 53009 532 20242 58 Dhankuta Total 139893 113816 474 25596 59 Dhankuta Male 68325 60248 179 7895 60 Dhankuta Female 71568 53568 295 17701 61 Tehrathum Total 81982 67178 268 14531 62 Tehrathum Male 40046 35742 120 4180 63 Tehrathum Female 41936 31436 148 10351 64 Panchthar Total 158424 130362 305 27748 65 Panchthar Male 78552 69656 129 8763 66 Panchthar Female 79872 60706 176 18985 67 Ilam Total 261492 218008 586 42894 68 Ilam Male 130192 115427 260 14504 69 Ilam Female 131300 102581 326 28390 70 Jhapa Total 925015 766219 2450 156299 71 Jhapa Male 440501 390143 1043 49299 72 Jhapa Female 484514 376076 1407 107000 73 Morang Total 1060535 833733 2143 224566 74 Morang Male 512069 435789 905 75331 75 Morang Female 548466 397944 1238 149235 76 Sunsari Total 848936 662997 1631 184286 77 Sunsari Male 408260 345456 629 62166 78 Sunsari Female 440676 317541 1002 122120 79 Udayapur Total 312990 241542 769 70672 80 Udayapur Male 149354 125565 298 23488 81 Udayapur Female 163636 115977 471 47184 82 Saptari Total 639351 432802 1621 204885 83 Saptari Male 315154 246426 723 67983 84 Saptari Female 324197 186376 898 136902 85 Siraha Total 660735 430205 1976 228444 86 Siraha Male 320175 239514 905 79701 87 Siraha Female 340560 190691 1071 148743 88 Dhanusha Total 772010 503476 1600 266797 89 Dhanusha Male 376239 280603 812 94757 90 Dhanusha Female 395771 222873 788 172040 91 Mahottari Total 631664 377568 1868 252123 92 Mahottari Male 308940 211218 927 96743 93 Mahottari Female 322724 166350 941 155380 94 Sarlahi Total 775410 467669 1477 306128 95 Sarlahi Male 389149 265511 760 122799 96 Sarlahi Female 386261 202158 717 183329 97 Rautahat Total 716200 413631 2387 300155 98 Rautahat Male 358335 236557 1158 120602 99 Rautahat Female 357865 177074 1229 179553 100 Bara Total 685509 442431 1565 241491 101 Bara Male 348877 255170 728 92969 102 Bara Female 336632 187261 837 148522 103 Parsa Total 592599 409631 1737 181143 104 Parsa Male 305532 237461 846 67177 105 Parsa Female 287067 172170 891 113966 106 Dolakha Total 160858 116312 688 43848 107 Dolakha Male 77505 62832 237 14428 108 Dolakha Female 83353 53480 451 29420 109 Sindhupalchok Total 243758 165854 767 77134 110 Sindhupalchok Male 119259 89751 345 29161 111 Sindhupalchok Female 124499 76103 422 47973 112 Rasuwa Total 42719 29732 125 12857 113 Rasuwa Male 22023 16779 65 5175 114 Rasuwa Female 20696 12953 60 7682 115 Dhading Total 301687 218424 783 82454 116 Dhading Male 146517 116138 341 30026 117 Dhading Female 155170 102286 442 52428 118 Nuwakot Total 244383 168798 997 74570 119 Nuwakot Male 119062 91556 449 27047 120 Nuwakot Female 125321 77242 548 47523 121 Kathmandu Total 1926174 1718672 10097 197347 122 Kathmandu Male 973638 917044 3607 52952 123 Kathmandu Female 952536 801628 6490 144395 124 Bhaktapur Total 404125 355473 633 48015 125 Bhaktapur Male 203351 191363 222 11765 126 Bhaktapur Female 200774 164110 411 36250 127 Lalitpur Total 521265 459140 938 61174 128 Lalitpur Male 260866 243668 343 16851 129 Lalitpur Female 260399 215472 595 44323 130 Kavrepalanchok Total 339440 256899 984 81552 131 Kavrepalanchok Male 165867 139558 418 25889 132 Kavrepalanchok Female 173573 117341 566 55663 133 Ramechhap Total 159274 108500 556 50211 134 Ramechhap Male 75154 58526 239 16386 135 Ramechhap Female 84120 49974 317 33825 136 Sindhuli Total 275899 200269 658 74931 137 Sindhuli Male 134612 107732 285 26573 138 Sindhuli Female 141287 92537 373 48358 139 Makwanpur Total 429414 334161 1112 94136 140 Makwanpur Male 214758 180405 491 33860 141 Makwanpur Female 214656 153756 621 60276 142 Chitawan Total 669392 560119 2188 107052 143 Chitawan Male 324729 288727 799 35190 144 Chitawan Female 344663 271392 1389 71862 145 Gorkha Total 234195 169477 2803 61598 146 Gorkha Male 109347 88053 1052 20107 147 Gorkha Female 124848 81424 1751 41491 148 Manang Total 5379 4215 143 1021 149 Manang Male 3055 2650 66 339 150 Manang Female 2324 1565 77 682 151 Mustang Total 13689 10274 241 3137 152 Mustang Male 7548 6303 95 1129 153 Mustang Female 6141 3971 146 2008 154 Myagdi Total 99025 78918 422 19531 155 Myagdi Male 47933 42041 140 5666 156 Myagdi Female 51092 36877 282 13865 157 Kaski Total 562838 493776 3753 63972 158 Kaski Male 272702 254723 1151 16217 159 Kaski Female 290136 239053 2602 47755 160 Lamjung Total 146546 113561 1252 31632 161 Lamjung Male 69073 59152 476 9398 162 Lamjung Female 77473 54409 776 22234 163 Tanahu Total 299248 244178 2048 52457 164 Tanahu Male 138447 123240 703 14263 165 Tanahu Female 160801 120938 1345 38194 166 Nawalparasi (East) Total 349586 287893 2898 58262 167 Nawalparasi (East) Male 162631 144268 1015 17091 168 Nawalparasi (East) Female 186955 143625 1883 41171 169 Syangja Total 236382 193051 1481 41615 170 Syangja Male 107838 96853 509 10365 171 Syangja Female 128544 96198 972 31250 172 Parbat Total 121631 97452 753 23248 173 Parbat Male 56709 49986 276 6366 174 Parbat Female 64922 47466 477 16882 175 Baglung Total 228978 183115 2458 43169 176 Baglung Male 105441 92020 849 12466 177 Baglung Female 123537 91095 1609 30703 178 Rukum (East) Total 51170 36510 165 14468 179 Rukum (East) Male 24584 19584 81 4908 180 Rukum (East) Female 26586 16926 84 9560 181 Rolpa Total 210714 159372 1597 49614 182 Rolpa Male 97453 81848 543 15004 183 Rolpa Female 113261 77524 1054 34610 184 Pyuthan Total 210494 168663 997 40758 185 Pyuthan Male 92881 81625 327 10899 186 Pyuthan Female 117613 87038 670 29859 187 Gulmi Total 226675 182112 1495 43004 188 Gulmi Male 101591 89408 452 11701 189 Gulmi Female 125084 92704 1043 31303 190 Arghakhanchi Total 162593 130150 1182 31210 191 Arghakhanchi Male 72818 63896 400 8500 192 Arghakhanchi Female 89775 66254 782 22710 193 Palpa Total 227126 190041 1411 35586 194 Palpa Male 103283 93483 429 9331 195 Palpa Female 123843 96558 982 26255 196 Nawalparasi (West) Total 355735 277362 2110 76103 197 Nawalparasi (West) Male 171876 148280 702 22809 198 Nawalparasi (West) Female 183859 129082 1408 53294 199 Rupandehi Total 1030270 836866 3508 189222 200 Rupandehi Male 501978 443557 1370 56721 201 Rupandehi Female 528292 393309 2138 132501 202 Kapilbastu Total 614334 441191 3053 169738 203 Kapilbastu Male 299627 238606 1396 59462 204 Kapilbastu Female 314707 202585 1657 110276 205 Dang Total 621657 506028 2164 113198 206 Dang Male 292436 256908 735 34670 207 Dang Female 329221 249120 1429 78528 208 Banke Total 548821 402832 2874 142819 209 Banke Male 267947 213308 1217 53286 210 Banke Female 280874 189524 1657 89533 211 Bardiya Total 422648 324806 4677 93031 212 Bardiya Male 197156 163515 1577 32002 213 Bardiya Female 225492 161291 3100 61029 214 Dolpa Total 39136 26229 486 12379 215 Dolpa Male 19552 14734 186 4613 216 Dolpa Female 19584 11495 300 7766 217 Mugu Total 57609 39225 331 18027 218 Mugu Male 28852 22299 170 6373 219 Mugu Female 28757 16926 161 11654 220 Humla Total 49325 31491 286 17490 221 Humla Male 24763 18164 129 6437 222 Humla Female 24562 13327 157 11053 223 Jumla Total 107647 75564 746 30888 224 Jumla Male 53523 42246 274 10785 225 Jumla Female 54124 33318 472 20103 226 Kalikot Total 128678 93570 801 34135 227 Kalikot Male 63528 50700 368 12374 228 Kalikot Female 65150 42870 433 21761 229 Dailekh Total 225508 170256 1156 53895 230 Dailekh Male 106835 88719 444 17575 231 Dailekh Female 118673 81537 712 36320 232 Jajarkot Total 167750 126648 1036 39895 233 Jajarkot Male 83005 67485 472 14960 234 Jajarkot Female 84745 59163 564 24935 235 Rukum (West) Total 150201 113762 604 35688 236 Rukum (West) Male 72256 59645 237 12308 237 Rukum (West) Female 77945 54117 367 23380 238 Salyan Total 215417 166510 1394 47342 239 Salyan Male 102832 87356 433 14961 240 Salyan Female 112585 79154 961 32381 241 Surkhet Total 378340 312939 2140 62958 242 Surkhet Male 180057 160721 685 18501 243 Surkhet Female 198283 152218 1455 44457 244 Bajura Total 123900 88267 530 35020 245 Bajura Male 59464 47469 218 11740 246 Bajura Female 64436 40798 312 23280 247 Bajhang Total 170413 120205 757 49392 248 Bajhang Male 78713 65202 286 13195 249 Bajhang Female 91700 55003 471 36197 250 Darchula Total 122340 95146 488 26659 251 Darchula Female 63740 43970 329 19416 252 Baitadi Total 219006 168167 1232 49462 253 Baitadi Male 101488 89005 436 11985 254 Baitadi Female 117518 79162 796 37477 255 Dadeldhura Total 126692 99059 876 26705 256 Dadeldhura Male 58942 52521 258 6138 257 Dadeldhura Female 67750 46538 618 20567 258 Doti Total 182722 129257 1530 51870 259 Doti Male 81848 67860 582 13375 260 Doti Female 100874 61397 948 38495 261 Achham Total 203771 148014 1311 54316 262 Achham Male 92364 76451 475 15387 263 Achham Female 111407 71563 836 38929 264 Kailali Total 834407 647609 5969 180477 265 Kailali Male 395502 336797 2034 56505 266 Kailali Female 438905 310812 3935 123972 267 Kanchanpur Total 472393 376228 2947 93095 268 Kanchanpur Male 218097 191734 1021 25276 269 Kanchanpur Female 254296 184494 1926 67819