findings of nationwide himal poll august 2015(final )
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Nationwide Himal Public Opinion Poll, August 2015
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!= tkfO{+ of] 7fpF -ufpF, zx/, a:tL_ df slxn]b]lv a:b} cfpg'ePsf] xf] <
Q1 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
k':tf}+b]lv 1843 52.484.5 54.8 44.2
xh'/afsf] kfnfb]lv 422 12.08.5 11.2 13.3
a'af÷cfdfsf] kfnfb]lv 587 16.72.0 13.9 21.7
d cfkm}+ cfPsf] 483 13.73.8 13.7 15.7
kfFrjif{b]lv 170 4.8.9 5.9 4.8
dxfe"sDkkl5 12 .3.3 .5 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q1 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
k':tf}+b]lv 44.6 60.9 53.2 48.2 63.1 49.6 48.8
xh'/afsf] kfnfb]lv 13.5 10.3 10.0 12.7 14.7 12.4 8.0
a'af÷cfdfsf] kfnfb]lv 20.0 13.1 16.1 17.9 8.9 20.4 23.7
d cfkm}+ cfPsf] 16.5 10.7 14.9 15.7 7.7 13.9 15.1
kfFrjif{b]lv 5.1 4.6 5.7 4.6 5.2 3.7 4.4
dxfe"sDkkl5 .4 .3 .0 .8 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
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Q1 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
k':tf}+b]lv 50.4 50.4 52.6 60.1 54.0 50.9
xh'/afsf] kfnfb]lv 15.3 12.3 10.1 9.3 11.4 12.6
a'af÷cfdfsf] kfnfb]lv 21.5 16.8 16.1 9.9 15.9 17.5
d cfkm}+ cfPsf] 6.4 14.2 16.8 18.8 14.3 13.2
kfFrjif{b]lv 5.9 5.9 4.1 1.9 4.2 5.4
dxfe"sDkkl5 .5 .4 .3 .0 .3 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q1 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
k':tf}+b]lv 62.1 57.0 53.2 48.2 44.8 38.2 37.0
xh'/afsf] kfnfb]lv 9.7 9.7 12.3 15.2 13.3 10.4 3.7
a'af÷cfdfsf] kfnfb]lv 11.0 11.2 15.4 19.1 24.3 26.6 40.7
d cfkm}+ cfPsf] 13.5 18.4 15.0 11.5 9.2 18.5 3.7
kfFrjif{b]lv 3.0 3.5 3.8 5.9 8.0 5.8 14.8
dxfe"sDkkl5 .7 .2 .2 .1 .4 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Age Groups Gender
Education level
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Q1 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
k':tf}+b]lv 47.6 46.6 51.6 68.0 59.7 53.1 69.9
xh'/afsf] kfnfb]lv 10.0 15.7 14.7 9.2 13.6 13.0 13.8
a'af÷cfdfsf] kfnfb]lv 19.3 16.6 16.9 10.2 14.6 15.4 7.3
d cfkm}+ cfPsf] 17.3 14.3 10.2 9.2 8.8 13.6 8.1
kfFrjif{b]lv 5.2 6.4 6.7 3.5 3.4 4.3 .8
dxfe"sDkkl5 .5 .4 .0 .0 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q1 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
k':tf}+b]lv 52.8 48.2 58.0 52.1
xh'/afsf] kfnfb]lv 10.7 15.0 14.4 13.2
a'af÷cfdfsf] kfnfb]lv 17.1 16.3 13.5 19.0
d cfkm}+ cfPsf] 14.4 14.1 9.5 10.7
kfFrjif{b]lv 4.6 5.9 4.6 4.1
dxfe"sDkkl5 .3 .4 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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@= tkfO{+nfO{ -cfˆgf] ufpF÷zx/ jf b]zdf_ dg gkg]{ jf jfSs–lbSs nfUg] tLg j6f s'/f s]–s] x'g\ <
Q2 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
hah{:tL rGbf 417 11.93.5 10.9 14.3
af/Daf/sf] x8\tfn÷rSsfhfd 753 21.414.3 20.5 23.6
/fhgLlts c:yL/tf 1323 37.641.1 41.6 33.7
e|i6frf/ 1896 53.956.0 60.4 48.3
b}lgs pkef]Uoj:t'sf] cefj 502 14.323.6 17.1 10.2
dgk/L efp -dxFuL_ 2099 59.761.8 58.2 60.4
;8s, lah'nLkfgL, 6]lnkmf]g cflbsf] b'/j:yf 1286 36.643.7 22.7 46.3
g]tfx¿sf] u}/lhDd]jf/Lkg 617 17.518.7 19.7 15.6
b08xLgtfsf] l:ylt 150 4.33.8 4.7 4.0
yfxf 5}g 105 3.03.5 4.4 1.8
eGg rfxGg 18 .5.9 .5 .5
Total 3517 260.6270.8 260.7 258.5
Q2 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
hah{:tL rGbf 12.8 10.8 14.5 6.7 16.4 14.3 12.7
af/Daf/sf] x8\tfn÷rSsfhfd 25.0 17.5 27.7 17.1 19.8 28.3 17.5
/fhgLlts c:yL/tf 37.0 38.3 31.3 37.6 41.1 48.5 30.5
e|i6frf/ 51.3 56.8 40.5 57.2 60.4 65.4 43.5
b}lgs pkef]Uoj:t'sf] cefj 11.3 17.5 11.4 12.6 24.9 11.5 9.8
dgk/L efp -dxFuL_ 58.3 61.2 49.5 68.9 65.2 53.0 46.2
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
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;8s, lah'nLkfgL, 6]lnkmf]g cflbsf] b'/j:yf 36.3 36.8 40.8 46.0 21.9 25.7 35.5
g]tfx¿sf] u}/lhDd]jf/Lkg 17.3 17.8 20.1 16.7 21.9 14.6 10.4
b08xLgtfsf] l:ylt 5.2 3.3 4.0 4.9 4.6 2.6 4.1
yfxf 5}g 3.0 3.0 1.8 1.2 2.7 5.9 9.2
eGg rfxGg .5 .5 1.3 .1 .0 .9 .9
Total258.2 263.3 243.0 268.8 278.7 270.7 220.1
Q2 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
hah{:tL rGbf 10.4 11.7 12.7 13.1 12.3 11.4
af/Daf/sf] x8\tfn÷rSsfhfd 22.1 21.1 20.8 22.2 21.3 21.6
/fhgLlts c:yL/tf 38.5 38.9 38.7 31.4 43.0 32.5
e|i6frf/ 59.8 53.0 52.4 49.4 56.7 51.3
b}lgs pkef]Uoj:t'sf] cefj 13.3 15.0 15.2 12.5 12.6 15.9
dgk/L efp -dxFuL_ 60.6 60.2 58.6 58.7 56.9 62.3
;8s, lah'nLkfgL, 6]lnkmf]g cflbsf] b'/j:yf 37.0 36.5 36.5 36.1 35.3 37.7
g]tfx¿sf] u}/lhDd]jf/Lkg 15.7 19.2 16.8 17.9 20.8 14.5
b08xLgtfsf] l:ylt 4.3 4.7 4.3 3.0 4.4 4.2
yfxf 5}g 2.1 2.3 2.8 6.3 1.7 4.2
eGg rfxGg .6 .4 .3 1.0 .5 .6
Total264.4 263.0 259.2 251.7 265.4 256.1
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Q2 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
hah{:tL rGbf 12.2 12.1 13.2 11.5 9.8 11.6 7.4
af/Daf/sf] x8\tfn÷rSsfhfd 19.2 21.5 21.5 19.5 26.1 25.4 14.8
/fhgLlts c:yL/tf 25.8 37.1 35.4 38.5 51.0 51.4 55.6
e|i6frf/ 41.2 51.8 52.5 60.8 62.9 60.7 59.3
b}lgs pkef]Uoj:t'sf] cefj 16.7 18.0 13.1 16.0 8.8 6.9 14.8
dgk/L efp -dxFuL_ 62.2 61.9 61.7 61.1 52.8 50.9 33.3
;8s, lah'nLkfgL, 6]lnkmf]g cflbsf] b'/j:yf 42.2 37.1 40.5 33.1 30.3 27.7 29.6
g]tfx¿sf] u}/lhDd]jf/Lkg 11.7 16.5 17.8 19.3 21.5 22.0 29.6
b08xLgtfsf] l:ylt 3.0 2.8 3.9 5.4 5.2 6.9 11.1
yfxf 5}g 8.4 2.6 1.8 1.5 .8 1.7 .0
eGg rfxGg .9 .6 .4 .5 .2 .6 .0
Total243.5 262.1 261.8 267.2 269.3 265.9 255.6
Q2 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
hah{:tL rGbf 12.3 8.7 10.2 10.2 15.3 12.3 13.8
af/Daf/sf] x8\tfn÷rSsfhfd 23.4 18.6 17.8 22.9 22.8 18.5 14.6
/fhgLlts c:yL/tf 42.5 39.8 36.0 37.7 29.9 24.7 35.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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e|i6frf/ 58.1 59.8 48.4 54.6 45.5 48.8 44.7
b}lgs pkef]Uoj:t'sf] cefj 13.1 23.0 19.6 15.5 8.0 9.9 17.1
dgk/L efp -dxFuL_ 55.8 65.0 67.1 53.5 60.4 66.0 64.2
;8s, lah'nLkfgL, 6]lnkmf]g cflbsf] b'/j:yf 30.3 29.4 32.0 38.0 49.6 50.6 52.8
g]tfx¿sf] u}/lhDd]jf/Lkg 17.2 18.6 20.9 22.9 13.8 20.4 13.8
b08xLgtfsf] l:ylt 4.6 4.6 3.6 4.2 4.5 3.1 2.4
yfxf 5}g 4.0 2.3 4.4 2.8 1.3 .6 2.4
eGg rfxGg .6 1.0 .0 .0 .2 1.2 .0
Total261.8 270.8 260.0 262.3 251.3 256.2 261.0
Q2 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
hah{:tL rGbf 12.7 9.6 11.5 9.1
af/Daf/sf] x8\tfn÷rSsfhfd 23.2 18.6 16.7 16.5
/fhgLlts c:yL/tf 39.0 36.2 35.6 23.1
e|i6frf/ 54.8 57.1 47.1 37.2
b}lgs pkef]Uoj:t'sf] cefj 12.2 19.9 18.7 9.9
dgk/L efp -dxFuL_ 56.6 65.2 66.1 71.1
;8s, lah'nLkfgL, 6]lnkmf]g cflbsf] b'/j:yf 35.6 34.5 39.4 58.7
g]tfx¿sf] u}/lhDd]jf/Lkg 17.1 19.0 18.4 14.9
b08xLgtfsf] l:ylt 4.5 4.3 3.2 2.5
yfxf 5}g 3.3 1.9 3.7 1.7
eGg rfxGg .4 1.0 .0 .8
Total259.5 267.3 260.3 245.5
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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#= tkfO{+sf] kl/jf/sf] cfDbfgLsf] d'Vo ;|f]t s] xf] <
Q3 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
v]tL÷kz'kfng 1673 47.670.3 51.3 40.1
Jofkf/÷Joj;fo 934 26.614.9 25.3 29.8
hflu/ 499 14.27.9 15.0 14.8
j}b]lzs /f]huf/L -/]ld6\ofG;_ 173 4.93.2 4.7 5.5
b}lgs Hofnf÷dhb"/L 238 6.83.8 3.7 9.8
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q3 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
v]tL÷kz'kfng 35.6 60.6 48.6 44.9 45.2 55.4 49.4
Jofkf/÷Joj;fo 33.8 18.6 27.1 27.4 23.1 28.3 26.6
hflu/ 17.1 11.0 12.3 15.1 16.7 7.8 18.6
j}b]lzs /f]huf/L -/]ld6\ofG;_ 5.2 4.6 4.5 4.4 10.0 1.7 2.1
b}lgs Hofnf÷dhb"/L 8.2 5.2 7.4 8.2 5.1 6.7 3.3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q3 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
v]tL÷kz'kfng 47.5 42.1 48.4 59.1 46.9 48.2
Jofkf/÷Joj;fo 26.9 30.0 25.8 19.2 27.1 26.0
hflu/ 14.0 15.3 14.7 11.0 14.9 13.5
Gender
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
Age Groups
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j}b]lzs /f]huf/L -/]ld6\ofG;_ 5.8 4.9 3.9 5.3 3.2 6.6
b}lgs Hofnf÷dhb"/L 5.8 7.6 7.3 5.3 7.9 5.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q3 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
v]tL÷kz'kfng 57.9 58.8 48.7 43.9 34.3 24.3 18.5
Jofkf/÷Joj;fo 17.1 19.9 28.0 31.7 34.5 32.9 29.6
hflu/ 6.8 8.8 10.0 15.3 24.3 40.5 51.9
j}b]lzs /f]huf/L -/]ld6\ofG;_ 6.2 3.3 4.4 6.1 5.6 1.2 .0
b}lgs Hofnf÷dhb"/L 12.0 9.2 8.9 3.0 1.4 1.2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q3 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
v]tL÷kz'kfng 51.5 54.4 54.2 33.5 41.4 45.1 35.0
Jofkf/÷Joj;fo 25.0 21.1 20.0 45.8 31.7 23.5 12.2
hflu/ 17.4 10.4 9.3 14.4 12.7 14.2 8.1
j}b]lzs /f]huf/L -/]ld6\ofG;_ 4.5 8.1 3.1 3.9 4.3 3.1 4.1
b}lgs Hofnf÷dhb"/L 1.6 6.0 13.3 2.5 9.9 14.2 40.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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Q3 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
v]tL÷kz'kfng 47.1 52.1 47.4 32.2
Jofkf/÷Joj;fo 29.0 21.6 17.2 33.1
hflu/ 16.0 11.3 8.9 10.7
j}b]lzs /f]huf/L -/]ld6\ofG;_ 4.4 6.9 3.4 8.3
b}lgs Hofnf÷dhb"/L 3.6 8.0 23.0 15.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Nationwide Himal Public Opinion Poll, August 2015
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$= kl/jf/ wfGg tkfO{+sf] cfDbfgL kof{Kt 5 <
Q4 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
kof{Kt 5 1066 30.314.9 26.3 36.5
o]gs]g rn]sf] 5 1943 55.265.3 57.5 51.5
k'u]sf] 5}g 495 14.118.4 15.9 11.8
yfxf 5}g 13 .41.5 .3 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q4 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
kof{Kt 5 33.2 27.2 32.6 25.7 39.0 30.2 25.4
o]gs]g rn]sf] 5 53.2 57.5 57.3 60.4 44.0 54.8 54.1
k'u]sf] 5}g 13.3 14.9 10.0 13.7 16.4 14.1 20.1
yfxf 5}g .3 .4 .1 .2 .6 .9 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q4 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
kof{Kt 5 34.8 29.6 28.7 27.9 31.0 29.6
o]gs]g rn]sf] 5 51.4 55.7 55.7 59.3 54.5 56.0
k'u]sf] 5}g 13.4 14.4 15.3 12.2 14.3 13.9
yfxf 5}g .4 .3 .3 .6 .2 .5
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
Age Groups Gender
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Q4 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
kof{Kt 5 22.9 17.8 28.0 36.9 40.2 49.7 48.1
o]gs]g rn]sf] 5 60.8 62.3 54.3 53.0 50.2 41.6 40.7
k'u]sf] 5}g 15.7 19.3 17.6 9.9 8.8 8.7 11.1
yfxf 5}g .6 .6 .1 .1 .8 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q4 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
kof{Kt 5 32.3 22.8 16.0 32.7 36.8 34.0 17.9
o]gs]g rn]sf] 5 55.2 60.7 54.7 57.0 52.8 55.6 48.0
k'u]sf] 5}g 12.3 15.7 28.4 9.9 10.1 10.5 34.1
yfxf 5}g .3 .8 .9 .4 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q4 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
kof{Kt 5 33.3 25.5 16.7 37.2
o]gs]g rn]sf] 5 54.9 59.5 52.3 47.1
k'u]sf] 5}g 11.5 14.4 30.5 15.7
yfxf 5}g .3 .6 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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%= kl/jf/ wfGgsf nflu ca s] ug'{x'G5 <
Q5 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
c‰} ldlxg]t u5'{ 220 44.422.2 46.2 49.3
csf]{ k]zf ckgfpF5' 139 28.134.9 28.9 25.1
j}b]lzs /f]huf/df hfG5' 89 18.023.8 14.7 19.8
yfxf 5}g 42 8.519.0 8.4 5.3
eGg rfxGg 5 1.0.0 1.8 .5
Total 495 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q5 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
c‰} ldlxg]t u5'{ 47.5 41.4 45.5 44.0 41.8 46.2 47.1
csf]{ k]zf ckgfpF5' 25.4 30.7 23.4 32.0 24.5 24.6 32.4
j}b]lzs /f]huf/df hfG5' 19.3 16.7 16.9 18.9 21.8 15.4 13.2
yfxf 5}g 7.0 10.0 10.4 4.6 10.9 13.8 7.4
eGg rfxGg .8 1.2 3.9 .6 .9 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q5 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
c‰} ldlxg]t u5'{ 31.5 44.4 52.1 50.0 40.6 48.2
csf]{ k]zf ckgfpF5' 29.7 29.8 29.6 17.2 25.8 30.3
j}b]lzs /f]huf/df hfG5' 33.3 18.5 9.9 7.8 27.5 8.8
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Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
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yfxf 5}g 5.4 6.2 7.0 23.4 5.3 11.6
eGg rfxGg .0 1.1 1.4 1.6 .8 1.2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q5 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
c‰} ldlxg]t u5'{ 56.9 47.6 41.0 40.0 20.5 53.3 66.7
csf]{ k]zf ckgfpF5' 21.1 26.7 31.3 29.3 38.6 20.0 33.3
j}b]lzs /f]huf/df hfG5' 5.5 13.3 20.8 24.0 38.6 26.7 .0
yfxf 5}g 16.5 10.5 6.3 4.0 2.3 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .0 1.9 .7 2.7 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q5 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
c‰} ldlxg]t u5'{ 45.3 40.7 46.9 17.9 57.4 58.8 42.9
csf]{ k]zf ckgfpF5' 26.3 28.4 25.0 53.6 22.2 17.6 33.3
j}b]lzs /f]huf/df hfG5' 17.4 23.5 12.5 17.9 16.7 11.8 21.4
yfxf 5}g 8.9 6.2 15.6 10.7 3.7 11.8 2.4
eGg rfxGg 2.1 1.2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Nationwide Himal Public Opinion Poll, August 2015
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Q5 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
c‰} ldlxg]t u5'{ 44.9 43.9 45.3 36.8
csf]{ k]zf ckgfpF5' 28.3 26.5 28.3 31.6
j}b]lzs /f]huf/df hfG5' 17.3 21.4 16.0 21.1
yfxf 5}g 8.1 7.1 10.4 10.5
eGg rfxGg 1.5 1.0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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^= dfl;s slt sdfpg ;s] j}b]lzs /f]huf/df hfg'x'GgYof] <
Q6 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
?=!) xhf/;Dd 2 2.2.0 6.1 .0
?=!% xhf/;Dd 8 9.0.0 15.2 7.3
?=@) xhf/;Dd 23 25.813.3 24.2 31.7
?=#) xhf/;Dd 26 29.220.0 33.3 29.3
?=#) xhf/eGbf dfly 29 32.660.0 21.2 31.7
yfxf 5}g 1 1.16.7 .0 .0
Total 89 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q6 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
?=!) xhf/;Dd 2.1 2.4 .0 .0 8.3 .0 .0
?=!% xhf/;Dd 6.4 11.9 7.7 9.1 .0 .0 44.4
?=@) xhf/;Dd 27.7 23.8 23.1 27.3 29.2 20.0 22.2
?=#) xhf/;Dd 27.7 31.0 23.1 27.3 33.3 40.0 22.2
?=#) xhf/eGbf dfly 36.2 28.6 46.2 36.4 29.2 40.0 .0
yfxf 5}g .0 2.4 .0 .0 .0 .0 11.1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
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Q6 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
?=!) xhf/;Dd 2.7 .0 7.1 .0 1.5 4.5
?=!% xhf/;Dd 10.8 6.1 7.1 20.0 9.0 9.1
?=@) xhf/;Dd 27.0 21.2 28.6 40.0 22.4 36.4
?=#) xhf/;Dd 32.4 33.3 21.4 .0 31.3 22.7
?=#) xhf/eGbf dfly 27.0 39.4 35.7 20.0 34.3 27.3
yfxf 5}g .0 .0 .0 20.0 1.5 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q6 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
?=!) xhf/;Dd .0 .0 .0 11.1 .0 .0 .0
?=!% xhf/;Dd 50.0 .0 10.0 .0 11.8 .0 .0
?=@) xhf/;Dd 16.7 21.4 30.0 16.7 35.3 25.0 .0
?=#) xhf/;Dd .0 28.6 36.7 22.2 29.4 50.0 .0
?=#) xhf/eGbf dfly 33.3 50.0 20.0 50.0 23.5 25.0 .0
yfxf 5}g .0 .0 3.3 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 .0
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Q6 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
?=!) xhf/;Dd 6.1 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
?=!% xhf/;Dd 15.2 10.5 .0 .0 .0 .0 11.1
?=@) xhf/;Dd 21.2 36.8 37.5 20.0 11.1 50.0 22.2
?=#) xhf/;Dd 30.3 15.8 12.5 40.0 44.4 .0 55.6
?=#) xhf/eGbf dfly 24.2 36.8 50.0 40.0 44.4 50.0 11.1
yfxf 5}g 3.0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q6 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
?=!) xhf/;Dd 4.3 .0 .0 .0
?=!% xhf/;Dd 10.6 9.5 5.9 .0
?=@) xhf/;Dd 19.1 38.1 29.4 25.0
?=#) xhf/;Dd 34.0 14.3 35.3 25.0
?=#) xhf/eGbf dfly 29.8 38.1 29.4 50.0
yfxf 5}g 2.1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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&= kf]xf]/–k/f/sf] t'ngfdf b]zsf] cj:yf s:tf] 5 <
Q7 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf ;'wf/ x'Fb}5 1060 30.131.2 29.9 30.2
g/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf lau|Fbf] 5 1641 46.738.2 44.7 49.9
7Ls 5, lj:tf/} ;'wf/ xf]nf 726 20.626.2 23.5 17.3
yfxf 5}g 88 2.54.4 1.8 2.7
eGg rfxGg 2 .1.0 .1 .0
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q7 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf ;'wf/ x'Fb}5 29.7 30.6 32.2 19.4 32.4 44.8 41.4
g/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf lau|Fbf] 5 48.7 44.5 44.8 65.9 37.5 23.3 28.1
7Ls 5, lj:tf/} ;'wf/ xf]nf 19.9 21.5 19.5 13.1 29.2 26.1 27.5
yfxf 5}g 1.7 3.3 3.4 1.6 .9 5.7 3.0
eGg rfxGg .0 .1 .1 .0 .0 .2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q7 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf ;'wf/ x'Fb}5 31.2 30.8 30.6 26.2 29.8 30.4
g/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf lau|Fbf] 5 46.3 46.2 47.1 47.7 49.0 44.4
7Ls 5, lj:tf/} ;'wf/ xf]nf 21.3 21.2 19.7 20.0 20.0 21.2
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yfxf 5}g 1.2 1.9 2.6 5.9 1.1 3.9
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .2 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q7 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf ;'wf/ x'Fb}5 29.3 30.0 32.2 28.1 29.9 34.7 25.9
g/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf lau|Fbf] 5 41.5 48.2 47.0 47.8 49.2 47.4 55.6
7Ls 5, lj:tf/} ;'wf/ xf]nf 20.5 20.0 19.7 23.2 20.3 17.9 18.5
yfxf 5}g 8.6 1.8 1.0 .9 .6 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q7 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf ;'wf/ x'Fb}5 32.6 27.7 30.7 25.7 28.4 29.0 22.0
g/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf lau|Fbf] 5 42.6 45.1 38.7 49.6 56.0 51.9 64.2
7Ls 5, lj:tf/} ;'wf/ xf]nf 22.3 24.8 25.8 23.9 13.2 15.4 10.6
yfxf 5}g 2.3 2.5 4.9 .7 2.4 3.7 3.3
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q7 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf ;'wf/ x'Fb}5 30.8 28.0 27.6 36.4
g/fd|f] 5÷klxn]eGbf lau|Fbf] 5 46.5 46.7 47.7 47.1
7Ls 5, lj:tf/} ;'wf/ xf]nf 20.5 22.5 20.4 14.0
yfxf 5}g 2.2 2.8 4.3 2.5
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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*= tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df b]zsf d'Vo tLg ;d:of s] s] x'g\ < -k9]/ ;'gfpg]_
Q8 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
dxFuL 2320 66.068.5 65.0 66.2
e|i6frf/ 1702 48.455.4 54.2 42.4
a]/f]huf/L 1917 54.550.7 52.7 56.7
cl:y/ /fhgLlt 573 16.312.5 18.6 15.2
sdhf]/ zf;g÷k|zf;g 324 9.27.0 7.6 10.9
;+ljwfg gaGg' 1236 35.129.4 36.2 35.4
aGb÷rSsfhfd 208 5.92.3 6.9 5.8
c;'/Iff / ck/fw -zflGt ;'/Iff gx'g'_ 202 5.72.3 3.3 8.4
b08xLgtf 99 2.8.6 3.0 3.1
bnx¿sf] lsrnf] 409 11.611.7 14.6 9.3
b}lgs pkef]Uo a:t'sf] cefj 150 4.35.2 4.5 3.9
;8s, lah'nL, kfgL cflbsf] b'/j:yf 610 17.314.3 10.3 23.6
e"sDkaf6 Wj:t ;+/rgfsf] k'gMlgdf{0f gx'g' 227 6.521.0 8.4 2.0
eGg rfxGg 51 1.52.6 1.2 1.4
Total 3517 285.1283.7 286.6 284.3
Q8 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
dxFuL 65.7 66.2 57.4 72.2 72.6 55.4 63.0
e|i6frf/ 46.3 50.7 42.5 53.2 45.5 51.7 45.0
a]/f]huf/L 55.9 53.0 51.2 49.6 61.8 57.6 61.8
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cl:y/ /fhgLlt 17.4 15.1 14.8 17.8 12.8 21.7 13.6
sdhf]/ zf;g÷k|zf;g 10.6 7.7 11.2 8.7 11.6 6.5 5.6
;+ljwfg gaGg' 34.8 35.6 36.2 32.4 39.7 39.6 27.8
aGb÷rSsfhfd 7.7 3.9 9.6 4.0 3.7 7.4 7.1
c;'/Iff / ck/fw -zflGt ;'/Iff gx'g'_ 6.2 5.2 6.8 4.5 9.1 4.6 3.3
b08xLgtf 3.3 2.3 3.9 2.6 1.8 3.7 2.1
bnx¿sf] lsrnf] 10.7 12.6 12.3 12.0 10.3 14.8 7.1
b}lgs pkef]Uo a:t'sf] cefj 4.3 4.2 3.8 4.0 6.7 2.8 3.6
;8s, lah'nL, kfgL cflbsf] b'/j:yf 16.7 18.0 21.2 20.0 9.8 14.3 17.8
e"sDkaf6 Wj:t ;+/rgfsf] k'gMlgdf{0f gx'g' 6.7 6.2 3.4 9.6 8.5 2.6 2.7
eGg rfxGg 1.0 1.9 2.6 .2 .6 3.3 2.7
Total287.4 282.7 276.8 290.8 294.5 286.1 263.0
Q8 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
dxFuL 66.8 64.9 65.0 68.8 60.8 70.9
e|i6frf/ 50.6 48.0 49.5 43.9 52.0 44.9
a]/f]huf/L 65.8 57.6 50.3 36.9 53.4 55.6
cl:y/ /fhgLlt 13.8 16.5 18.0 16.7 19.7 13.1
sdhf]/ zf;g÷k|zf;g 8.3 11.3 8.8 6.5 10.8 7.7
;+ljwfg gaGg' 34.4 36.2 34.7 34.6 39.7 30.8
aGb÷rSsfhfd 6.2 5.9 5.6 6.1 5.8 6.0
c;'/Iff / ck/fw -zflGt ;'/Iff gx'g'_ 6.4 4.8 5.8 6.8 5.7 5.8
b08xLgtf 3.3 3.2 2.5 1.7 3.1 2.5
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bnx¿sf] lsrnf] 9.1 11.1 13.8 13.1 13.8 9.6
b}lgs pkef]Uo a:t'sf] cefj 2.4 4.0 5.2 6.1 3.0 5.5
;8s, lah'nL, kfgL cflbsf] b'/j:yf 15.5 16.2 18.8 20.5 14.5 20.1
e"sDkaf6 Wj:t ;+/rgfsf] k'gMlgdf{0f gx'g' 5.6 6.3 6.7 7.8 5.8 7.1
eGg rfxGg .7 1.2 .6 4.6 .7 2.2
Total288.8 287.3 285.2 274.1 288.7 281.7
Q8 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
dxFuL 75.5 69.1 68.6 63.5 55.6 52.6 25.9
e|i6frf/ 40.2 46.3 46.9 53.3 54.8 56.1 40.7
a]/f]huf/L 45.0 48.5 55.6 62.0 60.8 56.6 48.1
cl:y/ /fhgLlt 9.9 16.5 15.5 16.6 19.7 28.9 44.4
sdhf]/ zf;g÷k|zf;g 7.2 7.9 8.9 9.1 12.5 13.3 11.1
;+ljwfg gaGg' 24.8 36.4 34.6 40.2 39.2 39.3 48.1
aGb÷rSsfhfd 5.9 4.4 6.5 5.8 6.8 6.4 3.7
c;'/Iff / ck/fw -zflGt ;'/Iff gx'g'_ 4.9 7.9 4.9 5.5 6.4 5.8 3.7
b08xLgtf 1.7 1.8 2.9 2.4 5.4 3.5 7.4
bnx¿sf] lsrnf] 10.4 12.5 11.7 11.1 11.8 14.5 18.5
b}lgs pkef]Uo a:t'sf] cefj 6.5 5.9 5.0 2.6 1.2 2.9 3.7
;8s, lah'nL, kfgL cflbsf] b'/j:yf 26.5 16.5 18.4 14.1 12.7 4.6 22.2
e"sDkaf6 Wj:t ;+/rgfsf] k'gMlgdf{0f gx'g' 9.2 5.3 5.4 4.9 6.6 9.8 11.1
eGg rfxGg 4.5 1.7 1.0 .1 .4 .0 .0
Total272.2 280.9 285.8 291.3 293.8 294.2 288.9
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Q8 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
dxFuL 60.7 73.5 70.7 67.3 65.9 69.1 73.2
e|i6frf/ 52.1 49.7 48.4 51.4 41.4 42.0 35.8
a]/f]huf/L 54.1 51.5 55.1 48.6 56.3 61.7 55.3
cl:y/ /fhgLlt 20.1 15.3 16.9 13.4 12.3 9.3 9.8
sdhf]/ zf;g÷k|zf;g 8.1 10.3 7.6 7.4 12.1 8.6 13.0
;+ljwfg gaGg' 34.3 37.3 32.9 29.9 41.6 29.0 31.7
aGb÷rSsfhfd 6.5 4.4 6.7 9.9 4.3 3.7 3.3
c;'/Iff / ck/fw -zflGt ;'/Iff gx'g'_ 6.1 4.3 4.9 6.3 5.4 9.3 3.3
b08xLgtf 3.6 1.5 3.6 1.8 2.4 4.3 .8
bnx¿sf] lsrnf] 14.1 12.6 9.8 12.3 9.0 4.3 7.3
b}lgs pkef]Uo a:t'sf] cefj 3.5 7.9 5.3 4.6 3.9 2.5 3.3
;8s, lah'nL, kfgL cflbsf] b'/j:yf 13.6 12.6 10.2 15.5 25.4 34.0 37.4
e"sDkaf6 Wj:t ;+/rgfsf] k'gMlgdf{0f gx'g' 6.2 10.1 6.2 19.0 1.1 2.5 .0
eGg rfxGg 1.9 .4 1.8 1.4 1.3 .6 2.4
Total284.9 291.3 280.0 288.7 282.5 280.9 276.4
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Q8 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
dxFuL 62.7 72.5 71.6 77.7
e|i6frf/ 49.6 47.9 44.0 40.5
a]/f]huf/L 53.9 53.9 55.2 66.9
cl:y/ /fhgLlt 17.5 13.8 14.4 11.6
sdhf]/ zf;g÷k|zf;g 8.9 9.9 9.5 10.7
;+ljwfg gaGg' 35.5 35.3 32.5 35.5
aGb÷rSsfhfd 6.4 4.3 5.5 6.6
c;'/Iff / ck/fw -zflGt ;'/Iff gx'g'_ 6.0 5.4 4.3 7.4
b08xLgtf 3.1 2.2 2.6 .8
bnx¿sf] lsrnf] 12.7 10.6 8.9 4.1
b}lgs pkef]Uo a:t'sf] cefj 3.7 6.6 4.6 .8
;8s, lah'nL, kfgL cflbsf] b'/j:yf 16.5 17.7 19.8 24.8
e"sDkaf6 Wj:t ;+/rgfsf] k'gMlgdf{0f gx'g' 6.6 8.2 4.0 .8
eGg rfxGg 1.7 .4 2.0 .8
Total284.8 288.8 278.7 289.3
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( a= /fhgLlts xTof lx+;f
Q9a Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]]sf] 1896 53.965.6 50.7 54.2
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 953 27.115.7 28.5 28.2
p:t} 497 14.114.3 15.0 13.4
yfxf 5}g 168 4.84.1 5.7 4.2
eGg rfxGg 3 .1.3 .1 .0
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9a Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]]sf] 52.0 55.9 57.1 50.8 50.7 57.6 59.5
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 29.2 24.8 25.5 30.7 28.7 23.9 18.3
p:t} 13.5 14.8 12.1 14.4 19.0 10.4 13.0
yfxf 5}g 5.2 4.3 5.1 4.1 1.5 8.0 8.9
eGg rfxGg .0 .2 .3 .0 .0 .0 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9a 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]]sf] 54.0 54.1 55.4 50.8 55.5 52.4
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 28.0 27.9 26.8 24.1 28.3 25.9
p:t} 14.5 13.5 13.9 15.4 13.5 14.7
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yfxf 5}g 3.5 4.5 3.6 9.7 2.6 6.9
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .3 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9a Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]]sf] 51.7 50.9 52.0 55.4 58.0 60.7 66.7
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 22.2 28.9 29.2 28.9 27.5 24.3 14.8
p:t} 13.4 15.3 15.1 13.6 13.1 13.3 18.5
yfxf 5}g 12.4 4.8 3.7 2.1 1.4 1.7 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9a Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]]sf] 56.0 51.6 53.8 48.2 54.7 54.9 52.8
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 25.4 25.1 24.0 29.2 31.3 27.2 31.7
p:t} 13.5 19.5 12.9 16.5 10.8 13.0 13.8
yfxf 5}g 5.1 3.3 8.9 6.0 3.2 4.9 1.6
eGg rfxGg .0 .4 .4 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q9a So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]]sf] 54.8 52.4 53.4 46.3
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 27.2 25.6 26.7 34.7
p:t} 13.3 18.0 13.2 12.4
yfxf 5}g 4.8 3.7 6.3 6.6
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .3 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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( b= rGbf cftª\s ;DklQ sAhf
Q9b Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]]sf] 2543 72.377.8 69.8 73.3
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 460 13.112.0 12.5 13.8
p:t} 353 10.06.1 12.3 9.0
yfxf 5}g 158 4.54.1 5.3 3.9
eGg rfxGg 3 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9b Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]]sf] 70.9 73.8 72.9 70.0 74.6 74.1 72.8
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 13.4 12.7 13.4 15.3 12.8 8.7 10.4
p:t} 11.3 8.6 7.8 11.1 11.5 9.1 9.5
yfxf 5}g 4.3 4.8 5.7 3.4 1.2 8.0 7.4
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .3 .1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9b 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]]sf] 72.6 74.4 73.4 65.0 75.6 69.1
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 14.9 11.6 12.7 14.4 12.7 13.5
p:t} 9.5 10.0 9.8 11.4 8.8 11.2
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yfxf 5}g 3.0 4.0 3.9 8.9 2.7 6.1
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .2 .2 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9b Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]]sf] 64.7 66.4 75.2 74.8 78.1 78.6 81.5
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 13.7 14.3 11.7 14.0 12.4 12.1 7.4
p:t} 10.1 14.0 9.8 9.4 8.0 7.5 11.1
yfxf 5}g 11.1 5.3 3.3 1.8 1.6 1.7 .0
eGg rfxGg .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9b Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]]sf] 73.1 72.1 72.9 63.4 75.9 72.2 71.5
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 12.3 12.0 12.4 16.5 14.9 13.6 8.1
p:t} 9.7 12.6 7.1 14.8 6.7 9.3 13.8
yfxf 5}g 4.9 2.9 7.6 5.3 2.4 4.9 5.7
eGg rfxGg .0 .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q9b So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]]sf] 72.6 72.2 72.4 67.8
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 13.4 12.4 10.9 16.5
p:t} 9.6 11.8 9.5 9.9
yfxf 5}g 4.4 3.4 6.9 5.8
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .3 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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( c= aGb x8\tfn
Q9c Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]]sf] 2095 59.671.4 57.1 59.2
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 746 21.214.6 21.9 21.9
p:t} 595 16.911.4 18.1 17.0
yfxf 5}g 79 2.22.6 2.7 1.8
eGg rfxGg 2 .1.0 .1 .0
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9c Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]]sf] 57.6 61.8 52.7 62.8 61.2 62.0 56.5
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 23.0 19.3 24.9 24.0 18.9 13.5 17.2
p:t} 17.9 15.8 18.2 12.5 19.3 19.8 21.9
yfxf 5}g 1.5 3.0 3.9 .6 .6 4.8 4.4
eGg rfxGg .0 .1 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9c 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]]sf] 59.1 63.2 59.7 51.7 60.6 58.6
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 23.6 18.5 20.6 24.9 21.3 21.2
p:t} 16.7 16.7 17.6 16.7 16.9 17.0
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yfxf 5}g .7 1.6 1.9 6.7 1.2 3.2
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .2 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9c Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]]sf] 51.6 57.0 63.1 60.4 62.5 68.2 74.1
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 21.9 22.1 20.9 22.3 19.9 17.3 14.8
p:t} 19.3 17.8 15.1 16.6 17.1 14.5 11.1
yfxf 5}g 6.9 3.1 .9 .7 .4 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9c Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]]sf] 59.3 59.8 56.9 59.9 59.7 58.6 61.8
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 20.9 17.8 20.9 23.6 22.6 25.3 21.1
p:t} 17.0 20.9 17.8 14.8 16.0 14.8 16.3
yfxf 5}g 2.8 1.2 4.4 1.8 1.7 1.2 .8
eGg rfxGg .0 .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q9c So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]]sf] 59.4 59.5 58.6 65.3
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 21.6 19.6 21.0 24.0
p:t} 16.5 19.4 17.2 9.1
yfxf 5}g 2.4 1.2 3.2 1.7
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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( d= ck/fwsf 36gf
Q9d Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]]sf] 1321 37.644.6 32.6 40.1
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 1548 44.036.4 46.9 43.2
p:t} 552 15.716.9 17.2 14.3
yfxf 5}g 93 2.62.0 3.1 2.4
eGg rfxGg 3 .1.0 .2 .0
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9d Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]]sf] 35.2 40.1 41.7 34.9 30.1 42.2 46.7
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 46.6 41.2 41.0 51.1 49.6 35.4 24.6
p:t} 15.7 15.7 12.9 13.0 19.5 15.9 24.6
yfxf 5}g 2.5 2.8 4.2 .9 .9 6.5 3.8
eGg rfxGg .0 .2 .3 .0 .0 .0 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9d 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]]sf] 36.8 37.6 38.4 37.3 38.4 36.8
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 47.9 43.8 44.0 38.4 43.8 44.2
p:t} 14.4 16.4 15.2 16.9 16.1 15.3
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yfxf 5}g .8 2.2 2.3 7.2 1.7 3.5
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .2 .2 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9d Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]]sf] 39.3 38.6 40.7 36.5 33.1 31.8 25.9
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 36.6 43.0 41.3 49.2 51.0 45.7 51.9
p:t} 16.9 14.7 16.1 13.5 15.5 21.4 22.2
yfxf 5}g 6.8 3.7 2.0 .8 .4 1.2 .0
eGg rfxGg .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9d Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]]sf] 36.7 30.0 34.2 30.6 44.8 48.8 44.7
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 42.5 48.7 44.4 52.8 41.2 40.7 46.3
p:t} 17.7 19.3 15.6 14.1 12.1 7.4 7.3
yfxf 5}g 3.0 1.5 5.8 2.5 1.9 3.1 1.6
eGg rfxGg .1 .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q9d So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]]sf] 37.8 34.5 37.9 48.8
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 43.5 46.8 45.1 35.5
p:t} 16.0 16.5 12.6 14.0
yfxf 5}g 2.7 1.9 4.3 1.7
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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( e= zflGt ;'/Iffsf] cj:yf
Q9e Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]]sf] 1200 34.137.9 32.8 34.4
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 1219 34.729.7 35.6 34.9
p:t} 1002 28.530.6 27.9 28.6
yfxf 5}g 94 2.71.7 3.5 2.2
eGg rfxGg 2 .1.0 .1 .0
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9e Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]]sf] 33.0 35.3 35.1 35.4 30.1 40.9 26.0
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 35.0 34.3 34.8 39.4 31.4 26.1 34.6
p:t} 29.7 27.1 26.1 23.6 37.8 27.4 35.2
yfxf 5}g 2.3 3.1 3.8 1.6 .7 5.7 4.1
eGg rfxGg .0 .1 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9e 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]]sf] 36.4 34.3 33.7 30.8 34.6 33.7
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 34.1 35.4 34.4 34.4 35.5 33.9
p:t} 28.4 28.5 29.7 26.4 28.8 28.2
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yfxf 5}g 1.2 1.8 1.9 8.4 1.1 4.2
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .2 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9e Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]]sf] 32.0 30.5 36.6 35.2 37.3 28.3 33.3
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 32.3 36.6 34.9 36.7 33.5 32.4 29.6
p:t} 27.4 29.8 26.6 27.4 29.1 39.3 37.0
yfxf 5}g 8.1 3.1 1.8 .7 .2 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9e Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]]sf] 34.5 28.2 24.0 33.1 37.5 43.2 39.0
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 32.7 35.0 36.9 33.8 39.9 35.8 40.7
p:t} 29.7 34.6 32.9 30.3 20.9 19.1 18.7
yfxf 5}g 3.0 1.7 6.2 2.8 1.7 1.9 1.6
eGg rfxGg .0 .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q9e So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]]sf] 35.0 31.8 29.3 43.0
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 34.5 35.2 38.2 24.8
p:t} 27.8 30.9 27.9 30.6
yfxf 5}g 2.7 1.8 4.6 1.7
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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( f= e|i6frf/
Q9f Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]]sf] 270 7.75.8 5.9 9.5
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 2693 76.683.7 78.7 73.5
p:t} 391 11.14.7 11.5 12.1
yfxf 5}g 160 4.55.8 3.8 4.9
eGg rfxGg 3 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9f Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]]sf] 8.7 6.5 11.3 3.4 8.9 11.1 8.3
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 74.0 79.3 71.9 84.6 74.4 69.1 71.3
p:t} 13.1 8.9 10.4 9.3 15.0 11.5 11.2
yfxf 5}g 4.0 5.1 6.2 2.6 1.6 8.3 8.9
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .1 .1 .0 .0 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9f 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]]sf] 8.8 8.1 7.0 6.1 7.9 7.5
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 78.1 77.9 76.3 71.5 79.4 73.9
p:t} 11.5 9.8 12.4 11.4 10.7 11.5
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yfxf 5}g 1.6 4.1 4.1 11.0 1.9 7.0
eGg rfxGg .0 .1 .2 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9f Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]]sf] 7.3 5.9 9.6 8.3 7.4 4.6 .0
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 63.7 78.7 77.2 82.3 80.7 81.5 77.8
p:t} 14.4 10.5 10.5 8.2 11.6 12.7 22.2
yfxf 5}g 14.3 4.8 2.7 1.2 .4 1.2 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9f Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]]sf] 7.7 5.2 6.2 7.0 9.5 6.2 8.9
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 76.6 79.9 76.4 81.0 73.1 79.0 77.2
p:t} 10.8 12.4 9.8 8.1 12.3 9.3 8.1
yfxf 5}g 4.8 2.3 7.6 3.9 4.9 5.6 5.7
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .0 .0 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q9f So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]]sf] 8.0 5.4 7.2 14.9
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 76.4 79.7 76.7 62.8
p:t} 10.8 11.6 9.2 19.0
yfxf 5}g 4.7 3.1 6.9 3.3
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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( g= dxFuL
Q9g Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]]sf] 71 2.01.7 2.1 2.0
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 3237 92.091.5 91.4 92.6
p:t} 168 4.85.8 5.2 4.2
yfxf 5}g 39 1.1.9 1.1 1.1
eGg rfxGg 2 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9g Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]]sf] 1.9 2.1 2.1 1.0 .7 6.3 2.4
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 91.5 92.6 91.9 93.0 93.3 87.2 92.6
p:t} 5.5 4.0 4.0 5.3 5.8 3.3 4.4
yfxf 5}g 1.1 1.1 1.7 .6 .1 3.3 .6
eGg rfxGg .0 .1 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9g 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]]sf] 2.1 2.2 1.6 2.3 1.9 2.1
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 92.9 92.3 93.2 88.0 92.9 91.2
p:t} 4.7 4.9 4.2 5.7 4.5 5.0
Gender
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
Age Groups
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yfxf 5}g .2 .6 .9 4.0 .6 1.6
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .1 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9g Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]]sf] 1.7 2.6 2.1 2.4 1.6 1.2 .0
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 87.8 90.4 93.3 93.5 94.4 94.8 92.6
p:t} 6.8 5.3 4.0 4.0 4.0 4.0 7.4
yfxf 5}g 3.6 1.5 .6 .1 .0 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q9g Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]]sf] 2.5 1.7 1.3 2.1 .9 3.1 1.6
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 91.1 90.1 93.3 93.3 93.5 93.2 96.7
p:t} 4.6 7.5 3.6 3.9 5.0 3.1 .8
yfxf 5}g 1.7 .4 1.8 .7 .6 .6 .8
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q9g So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]]sf] 2.1 2.1 1.4 1.7
a9]sf] lalu|Psf] 91.9 90.9 94.5 94.2
p:t} 4.6 6.5 2.6 4.1
yfxf 5}g 1.3 .4 1.4 .0
eGg rfxGg .0 .1 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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!)= /fhgLltsf] cfj/0fdf x'g] u/]sf c/fhs Jojxf/ klxn]sf] t'ngfdf s:tf] 5 <
Q10 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]sf] 5 1037 29.539.9 29.7 27.3
a9]sf] 5 1554 44.236.2 41.5 47.9
klxn] h:t} 5 494 14.014.9 15.0 13.1
yfxf 5}g 429 12.28.7 13.7 11.7
eGg rfxGg 3 .1.3 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q10 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]sf] 5 28.0 31.1 33.2 22.2 35.1 34.6 30.2
a9]sf] 5 45.3 42.9 40.3 51.1 42.9 37.0 39.6
klxn] h:t} 5 14.6 13.4 13.9 13.4 18.3 10.7 13.0
yfxf 5}g 11.9 12.5 12.6 13.2 3.6 17.8 17.2
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .0 .2 .1 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q10 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]sf] 5 31.8 27.5 31.5 27.0 30.0 29.0
a9]sf] 5 46.9 45.5 43.1 38.8 48.5 40.1
klxn] h:t} 5 14.1 15.8 13.4 11.0 14.4 13.7
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yfxf 5}g 7.1 11.1 12.1 23.0 7.1 17.1
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .0 .2 .0 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q10 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]sf] 5 26.7 27.8 30.6 30.6 30.7 31.2 37.0
a9]sf] 5 29.3 41.5 48.5 48.5 51.6 50.3 51.9
klxn] h:t} 5 12.7 16.7 12.2 15.4 13.5 15.6 11.1
yfxf 5}g 31.3 14.0 8.5 5.4 4.0 2.9 .0
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .1 .0 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q10 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]sf] 5 32.7 28.0 28.4 31.0 22.0 29.0 25.2
a9]sf] 5 41.6 43.5 40.4 43.0 53.2 46.3 48.0
klxn] h:t} 5 14.5 17.4 11.1 15.1 12.3 11.7 9.8
yfxf 5}g 11.2 10.8 20.0 10.9 12.5 12.3 17.1
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .0 .0 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q10 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]sf] 5 30.1 28.3 27.3 31.4
a9]sf] 5 44.4 44.2 43.1 43.8
klxn] h:t} 5 14.1 16.1 10.6 11.6
yfxf 5}g 11.4 11.2 19.0 13.2
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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!!= tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df dlxnf lx+;fsf 36gf -s'6lk6, anfTsf/, xTof_ klxn] eGbf a9]sf 5g\ ls 36]sf <
Q11 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
36]sf] 5 1104 31.444.0 27.0 32.5
a9]sf] 5 1975 56.239.1 59.0 57.2
klxn] h:t} 5 364 10.313.4 12.1 8.3
yfxf 5}g 72 2.03.5 1.8 1.9
eGg rfxGg 2 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q11 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
36]sf] 5 28.0 35.0 33.9 29.6 29.3 25.4 44.7
a9]sf] 5 60.2 51.8 51.9 60.8 58.8 58.9 39.3
klxn] h:t} 5 10.0 10.7 11.4 8.6 11.2 12.0 10.7
yfxf 5}g 1.7 2.4 2.7 .9 .6 3.7 5.3
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .0 .1 .1 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q11 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
36]sf] 5 34.8 30.7 29.8 30.4 30.5 32.2
a9]sf] 5 53.4 57.9 57.4 54.2 57.5 54.9
klxn] h:t} 5 10.9 10.2 10.5 9.7 10.5 10.2
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
Age Groups Gender
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yfxf 5}g 1.0 1.1 2.3 5.5 1.5 2.5
eGg rfxGg .0 .1 .0 .2 .0 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q11 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
36]sf] 5 38.9 31.3 31.1 30.9 24.1 27.2 25.9
a9]sf] 5 43.5 55.7 56.5 58.8 66.1 64.2 66.7
klxn] h:t} 5 11.5 10.7 10.9 9.6 9.4 8.7 7.4
yfxf 5}g 5.9 2.4 1.3 .7 .4 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q11 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
36]sf] 5 30.0 24.6 28.4 29.2 36.9 40.7 41.5
a9]sf] 5 57.6 60.3 55.6 59.2 52.1 47.5 51.2
klxn] h:t} 5 9.9 14.3 11.6 9.9 9.3 9.9 4.9
yfxf 5}g 2.5 .6 4.4 1.8 1.7 1.2 2.4
eGg rfxGg .0 .2 .0 .0 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q11 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
36]sf] 5 31.5 28.4 33.0 41.3
a9]sf] 5 56.5 57.3 54.0 48.8
klxn] h:t} 5 9.8 13.3 9.2 8.3
yfxf 5}g 2.2 .7 3.7 1.7
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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!@= dlxnf / afnaflnsfdfly lx+;fTds HofbtL a9L x'g'sf] sf/0f s] xf]nf <
Q12 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
b08xLgtf 637 18.122.2 15.8 19.2
ck/fwLnfO{ /fhgLlts ;+/If0f 1079 30.735.9 32.6 28.2
;dfhdf a9]sf] c/fhstf 611 17.420.7 15.0 18.6
lkt[;QfTds ;dfh 407 11.620.4 10.3 10.9
kLl8tn] ph'/L gug]{ ePsfn] 819 23.328.3 22.7 22.8
unt ;+:sf/÷k/Dk/f 652 18.525.4 16.2 19.1
clzIff÷r]tgfsf] sdL 1916 54.551.6 55.4 54.3
u/LaL 1653 47.042.6 41.0 52.7
hfF8/S;L 1055 30.034.1 24.6 33.6
sdhf]/ k|x/L÷k|zf;g 824 23.414.6 23.9 24.8
yfxf 5}g 98 2.82.3 2.9 2.8
eGg rfxGg 6 .2.6 .1 .1
Total 3517 277.4298.5 260.4 286.9
Q12 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
b08xLgtf 18.9 17.3 13.2 20.7 17.7 19.1 18.9
ck/fwLnfO{ /fhgLlts ;+/If0f 30.0 31.4 23.4 31.9 36.3 37.8 21.9
;dfhdf a9]sf] c/fhstf 18.4 16.2 18.1 14.9 25.7 16.7 9.5
lkt[;QfTds ;dfh 10.9 12.3 7.0 9.9 19.0 14.6 9.2
kLl8tn] ph'/L gug]{ ePsfn] 24.0 22.5 16.4 21.8 32.0 28.5 20.1
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unt ;+:sf/÷k/Dk/f 19.7 17.3 16.0 18.6 25.1 14.3 16.6
clzIff÷r]tgfsf] sdL 54.3 54.6 53.6 55.5 52.7 55.9 54.1
u/LaL 48.2 45.7 48.3 45.4 64.3 33.9 33.4
hfF8/S;L 29.6 30.5 32.1 26.2 31.4 32.4 33.4
sdhf]/ k|x/L÷k|zf;g 24.9 21.8 19.6 25.2 26.0 28.7 13.0
yfxf 5}g 2.2 3.4 4.2 1.5 1.3 4.6 5.0
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .1 .2 .0 .2 .3
Total281.3 273.2 251.9 272.0 331.7 286.7 235.5
Q12 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
b08xLgtf 19.4 18.4 18.1 15.4 19.8 16.5
ck/fwLnfO{ /fhgLlts ;+/If0f 30.3 32.6 29.6 28.7 34.5 27.0
;dfhdf a9]sf] c/fhstf 19.7 15.5 17.3 18.1 17.8 17.0
lkt[;QfTds ;dfh 11.5 12.0 11.7 10.5 11.1 12.0
kLl8tn] ph'/L gug]{ ePsfn] 27.1 24.4 21.1 18.6 22.7 23.8
unt ;+:sf/÷k/Dk/f 21.7 17.6 17.8 17.1 19.3 17.8
clzIff÷r]tgfsf] sdL 58.9 55.5 56.1 42.2 54.5 54.5
u/LaL 46.6 45.9 49.0 46.6 44.6 49.3
hfF8/S;L 26.6 30.0 31.7 32.3 27.9 32.0
sdhf]/ k|x/L÷k|zf;g 23.7 26.1 22.4 18.6 25.1 21.9
yfxf 5}g 1.3 2.8 2.0 6.5 2.0 3.5
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .1 1.0 .1 .2
Total286.8 280.6 277.2 255.5 279.4 275.5
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Q12 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
b08xLgtf 14.1 16.0 17.2 22.0 18.3 25.4 29.6
ck/fwLnfO{ /fhgLlts ;+/If0f 21.8 30.1 29.5 34.0 37.8 37.0 37.0
;dfhdf a9]sf] c/fhstf 13.5 17.3 17.5 18.6 19.5 22.5 7.4
lkt[;QfTds ;dfh 7.1 12.3 11.4 11.7 14.9 15.6 25.9
kLl8tn] ph'/L gug]{ ePsfn] 14.6 23.2 22.7 28.4 26.7 30.1 18.5
unt ;+:sf/÷k/Dk/f 13.4 19.1 17.7 22.2 21.7 16.2 18.5
clzIff÷r]tgfsf] sdL 43.7 51.1 55.3 58.0 62.2 65.9 59.3
u/LaL 53.6 45.6 49.3 47.5 39.4 37.6 22.2
hfF8/S;L 35.7 34.7 33.2 23.7 25.7 19.1 14.8
sdhf]/ k|x/L÷k|zf;g 17.1 20.6 22.8 25.9 27.5 33.5 51.9
yfxf 5}g 6.9 2.9 2.6 1.2 .6 .6 .0
eGg rfxGg .6 .2 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total242.1 273.2 279.4 293.3 294.4 303.5 285.2
Q12 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
b08xLgtf 18.5 19.9 23.1 19.0 15.7 16.7 10.6
ck/fwLnfO{ /fhgLlts ;+/If0f 34.2 37.3 31.1 37.3 16.8 24.7 16.3
;dfhdf a9]sf] c/fhstf 17.4 17.6 16.0 17.6 14.9 19.1 20.3
lkt[;QfTds ;dfh 12.2 15.3 10.7 13.4 8.4 9.3 4.9
kLl8tn] ph'/L gug]{ ePsfn] 25.2 28.4 28.9 25.0 15.7 14.8 11.4
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unt ;+:sf/÷k/Dk/f 19.2 19.3 13.8 18.3 21.1 13.6 17.9
clzIff÷r]tgfsf] sdL 54.7 51.3 52.4 55.3 59.7 54.3 50.4
u/LaL 41.8 39.1 50.7 40.1 62.1 52.5 69.1
hfF8/S;L 27.0 28.0 37.8 22.9 37.7 35.8 36.6
sdhf]/ k|x/L÷k|zf;g 22.2 22.4 25.3 29.9 20.3 25.9 29.3
yfxf 5}g 2.8 1.9 4.0 2.5 3.0 1.9 4.9
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 .0 .0 .2 .0 .0
Total275.6 281.0 293.8 281.3 275.6 268.5 271.5
Q12 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
b08xLgtf 17.9 19.1 18.7 14.0
ck/fwLnfO{ /fhgLlts ;+/If0f 30.6 34.3 25.9 24.8
;dfhdf a9]sf] c/fhstf 16.9 18.0 17.5 23.1
lkt[;QfTds ;dfh 11.5 13.8 8.6 9.1
kLl8tn] ph'/L gug]{ ePsfn] 23.0 25.2 22.7 19.8
unt ;+:sf/÷k/Dk/f 19.5 18.0 15.2 12.4
clzIff÷r]tgfsf] sdL 55.9 52.0 51.7 47.9
u/LaL 46.2 42.3 57.2 59.5
hfF8/S;L 29.0 29.9 37.4 29.8
sdhf]/ k|x/L÷k|zf;g 22.7 23.3 26.7 28.9
yfxf 5}g 2.8 1.9 4.3 2.5
eGg rfxGg .2 .3 .0 .0
Total276.3 278.1 285.9 271.9
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!#= åGåsfndf ePsf dfgjclwsf/ pNn+3gsf uDeL/ 36gfdf ;+nUgx¿nfO{ s] ug'{knf{ < k9]/ ;'gfpg]_
Q13 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
kmf}hbf/L sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 708 20.123.3 19.8 19.8
cGt/f{li6«o sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 424 12.110.5 13.7 11.1
gofF sfg"g agfP/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 1213 34.532.9 34.3 34.9
;To lg¿k0f tyf d]nldnfk cfof]usf] l;kmfl/z cg';f/ { {
436 12.414.0 12.3 12.2
kLl8tnfO{ Ifltk"lt{ lbnfP/ dfkmL lbg'k5{ 180 5.16.1 3.8 6.0
lxhf]sf s'/f sf]6\ofP/ s]xL kmfObf 5}g 139 4.02.3 3.0 5.1
yfxf 5}g 400 11.49.6 12.7 10.7
eGg rfxGg 17 .51.2 .5 .3
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q13 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
kmf}hbf/L sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 18.9 21.5 29.1 13.2 19.5 25.7 19.5
cGt/f{li6«o sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 12.5 11.6 9.2 13.5 19.5 5.2 7.7
gofF sfg"g agfP/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 34.5 34.4 30.8 42.4 33.3 22.4 32.0
;To lg¿k0f tyf d]nldnfk cfof]usf] l;kmfl/z cg';f/ { {
12.8 11.9 9.1 12.9 12.8 18.5 8.9
kLl8tnfO{ Ifltk"lt{ lbnfP/ dfkmL lbg'k5{ 5.9 4.3 5.7 5.6 4.9 3.0 5.0
lxhf]sf s'/f sf]6\ofP/ s]xL kmfObf 5}g 4.6 3.2 2.9 3.5 5.8 2.2 6.8
yfxf 5}g 10.4 12.5 12.6 8.4 4.0 22.4 19.5
eGg rfxGg .4 .6 .6 .5 .1 .7 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q13 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
kmf}hbf/L sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 20.4 20.6 20.6 17.9 21.8 18.6
cGt/f{li6«o sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 15.7 11.7 10.3 10.1 13.8 10.4
gofF sfg"g agfP/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 37.3 34.3 33.9 31.6 33.1 35.8
;To lg¿k0f tyf d]nldnfk cfof]usf] l;kmfl/z cg';f/ { {
10.3 13.7 14.2 9.5 14.9 10.0
kLl8tnfO{ Ifltk"lt{ lbnfP/ dfkmL lbg'k5{ 4.5 5.1 5.7 5.1 4.3 5.9
lxhf]sf s'/f sf]6\ofP/ s]xL kmfObf 5}g 3.5 4.4 3.7 4.2 4.8 3.1
yfxf 5}g 7.9 10.1 11.0 20.5 7.0 15.5
eGg rfxGg .5 .2 .5 1.1 .2 .7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q13 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
kmf}hbf/L sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 20.9 21.3 18.2 21.6 19.3 17.9 22.2
cGt/f{li6«o sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 5.9 9.4 12.1 13.9 16.7 22.5 18.5
gofF sfg"g agfP/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 31.4 32.4 36.6 36.4 35.3 34.7 22.2
;To lg¿k0f tyf d]nldnfk cfof]usf] l;kmfl/z cg';f/ { {
7.2 10.1 12.1 15.0 15.9 18.5 22.2
kLl8tnfO{ Ifltk"lt{ lbnfP/ dfkmL lbg'k5{ 7.3 4.6 5.1 5.0 3.8 2.9 .0
lxhf]sf s'/f sf]6\ofP/ s]xL kmfObf 5}g 2.3 4.8 5.0 3.2 5.0 2.3 11.1
yfxf 5}g 23.9 17.1 10.5 4.5 3.6 1.2 3.7
eGg rfxGg 1.0 .4 .4 .4 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q13 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
kmf}hbf/L sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 21.7 19.1 19.6 17.6 19.8 15.4 24.4
cGt/f{li6«o sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 12.3 13.7 11.6 15.8 10.4 8.0 3.3
gofF sfg"g agfP/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 33.4 29.6 31.6 34.5 39.0 35.2 49.6
;To lg¿k0f tyf d]nldnfk cfof]usf] l;kmfl/z cg';f/ { {
14.0 15.5 10.2 10.9 11.6 6.8 7.3
kLl8tnfO{ Ifltk"lt{ lbnfP/ dfkmL lbg'k5{ 3.6 5.4 4.4 4.9 6.5 8.0 7.3
lxhf]sf s'/f sf]6\ofP/ s]xL kmfObf 5}g 3.7 2.1 4.9 6.0 5.2 5.6 .8
yfxf 5}g 10.9 13.3 17.3 9.5 7.3 21.0 6.5
eGg rfxGg .4 1.2 .4 .7 .2 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q13 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
kmf}hbf/L sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 20.8 18.3 21.3 14.9
cGt/f{li6«o sfg"g cg';f/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 12.3 12.4 8.6 15.7
gofF sfg"g agfP/ sf/afxL ug'{k5{ 34.8 30.9 37.9 38.8
;To lg¿k0f tyf d]nldnfk cfof]usf] l;kmfl/z cg';f/ { {
13.1 13.4 9.2 2.5
kLl8tnfO{ Ifltk"lt{ lbnfP/ dfkmL lbg'k5{ 4.4 6.0 5.5 12.4
lxhf]sf s'/f sf]6\ofP/ s]xL kmfObf 5}g 4.3 2.9 3.4 3.3
yfxf 5}g 9.9 15.2 13.5 12.4
eGg rfxGg .4 .9 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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!$= o;k6ssf] dxfe"sDkn] tkfO{+sf] 3/df s'g} Iflt k'¥ofPg . eljiodf x'g;Sg] Ifltaf6 hf]lug s] pkfo ;f]Rg'ePsf] 5 <
Q14 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
s]xL ;f]r]sf] 5}g 1349 54.968.1 48.3 56.7
e"sDk k|lt/f]wL 3/ agfpF5' 846 34.417.7 39.0 33.7
k'/fgf] 3/sf] dd{t;Def/ u5{' 149 6.15.3 7.3 5.6
yfxf 5}g 106 4.38.8 4.9 3.7
eGg rfxGg 7 .3.0 .4 .2
Total 2457 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q14 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
s]xL ;f]r]sf] 5}g 52.1 58.3 39.5 67.3 51.1 58.4 62.4
e"sDk k|lt/f]wL 3/ agfpF5' 37.6 30.6 49.2 24.5 41.8 26.1 23.1
k'/fgf] 3/sf] dd{t;Def/ u5{' 6.0 6.1 5.7 6.4 5.3 7.6 5.6
yfxf 5}g 3.9 4.8 5.2 1.8 1.5 7.6 8.3
eGg rfxGg .4 .2 .5 .0 .2 .3 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q14 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
s]xL ;f]r]sf] 5}g 55.2 53.5 53.2 60.9 52.1 57.5
e"sDk k|lt/f]wL 3/ agfpF5' 37.3 36.1 34.8 25.3 38.3 30.7
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k'/fgf] 3/sf] dd{t;Def/ u5{' 3.8 6.9 7.2 5.8 6.3 5.9
yfxf 5}g 3.8 3.3 4.4 7.4 2.9 5.6
eGg rfxGg .0 .2 .5 .6 .3 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q14 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
s]xL ;f]r]sf] 5}g 64.3 60.7 58.0 49.7 44.7 41.8 35.3
e"sDk k|lt/f]wL 3/ agfpF5' 20.4 26.6 32.3 41.0 48.4 48.4 64.7
k'/fgf] 3/sf] dd{t;Def/ u5{' 6.7 6.3 5.0 7.1 4.9 7.4 .0
yfxf 5}g 8.2 6.0 4.4 2.0 1.7 2.5 .0
eGg rfxGg .4 .3 .3 .2 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q14 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
s]xL ;f]r]sf] 5}g 52.2 56.5 52.7 49.3 57.3 54.7 63.4
e"sDk k|lt/f]wL 3/ agfpF5' 36.1 34.8 32.7 41.3 33.9 33.8 28.5
k'/fgf] 3/sf] dd{t;Def/ u5{' 6.1 6.3 6.7 5.3 5.4 5.8 7.3
yfxf 5}g 5.3 1.9 7.3 4.0 3.0 5.8 .8
eGg rfxGg .3 .5 .6 .0 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q14 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
s]xL ;f]r]sf] 5}g 53.7 55.8 57.3 64.4
e"sDk k|lt/f]wL 3/ agfpF5' 35.7 34.4 30.9 25.4
k'/fgf] 3/sf] dd{t;Def/ u5{' 5.9 6.1 6.9 6.8
yfxf 5}g 4.5 3.5 4.5 3.4
eGg rfxGg .3 .3 .3 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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!%= bnx¿n] eg] adf]lhd ;fpgleq} ;+ljwfg hf/L x'g]df tkfO{+ ljZj:t x'g'x'G5 <
Q15 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
ljZj:t 5' 777 22.128.3 20.7 22.0
ljZj:t 5}g 2376 67.656.6 70.1 67.6
yfxf 5}g 357 10.214.9 8.8 10.3
eGg rfxGg 7 .2.3 .3 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q15 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
ljZj:t 5' 21.8 22.4 21.9 16.7 23.4 27.4 33.1
ljZj:t 5}g 69.1 65.9 64.9 75.6 68.3 57.4 55.3
yfxf 5}g 9.0 11.4 13.0 7.5 7.9 15.0 11.5
eGg rfxGg .1 .3 .1 .2 .4 .2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q15 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
ljZj:t 5' 22.7 21.5 23.8 19.4 23.9 20.3
ljZj:t 5}g 71.1 70.0 66.2 58.7 70.6 64.7
yfxf 5}g 5.9 8.3 9.9 21.5 5.2 14.8
eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .1 .4 .2 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q15 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
ljZj:t 5' 19.6 21.7 24.2 20.7 23.7 26.0 14.8
ljZj:t 5}g 51.0 66.5 68.9 75.9 73.7 74.0 85.2
yfxf 5}g 29.4 11.4 6.8 3.0 2.4 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .0 .4 .1 .4 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q15 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
ljZj:t 5' 23.7 19.0 25.3 19.7 19.8 24.7 21.1
ljZj:t 5}g 67.3 72.0 59.1 72.9 67.0 66.0 61.8
yfxf 5}g 8.7 9.1 15.6 7.0 13.1 9.3 17.1
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .0 .4 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q15 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
ljZj:t 5' 22.3 20.3 23.9 22.3
ljZj:t 5}g 67.9 70.5 60.1 66.1
yfxf 5}g 9.5 9.1 16.1 11.6
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
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!^= ;fpgleq} ;+ljwfg hf/L x'g]df lsg ljZj:t x'g'x'Gg <
Q16 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;+ljwfgsf ljifodf s'/f gldn]sfn] 1027 43.228.9 40.8 47.6
;Qf afF8kmfF8df s'/f gldn]sfn] 598 25.237.6 26.8 21.7
bnx¿n] ;+ljwfg agfpg} grfx]sfn] 569 23.924.7 21.7 25.7
k|lqmof k'¥ofpg ;do gk'Ug] ePsfn] 81 3.44.1 3.8 2.9
yfxf 5}g 90 3.84.6 5.9 1.9
eGg rfxGg 11 .5.0 1.0 .1
Total 2376 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q16 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;+ljwfgsf ljifodf s'/f gldn]sfn] 45.7 40.4 46.4 43.9 34.9 53.8 36.9
;Qf afF8kmfF8df s'/f gldn]sfn] 23.0 27.7 22.8 21.2 33.6 22.7 34.8
bnx¿n] ;+ljwfg agfpg} grfx]sfn] 24.2 23.6 22.8 28.7 24.4 15.2 13.9
k|lqmof k'¥ofpg ;do gk'Ug] ePsfn] 3.9 2.9 4.6 3.4 2.8 2.3 3.2
yfxf 5}g 2.8 5.0 3.0 2.8 4.4 6.1 6.4
eGg rfxGg .5 .5 .4 .0 .0 .0 4.8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q16 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;+ljwfgsf ljifodf s'/f gldn]sfn] 45.8 44.1 38.6 45.0 41.9 44.6
;Qf afF8kmfF8df s'/f gldn]sfn] 25.3 23.4 26.9 26.5 28.4 21.9
bnx¿n] ;+ljwfg agfpg} grfx]sfn] 22.1 25.3 25.7 20.1 23.2 24.7
k|lqmof k'¥ofpg ;do gk'Ug] ePsfn] 3.2 3.6 4.2 1.6 4.0 2.8
yfxf 5}g 2.9 3.1 4.1 6.8 2.1 5.6
eGg rfxGg .7 .5 .5 .0 .5 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q16 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;+ljwfgsf ljifodf s'/f gldn]sfn] 44.9 38.7 42.7 42.6 46.5 46.9 43.5
;Qf afF8kmfF8df s'/f gldn]sfn] 20.3 28.2 25.5 27.1 24.9 18.8 34.8
bnx¿n] ;+ljwfg agfpg} grfx]sfn] 22.6 23.2 24.8 25.2 22.7 25.8 13.0
k|lqmof k'¥ofpg ;do gk'Ug] ePsfn] 2.3 3.0 2.8 3.1 4.3 7.8 8.7
yfxf 5}g 9.6 6.9 3.0 1.4 1.6 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 1.1 .5 .0 .8 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q16 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;+ljwfgsf ljifodf s'/f gldn]sfn] 40.3 43.5 39.1 40.6 50.1 45.8 57.9
;Qf afF8kmfF8df s'/f gldn]sfn] 28.3 25.5 30.8 28.0 17.0 21.5 14.5
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bnx¿n] ;+ljwfg agfpg} grfx]sfn] 22.8 19.4 19.5 28.0 27.6 29.9 23.7
k|lqmof k'¥ofpg ;do gk'Ug] ePsfn] 3.8 5.6 3.8 .5 2.8 .0 3.9
yfxf 5}g 3.9 5.6 6.8 2.4 2.2 2.8 .0
eGg rfxGg .8 .3 .0 .5 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q16 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;+ljwfgsf ljifodf s'/f gldn]sfn] 42.5 44.1 45.9 45.0
;Qf afF8kmfF8df s'/f gldn]sfn] 25.7 24.6 24.9 17.5
bnx¿n] ;+ljwfg agfpg} grfx]sfn] 24.6 21.7 21.1 32.5
k|lqmof k'¥ofpg ;do gk'Ug] ePsfn] 3.2 4.4 3.8 1.3
yfxf 5}g 3.4 5.0 4.3 3.8
eGg rfxGg .6 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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!&= ;+ljwfgsf] k|f/lDes d:of}bf af/] tkfO{+nfO{ yfxf 5 <
Q17 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
5 1376 39.143.1 36.3 40.6
5}g 2133 60.656.9 63.5 59.1
eGg rfxGg 8 .2.0 .2 .3
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q17 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
5 44.0 33.8 35.1 37.4 50.0 37.4 35.8
5}g 55.8 65.9 64.8 62.4 50.0 62.2 63.6
eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .1 .2 .0 .4 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q17 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
5 42.6 41.3 40.3 26.4 49.8 29.0
5}g 57.1 58.5 59.7 73.0 49.9 70.8
eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .0 .6 .3 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q17 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
5 15.6 23.7 36.1 48.8 62.0 80.9 81.5
5}g 84.0 76.3 63.7 50.8 37.8 19.1 18.5
eGg rfxGg .4 .0 .1 .4 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q17 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
5 40.7 38.1 26.7 46.1 43.7 35.2 27.6
5}g 59.0 61.7 73.3 53.9 56.3 63.6 72.4
eGg rfxGg .3 .2 .0 .0 .0 1.2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q17 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
5 42.0 37.4 27.0 27.3
5}g 57.8 62.2 73.0 72.7
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
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!*= d:of}bfaf/] tkfO{+n] sxfFaf6 yfxf kfpg'eof] <
Q18 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;~rf/dfWodaf6 868 63.166.2 65.1 61.0
kl/jf/÷cfkmGt÷;fyLefOaf6 295 21.420.3 19.1 23.4
:yfgLo cu'jf÷g]tfaf6 156 11.310.8 9.2 13.0
d:of}bfdflysf] ax;sf] qmddf 56 4.12.7 6.6 2.5
eGg rfxGg 1 .1.0 .0 .1
Total 1376 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q18 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;~rf/dfWodaf6 64.4 61.2 45.6 67.3 61.0 73.3 76.9
kl/jf/÷cfkmGt÷;fyLefOaf6 21.6 21.2 38.1 18.0 21.1 12.2 11.6
:yfgLo cu'jf÷g]tfaf6 10.4 12.6 11.1 10.5 13.4 11.6 9.1
d:of}bfdflysf] ax;sf] qmddf 3.5 4.9 5.2 4.2 4.5 2.3 2.5
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q18 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;~rf/dfWodaf6 69.4 63.9 60.4 51.1 62.2 64.5
kl/jf/÷cfkmGt÷;fyLefOaf6 19.5 21.8 20.9 26.6 18.9 25.6
:yfgLo cu'jf÷g]tfaf6 8.8 10.4 12.0 19.4 14.0 7.1
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d:of}bfdflysf] ax;sf] qmddf 2.3 3.9 6.4 2.9 4.9 2.7
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .3 .0 .0 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q18 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;~rf/dfWodaf6 38.9 53.5 58.4 63.8 75.6 70.7 63.6
kl/jf/÷cfkmGt÷;fyLefOaf6 45.4 27.1 26.4 20.3 11.6 13.6 13.6
:yfgLo cu'jf÷g]tfaf6 13.9 17.1 12.2 13.5 7.7 6.4 .0
d:of}bfdflysf] ax;sf] qmddf 1.9 1.6 3.0 2.4 5.1 9.3 22.7
eGg rfxGg .0 .8 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q18 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;~rf/dfWodaf6 69.5 58.9 60.0 66.4 55.6 52.6 47.1
kl/jf/÷cfkmGt÷;fyLefOaf6 15.6 23.4 18.3 20.6 27.4 36.8 47.1
:yfgLo cu'jf÷g]tfaf6 10.0 12.7 21.7 7.6 14.5 10.5 .0
d:of}bfdflysf] ax;sf] qmddf 4.8 5.1 .0 5.3 2.6 .0 5.9
eGg rfxGg .2 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q18 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;~rf/dfWodaf6 65.8 57.5 55.3 45.5
kl/jf/÷cfkmGt÷;fyLefOaf6 19.0 26.4 28.7 36.4
:yfgLo cu'jf÷g]tfaf6 10.8 12.2 13.8 15.2
d:of}bfdflysf] ax;sf] qmddf 4.3 3.9 2.1 3.0
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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!(= d:of}bfdf ;'‰fj lbg'eof] <
Q19 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
lbPF 316 23.023.0 23.8 22.4
lbOgF 1057 76.877.0 76.2 77.2
eGg rfxGg 3 .2.0 .0 .4
Total 1376 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q19 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
lbPF 22.2 24.0 21.9 24.3 20.5 25.0 24.0
lbOgF 77.4 76.0 77.4 75.7 79.2 75.0 76.0
eGg rfxGg .4 .0 .7 .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q19 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
lbPF 15.3 23.1 27.3 30.2 29.0 13.2
lbOgF 84.4 76.7 72.5 69.8 70.9 86.5
eGg rfxGg .3 .2 .3 .0 .1 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q19 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
lbPF 14.8 20.9 17.6 18.4 26.7 41.4 54.5
lbOgF 85.2 79.1 81.8 81.6 73.0 58.6 45.5
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .7 .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q19 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
lbPF 27.0 20.8 26.7 20.6 17.5 12.3 20.6
lbOgF 72.7 78.7 73.3 79.4 82.5 87.7 79.4
eGg rfxGg .3 .5 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q19 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
lbPF 23.9 18.9 24.5 21.2
lbOgF 75.9 80.7 75.5 78.8
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
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@)= d:of}bfsf sltko k|fjwfg ljjflbt ag]sf 5g\ . tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df oxL d:of}bfsf] ;]/f]km]/f]d} ;+ljwfg NofOxfNg'k5{ ls ljjflbt d'2fsf] ;Daf]wg u/]/ dfq <
Q20 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;+ljwfg NofOxfNg'k5{, c¿ s'/f kl5 ;'wf/ ub}{ hfcf}+nf 930 26.419.8 25.4 28.6
clxn] p7]sf d'2fsf] ;Daf]wg u/]/ dfq ;+ljwfg {
1875 53.355.1 53.1 53.1
yfxf 5}g 709 20.225.1 21.4 18.2
eGg rfxGg 3 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q20 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;+ljwfg NofOxfNg'k5{, c¿ s'/f kl5 ;'wf/ ub}{ hfcf}+nf 26.8 26.0 23.0 26.1 32.6 18.0 34.9
clxn] p7]sf d'2fsf] ;Daf]wg u/]/ dfq ;+ljwfg {
55.3 51.1 52.2 54.5 56.4 53.5 45.0
yfxf 5}g 17.8 22.7 24.5 19.3 11.0 28.5 20.1
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .3 .1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q20 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;+ljwfg NofOxfNg'k5{, c¿ s'/f kl5 ;'wf/ ub}{ hfcf}+nf 27.9 26.2 26.7 24.3 27.6 25.3
clxn] p7]sf d'2fsf] ;Daf]wg u/]/ dfq ;+ljwfg {
57.9 54.6 53.8 42.4 59.8 47.2
yfxf 5}g 14.3 19.3 19.3 33.1 12.5 27.4
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .2 .2 .1 .1
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Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q20 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;+ljwfg NofOxfNg'k5{, c¿ s'/f kl5 ;'wf/ ub}{ hfcf}+nf 22.0 25.0 28.1 27.7 28.1 30.6 25.9
clxn] p7]sf d'2fsf] ;Daf]wg u/]/ dfq ;+ljwfg {
31.8 47.6 54.5 63.2 66.9 65.9 74.1
yfxf 5}g 45.8 27.4 17.3 9.1 5.0 3.5 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q20 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;+ljwfg NofOxfNg'k5{, c¿ s'/f kl5 ;'wf/ ub}{ hfcf}+nf 26.3 29.6 24.0 26.1 23.7 35.2 16.3
clxn] p7]sf d'2fsf] ;Daf]wg u/]/ dfq ;+ljwfg {
55.8 45.8 50.2 56.3 56.5 42.6 59.3
yfxf 5}g 17.8 24.6 25.8 17.6 19.6 22.2 23.6
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0 .2 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q20 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;+ljwfg NofOxfNg'k5{, c¿ s'/f kl5 ;'wf/ ub}{ hfcf}+nf 25.7 30.9 21.3 30.6
clxn] p7]sf d'2fsf] ;Daf]wg u/]/ dfq ;+ljwfg {
56.1 45.1 53.4 45.5
yfxf 5}g 18.2 24.0 25.0 24.0
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .3 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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21. bnx¿aLr ;xdlt eP/ d:of}bfdf ;+;b\af6 lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] zf;gk|0ffnL
k|:tfj ul/P klg k|ToIf lgjf{lrt sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g'kg]{ dfu pl7/x]sf] 5 . tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df casf] zf;gk|0ffnL s:tf] x'g'knf{ <
Q21 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;+;b\af6 lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 561 16.014.6 11.7 19.6
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v
1687 48.041.4 49.2 48.3
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt /fi6«klt sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 498 14.217.5 15.1 12.7
yfxf 5}g 765 21.826.5 23.7 19.3
eGg rfxGg 6 .2.0 .3 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q21 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;+;b\af6 lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 17.3 14.4 18.7 11.6 22.3 13.0 17.5
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v
48.7 47.1 44.4 51.4 49.9 39.8 50.6
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt /fi6«klt sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 14.0 14.3 11.4 16.4 15.9 14.6 7.7
yfxf 5}g 19.6 24.0 25.5 20.4 11.8 32.6 23.4
eGg rfxGg .3 .1 .0 .2 .1 .0 .9
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
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Q21 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;+;b\af6 lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 14.0 15.0 19.1 15.8 18.8 13.3
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v
52.8 48.7 46.4 41.3 53.6 42.7
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt /fi6«klt sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 16.1 15.9 12.5 10.1 15.7 12.7
yfxf 5}g 17.0 20.2 21.8 32.7 11.9 31.1
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .2 .2 .2 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q21 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;+;b\af6 lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 11.1 12.1 18.2 18.1 17.1 22.0 29.6
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v
31.8 47.4 49.7 53.6 57.4 53.8 51.9
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt /fi6«klt sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 9.2 10.7 13.3 17.2 18.9 21.4 18.5
yfxf 5}g 47.7 29.6 18.6 11.1 6.6 2.3 .0
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .2 .1 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q21 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;+;b\af6 lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 15.2 14.1 15.6 10.9 19.2 21.0 18.7
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v
49.9 41.0 46.7 52.5 49.6 46.3 49.6
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt /fi6«klt sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 15.3 17.0 11.1 16.9 11.8 9.3 7.3
yfxf 5}g 19.4 27.7 26.7 19.4 19.4 23.5 24.4
Gender
Education level
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eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .0 .4 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q21 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;+;b\af6 lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 15.6 15.8 16.7 21.5
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt k|wfgdGqL sfo{sf/L k|d'v
50.1 42.3 47.7 38.0
hgtfaf6 k|ToIf lgjf{lrt /fi6«klt sfo{sf/L k|d'v x'g] 14.7 15.2 9.8 10.7
yfxf 5}g 19.4 26.7 25.9 28.9
eGg rfxGg .2 .1 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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22. clxn]sf] zf;gk|0ffnLsf] ;d:of s] xf] <
Q22 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;'zf;g lbg g;Sg' 673 22.8 23.2 20.7 24.5
of] zf;gk|0ffnL g} 7Ls xf]Og 467 15.8 9.6 15.7 17.2
g]tfx¿n] zf;gk|0ffnL ljs[t agfP 694 23.5 27.3 21.2 24.7
/fhgLlts ;+:sf/ gx'Fbf zf;gk|0ffnLnfO{ bf]if lbOPsf] 256 8.7 14.0 9.0 7.3
yfxf 5}g 848 28.7 25.6 32.6 25.9
eGg rfxGg 18 .6 .3 .9 .4
Total2956 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q22 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;'zf;g lbg g;Sg' 20.7 24.9 14.2 23.6 31.4 27.8 15.1
of] zf;gk|0ffnL g} 7Ls xf]Og 18.5 13.0 24.4 16.7 14.2 7.0 8.2
g]tfx¿n] zf;gk|0ffnL ljs[t agfP 24.6 22.3 18.2 27.5 26.2 16.8 23.3
/fhgLlts ;+:sf/ gx'Fbf zf;gk|0ffnLnfO{ bf]if lbOPsf] 8.3 9.0 8.0 8.5 9.0 10.5 7.5
yfxf 5}g 27.2 30.3 34.3 23.1 19.2 37.5 43.7
eGg rfxGg .7 .6 .8 .4 .0 .5 2.2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
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Q22 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;'zf;g lbg g;Sg' 26.1 25.0 21.0 14.9 25.7 20.2
of] zf;gk|0ffnL g} 7Ls xf]Og 17.6 16.3 15.0 13.1 17.3 14.5
g]tfx¿n] zf;gk|0ffnL ljs[t agfP 23.3 23.4 25.2 21.0 28.3 19.2
/fhgLlts ;+:sf/ gx'Fbf zf;gk|0ffnLnfO{ bf]if lbOPsf] 8.8 8.5 9.5 7.4 10.0 7.5
yfxf 5}g 24.0 26.2 28.6 42.2 18.1 38.1
eGg rfxGg .1 .6 .7 1.4 .7 .5
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q22 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;'zf;g lbg g;Sg' 12.3 19.5 24.2 30.6 24.8 29.6 47.4
of] zf;gk|0ffnL g} 7Ls xf]Og 12.0 13.8 13.4 19.0 21.2 18.5 31.6
g]tfx¿n] zf;gk|0ffnL ljs[t agfP 15.7 24.5 23.0 25.3 29.1 34.1 10.5
/fhgLlts ;+:sf/ gx'Fbf zf;gk|0ffnLnfO{ bf]if lbOPsf] 2.6 7.9 9.9 9.8 12.7 14.8 10.5
yfxf 5}g 55.9 33.5 29.0 15.1 12.3 3.0 .0
eGg rfxGg 1.5 .8 .6 .2 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Age Groups Gender
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Q22 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;'zf;g lbg g;Sg' 25.7 17.6 21.1 17.8 21.9 23.4 22.0
of] zf;gk|0ffnL g} 7Ls xf]Og 15.5 14.4 9.5 13.8 22.2 17.2 16.0
g]tfx¿n] zf;gk|0ffnL ljs[t agfP 23.7 24.5 23.7 28.9 21.5 18.0 25.0
/fhgLlts ;+:sf/ gx'Fbf zf;gk|0ffnLnfO{ bf]if lbOPsf] 9.7 7.4 7.9 11.1 8.8 3.1 9.0
yfxf 5}g 24.9 35.1 36.8 27.7 24.9 38.3 28.0
eGg rfxGg .5 .9 1.1 .8 .7 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q22 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;'zf;g lbg g;Sg' 23.9 18.9 21.4 26.3
of] zf;gk|0ffnL g} 7Ls xf]Og 16.7 15.0 11.7 13.7
g]tfx¿n] zf;gk|0ffnL ljs[t agfP 23.9 23.1 24.1 15.8
/fhgLlts ;+:sf/ gx'Fbf zf;gk|0ffnLnfO{ bf]if lbOPsf] 9.7 6.5 8.3 2.1
yfxf 5}g 25.3 35.8 33.8 42.1
eGg rfxGg .6 .7 .7 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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23. k|b]zx¿sf] gfd k|b]z;efn] /fVg] / ;Ldf+sg ;/sf/n] u7g ug]{ ;+3Lo cfof]un] 6'+uf] nufpg]
u/L d:of}bf cfPsf] 5 . tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df clxn] g} gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg;lxtsf] ;+ljwfg Nofpg'k5{ ls kb}{g < -k9]/ ;'gfpg]_
Q23 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg 6'+UofP/ dfq ;+ljwfg hf/L ug'{k5{ 1638 46.645.5 46.3 47.0
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg kl5 6'+Uofpg] u/L ;+ljwfg clxNo} { {
881 25.022.4 23.4 26.9
gfdf+sgsf] lhDdf k|b]z;efnfO{ lbOP klg ;Ldf+sg u/]/ l { {
245 7.06.1 6.9 7.2
yfxf 5}g 728 20.725.1 22.7 18.2
eGg rfxGg 25 .7.9 .7 .7
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q23 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg 6'+UofP/ dfq ;+ljwfg hf/L ug'{k5{ 48.2 44.8 57.7 45.5 39.6 42.8 44.4
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg kl5 6'+Uofpg] u/L ;+ljwfg clxNo} { {
24.4 25.7 20.3 26.3 36.5 15.7 21.3
gfdf+sgsf] lhDdf k|b]z;efnfO{ lbOP klg ;Ldf+sg u/]/ l { {
7.6 6.3 3.6 7.0 11.0 7.0 6.5
yfxf 5}g 18.8 22.8 17.9 20.8 12.6 33.0 26.0
eGg rfxGg 1.0 .4 .5 .5 .3 1.5 1.8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q23 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg 6'+UofP/ dfq ;+ljwfg hf/L ug'{k5{ 47.5 47.9 48.7 38.2 52.4 41.1
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg kl5 6'+Uofpg] u/L ;+ljwfg clxNo} { {
27.9 25.3 24.2 21.3 26.3 23.9
gfdf+sgsf] lhDdf k|b]z;efnfO{ lbOP klg ;Ldf+sg u/]/ { {
7.6 6.7 7.5 5.5 8.0 6.0
yfxf 5}g 16.2 19.5 18.8 34.0 12.6 28.4
eGg rfxGg .8 .5 .8 1.0 .7 .7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q23 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg 6'+UofP/ dfq ;+ljwfg hf/L ug'{k5{ 35.0 42.3 46.6 51.2 54.8 59.0 66.7
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg kl5 6'+Uofpg] u/L ;+ljwfg clxNo} { {
16.9 23.3 28.3 29.6 27.3 23.1 14.8
gfdf+sgsf] lhDdf k|b]z;efnfO{ lbOP klg ;Ldf+sg u/]/ l { {
4.3 5.3 5.5 8.2 10.0 13.9 18.5
yfxf 5}g 42.7 28.5 18.9 10.4 7.2 4.0 .0
eGg rfxGg 1.2 .6 .6 .7 .8 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q23 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg 6'+UofP/ dfq ;+ljwfg hf/L ug'{k5{ 48.0 41.8 44.9 49.6 48.7 40.7 42.3
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg kl5 6'+Uofpg] u/L ;+ljwfg clxNo} { {
23.1 26.9 20.9 21.5 29.9 28.4 35.0
gfdf+sgsf] lhDdf k|b]z;efnfO{ lbOP klg ;Ldf+sg u/]/ l { {
7.7 7.5 6.2 7.7 6.0 4.9 4.1
yfxf 5}g 20.3 23.0 27.1 20.1 15.5 25.3 18.7
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eGg rfxGg .9 .8 .9 1.1 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q23 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg 6'+UofP/ dfq ;+ljwfg hf/L ug'{k5{ 48.3 41.5 44.0 47.9
gfdf+sg / ;Ldf+sg kl5 6'+Uofpg] u/L ;+ljwfg clxNo} { {
24.4 27.2 25.9 22.3
gfdf+sgsf] lhDdf k|b]z;efnfO{ lbOP klg ;Ldf+sg u/]/ l { {
7.3 6.9 5.5 5.0
yfxf 5}g 19.2 23.6 24.1 24.0
eGg rfxGg .7 .7 .6 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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@$= k|b]zx¿sf] ;Ldf+sg x'g'kg]{ dfu ub}{ d'VotM dw]zdf lj/f]w ePsf] 5 . s]xL dw]zL g]tf–;ef;b\n] dw]z 5'6\ofpg];Ddsf] wDsL lbg yfn]sf 5g\ . pgLx¿sf] dfunfO{ s;/L ;Daf]wg ug'{knf{ <
Q24 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
k|b]zx¿sf] ;Ldf+sg u/]/ pgLx¿sf] dfu ;Daf]wg { {
974 27.723.6 23.4 32.0
;Ldf+sgsf] ljZjfl;nf] cfwf/ lbP/ dgfpg'k5{ 1147 32.634.7 33.1 31.9
lj/f]wsf] a]jf:tf ub}{ cl3 a9\g'k5{ 742 21.113.4 23.4 20.7
yfxf 5}g 631 17.928.0 19.7 14.6
eGg rfxGg 23 .7.3 .5 .9
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q24 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
k|b]zx¿sf] ;Ldf+sg u/]/ pgLx¿sf] dfu ;Daf]wg { {
29.2 26.0 41.0 25.6 20.5 25.4 22.5
;Ldf+sgsf] ljZjfl;nf] cfwf/ lbP/ dgfpg'k5{ 34.7 30.3 28.4 33.0 40.3 29.3 29.9
lj/f]wsf] a]jf:tf ub}{ cl3 a9\g'k5{ 18.9 23.5 13.1 24.9 26.8 16.5 19.8
yfxf 5}g 16.4 19.7 16.6 16.1 11.9 27.8 26.3
eGg rfxGg .8 .5 .8 .4 .4 .9 1.5
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q24 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
k|b]zx¿sf] ;Ldf+sg u/]/ pgLx¿sf] dfu ;Daf]wg { {
26.3 29.1 29.3 23.6 29.8 25.7
;Ldf+sgsf] ljZjfl;nf] cfwf/ lbP/ dgfpg'k5{ 36.2 32.6 33.8 24.9 36.0 29.4
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lj/f]wsf] a]jf:tf ub}{ cl3 a9\g'k5{ 24.4 21.2 19.3 18.8 22.7 19.6
yfxf 5}g 12.6 16.5 17.0 31.4 10.7 24.8
eGg rfxGg .5 .6 .5 1.3 .6 .7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q24 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
k|b]zx¿sf] ;Ldf+sg u/]/ pgLx¿sf] dfu ;Daf]wg { {
24.4 24.6 30.4 28.2 30.5 28.3 22.2
;Ldf+sgsf] ljZjfl;nf] cfwf/ lbP/ dgfpg'k5{ 20.0 32.4 31.6 36.3 39.8 49.1 48.1
lj/f]wsf] a]jf:tf ub}{ cl3 a9\g'k5{ 15.4 18.6 21.1 26.3 23.7 20.2 29.6
yfxf 5}g 39.2 23.7 16.5 8.7 5.2 1.7 .0
eGg rfxGg 1.0 .7 .4 .5 .8 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q24 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
k|b]zx¿sf] ;Ldf+sg u/]/ pgLx¿sf] dfu ;Daf]wg { {
21.9 25.1 20.9 28.2 42.4 34.6 41.5
;Ldf+sgsf] ljZjfl;nf] cfwf/ lbP/ dgfpg'k5{ 35.9 31.3 33.8 34.2 27.4 24.7 27.6
lj/f]wsf] a]jf:tf ub}{ cl3 a9\g'k5{ 23.6 22.1 18.2 18.0 18.3 16.7 14.6
yfxf 5}g 17.7 21.3 27.1 18.7 11.8 22.8 15.4
eGg rfxGg .8 .2 .0 1.1 .2 1.2 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q24 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
k|b]zx¿sf] ;Ldf+sg u/]/ pgLx¿sf] dfu ;Daf]wg { {
27.3 27.4 28.2 35.5
;Ldf+sgsf] ljZjfl;nf] cfwf/ lbP/ dgfpg'k5{ 33.8 29.7 31.6 28.9
lj/f]wsf] a]jf:tf ub}{ cl3 a9\g'k5{ 21.7 20.8 17.0 22.3
yfxf 5}g 16.5 21.6 23.0 11.6
eGg rfxGg .7 .4 .3 1.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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@%= Psy/Ln] eGb} cfPsf] hftLo cfwf/df k|b]z lgdf{0f tkfO{+nfO{ s:tf] nfU5 <
Q25 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
7Ls xf] 415 11.89.9 12.7 11.5
7Ls xf]Og 2813 80.082.5 78.6 80.6
yfxf 5}g 281 8.07.3 8.5 7.7
eGg rfxGg 8 .2.3 .2 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q25 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
7Ls xf] 11.1 12.5 15.6 10.5 9.1 11.3 14.2
7Ls xf]Og 82.0 77.8 75.7 82.7 84.4 75.9 76.3
yfxf 5}g 6.6 9.5 8.2 6.8 6.3 12.6 9.2
eGg rfxGg .3 .2 .5 .0 .3 .2 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q25 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
7Ls xf] 12.2 11.1 13.8 9.3 11.4 12.2
7Ls xf]Og 83.5 81.5 78.2 74.0 84.3 75.8
yfxf 5}g 4.2 7.0 7.9 16.5 4.0 11.7
eGg rfxGg .1 .4 .1 .2 .2 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q25 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
7Ls xf] 14.6 12.9 12.0 11.5 8.4 7.5 14.8
7Ls xf]Og 63.5 75.7 82.1 86.0 90.4 91.9 85.2
yfxf 5}g 21.6 10.8 5.9 2.4 1.2 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .6 .1 .1 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q25 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
7Ls xf] 9.9 15.1 14.7 10.2 10.4 21.6 16.3
7Ls xf]Og 82.2 74.9 72.0 84.2 82.5 74.1 73.2
yfxf 5}g 7.9 9.3 12.9 5.3 7.1 4.3 10.6
eGg rfxGg .1 .8 .4 .4 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q25 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
7Ls xf] 10.0 16.6 15.2 9.1
7Ls xf]Og 82.5 74.7 72.4 82.6
yfxf 5}g 7.4 8.1 12.1 7.4
eGg rfxGg .1 .6 .3 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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@^= To;f] eP k|b]zsf] ;Ldf s;/L lgwf{/0f ug'{knf{ <
Q26 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
lxdfn–t/fO{ hf]8\g] u/L 2059 73.282.0 80.6 65.7
t/fO{ dfq}sf] k|b]z x'g] u/L 207 7.41.8 1.8 12.8
dw]z / kxf8sf s]xL efunfO{ ldnfP/ 294 10.57.8 6.1 14.4
yfxf 5}g 241 8.68.5 11.4 6.3
eGg rfxGg 12 .4.0 .1 .8
Total 2813 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q26 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
lxdfn–t/fO{ hf]8\g] u/L 70.7 76.0 59.5 79.5 65.4 85.4 78.7
t/fO{ dfq}sf] k|b]z x'g] u/L 9.4 5.0 18.9 6.6 1.4 3.2 3.1
dw]z / kxf8sf s]xL efunfO{ ldnfP/ 10.3 10.6 13.6 5.4 19.9 7.2 7.8
yfxf 5}g 9.0 8.0 7.0 8.0 13.2 4.3 9.7
eGg rfxGg .5 .3 1.0 .4 .0 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q26 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
lxdfn–t/fO{ hf]8\g] u/L 75.8 71.8 73.1 72.2 74.7 71.6
t/fO{ dfq}sf] k|b]z x'g] u/L 6.1 7.9 8.0 6.9 7.8 6.9
dw]z / kxf8sf s]xL efunfO{ ldnfP/ 10.7 10.3 10.5 10.3 11.8 9.0
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yfxf 5}g 6.9 9.7 7.7 10.0 5.3 12.1
eGg rfxGg .4 .2 .7 .5 .4 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q26 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
lxdfn–t/fO{ hf]8\g] u/L 63.5 76.9 73.7 72.9 76.9 79.2 73.9
t/fO{ dfq}sf] k|b]z x'g] u/L 9.1 6.6 6.8 7.7 7.0 6.9 4.3
dw]z / kxf8sf s]xL efunfO{ ldnfP/ 10.0 7.5 9.7 12.0 11.9 10.7 21.7
yfxf 5}g 16.8 8.5 9.5 7.1 4.0 2.5 .0
eGg rfxGg .7 .5 .3 .5 .2 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q26 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
lxdfn–t/fO{ hf]8\g] u/L 80.2 75.2 82.1 85.8 50.9 57.5 62.2
t/fO{ dfq}sf] k|b]z x'g] u/L 2.7 1.6 1.9 .8 25.1 19.2 20.0
dw]z / kxf8sf s]xL efunfO{ ldnfP/ 8.3 9.0 7.4 5.4 16.5 19.2 11.1
yfxf 5}g 8.2 14.0 8.6 7.9 6.8 4.2 5.6
eGg rfxGg .5 .3 .0 .0 .7 .0 1.1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q26 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
lxdfn–t/fO{ hf]8\g] u/L 74.3 71.0 75.0 59.0
t/fO{ dfq}sf] k|b]z x'g] u/L 7.5 5.7 8.3 10.0
dw]z / kxf8sf s]xL efunfO{ ldnfP/ 9.8 11.4 8.7 22.0
yfxf 5}g 7.9 11.6 7.5 9.0
eGg rfxGg .5 .2 .4 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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@&= d:of}bfdf /x]sf] k|b]z ;+Vof * agfpg] k|:tfj s:tf] nfUof] <
Q27 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
7Ls 5 1053 29.929.4 25.1 33.9
* eGbf sd ug'{k5{ 1582 45.045.8 50.7 40.2
* eGbf a9fpg'k5{ 140 4.02.9 3.2 4.8
yfxf 5}g 720 20.521.9 20.2 20.4
eGg rfxGg 22 .6.0 .7 .7
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q27 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
7Ls 5 31.0 28.7 32.5 23.2 37.2 32.2 32.2
* eGbf sd ug'{k5{ 44.6 45.4 42.7 48.9 42.0 43.3 43.8
* eGbf a9fpg'k5{ 3.7 4.3 6.4 3.1 4.3 3.3 2.1
yfxf 5}g 19.9 21.1 17.8 24.3 16.2 20.4 20.7
eGg rfxGg .8 .4 .6 .5 .3 .9 1.2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q27 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
7Ls 5 34.4 29.1 29.4 25.9 31.7 28.3
* eGbf sd ug'{k5{ 47.6 45.9 45.9 37.1 51.5 38.8
* eGbf a9fpg'k5{ 4.7 3.8 4.5 2.3 3.8 4.2
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yfxf 5}g 13.3 20.3 19.4 34.0 12.1 28.4
eGg rfxGg .0 .9 .8 .8 .9 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q27 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
7Ls 5 26.8 29.4 32.6 32.3 28.1 28.3 18.5
* eGbf sd ug'{k5{ 24.6 41.2 45.2 51.2 60.4 60.1 81.5
* eGbf a9fpg'k5{ 3.7 2.9 4.0 5.3 4.4 1.7 .0
yfxf 5}g 44.2 25.9 17.5 10.4 7.0 8.7 .0
eGg rfxGg .6 .6 .7 .8 .2 1.2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q27 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
7Ls 5 26.8 33.5 31.1 26.1 33.4 36.4 30.1
* eGbf sd ug'{k5{ 50.2 36.9 39.6 54.2 42.7 40.1 38.2
* eGbf a9fpg'k5{ 3.2 4.1 4.4 2.1 5.2 6.8 6.5
yfxf 5}g 19.1 24.6 24.4 17.3 18.1 16.7 25.2
eGg rfxGg .6 1.0 .4 .4 .6 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q27 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
7Ls 5 28.2 34.2 30.7 38.0
* eGbf sd ug'{k5{ 49.0 37.7 39.1 24.0
* eGbf a9fpg'k5{ 3.5 4.7 5.2 5.0
yfxf 5}g 18.7 22.7 24.7 31.4
eGg rfxGg .6 .7 .3 1.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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@*= d:of}bfdflysf] ;'‰fj ;+sng ug]{ qmddf wd{lg/k]Iftfsf] k|fjwfgdf ljjfb b]lvof] . tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df wd{nfO{ ;+ljwfgdf s;/L ;Daf]wg ug'{knf{ <
Q28 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
wd{lg/k]Iftf x'g'k5{ 709 20.215.7 19.5 21.5
wfld{s :jtGq /fi6« x'g'k5{ 815 23.233.2 26.2 18.8
lxGb"/fi6« x'g'k5{ 1711 48.642.6 45.4 52.5
wd{af/] s]xL pNn]v ug{'x'Gg 90 2.62.9 3.4 1.8
yfxf 5}g 182 5.25.5 5.0 5.2
eGg rfxGg 10 .3.0 .5 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q28 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
wd{lg/k]Iftf x'g'k5{ 21.2 19.0 22.7 17.9 24.9 19.6 14.2
wfld{s :jtGq /fi6« x'g'k5{ 23.9 22.4 23.5 25.9 24.9 17.0 17.2
lxGb"/fi6« x'g'k5{ 48.0 49.4 42.6 52.4 41.7 52.4 57.1
wd{af/] s]xL pNn]v ug{'x'Gg 2.5 2.6 1.6 2.0 6.1 .9 2.4
yfxf 5}g 4.1 6.3 9.0 1.7 2.4 10.0 8.6
eGg rfxGg .3 .3 .6 .1 .1 .2 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q28 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
wd{lg/k]Iftf x'g'k5{ 25.4 18.9 19.6 15.8 20.7 19.7
wfld{s :jtGq /fi6« x'g'k5{ 27.4 24.3 22.0 16.0 24.9 21.5
lxGb"/fi6« x'g'k5{ 41.2 47.7 51.5 57.6 48.7 48.6
wd{af/] s]xL pNn]v ug{'x'Gg 3.4 2.8 1.8 2.1 2.8 2.3
yfxf 5}g 2.7 5.8 4.7 8.4 2.6 7.6
eGg rfxGg .0 .5 .3 .2 .3 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q28 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
wd{lg/k]Iftf x'g'k5{ 19.5 17.5 17.9 23.7 21.7 20.8 25.9
wfld{s :jtGq /fi6« x'g'k5{ 14.3 23.9 24.7 23.9 28.5 30.6 25.9
lxGb"/fi6« x'g'k5{ 50.1 49.4 49.3 48.8 46.0 44.5 44.4
wd{af/] s]xL pNn]v ug{'x'Gg 1.7 2.8 2.6 2.6 2.8 4.0 3.7
yfxf 5}g 14.0 6.1 4.9 .9 1.0 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .4 .4 .6 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q28 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
wd{lg/k]Iftf x'g'k5{ 16.0 27.7 22.2 15.5 17.9 27.8 25.2
wfld{s :jtGq /fi6« x'g'k5{ 20.8 35.2 22.2 35.6 12.7 22.2 9.8
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lxGb"/fi6« x'g'k5{ 56.4 24.8 44.0 45.1 62.5 42.0 56.9
wd{af/] s]xL pNn]v ug{'x'Gg 2.1 6.2 .4 1.1 1.9 1.9 3.3
yfxf 5}g 4.5 6.2 9.8 2.1 5.0 5.6 4.9
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 1.3 .7 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q28 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
wd{lg/k]Iftf x'g'k5{ 16.4 27.7 23.3 43.0
wfld{s :jtGq /fi6« x'g'k5{ 20.7 32.1 17.8 36.4
lxGb"/fi6« x'g'k5{ 56.4 28.9 48.6 8.3
wd{af/] s]xL pNn]v ug{'x'Gg 1.9 5.2 1.4 4.1
yfxf 5}g 4.3 6.0 8.0 8.3
eGg rfxGg .3 .1 .9 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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@(= Psy/Ln] lje]bsf/L elg/x]sf] gful/stf ;DaGwL k|fjwfg tkfO{+nfO{ s:tf] nfu]sf] 5 <
Q29 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
lje]bsf/L 5 1818 51.740.8 48.1 56.7
lje]bsf/L 5}g 1010 28.727.1 27.9 29.7
yfxf 5}g 679 19.331.5 23.6 13.5
eGg rfxGg 10 .3.6 .4 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q29 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
lje]bsf/L 5 56.0 47.0 53.5 55.6 51.8 46.5 39.6
lje]bsf/L 5}g 27.1 30.5 28.2 24.9 37.9 24.3 32.0
yfxf 5}g 16.7 22.1 17.9 19.1 10.3 28.7 28.4
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 .4 .4 .0 .4 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q29 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
lje]bsf/L 5 56.4 53.6 51.1 40.9 52.9 50.6
lje]bsf/L 5}g 28.7 28.6 30.3 26.2 32.4 25.2
yfxf 5}g 14.7 17.3 18.4 32.7 14.4 24.0
eGg rfxGg .1 .5 .2 .2 .4 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q29 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
lje]bsf/L 5 40.1 43.0 52.1 59.4 61.6 60.1 59.3
lje]bsf/L 5}g 20.3 30.1 30.0 30.1 31.1 37.0 40.7
yfxf 5}g 39.6 26.3 17.5 10.3 7.2 2.3 .0
eGg rfxGg .0 .6 .4 .3 .2 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q29 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
lje]bsf/L 5 50.7 44.1 47.6 51.4 59.5 60.5 61.8
lje]bsf/L 5}g 28.9 31.9 25.8 26.4 29.1 24.7 24.4
yfxf 5}g 20.0 24.0 25.3 21.8 11.4 14.8 13.8
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 1.3 .4 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q29 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
lje]bsf/L 5 52.8 48.0 52.6 47.9
lje]bsf/L 5}g 28.7 30.2 25.3 31.4
yfxf 5}g 18.3 21.8 21.3 19.8
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .9 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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#)= j+zhsf cfwf/df gful/stf kfpg afa' / cfdf b'j} g]kfnL gful/s x'g'kg]{ d:of}bfsf] k|:tfjsf] Psy/Laf6 lj/f]w eO/x]sf] 5 . tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df j+zhsf] gful/stf k|flKtsf] cfwf/ s] x'g'k5{ < -k9]/ ;'gfpg]_
Q30 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cfdf / afa' b'j} g]kfnL gful/s x'g'k5{ 1370 39.027.1 39.2 41.1
cfdf jf afa'dWo] s'g} Ps g]kfnL gful/s eP x'G5 1958 55.764.4 54.5 54.9
yfxf 5}g 186 5.38.2 6.2 4.0
eGg rfxGg 3 .1.3 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q30 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cfdf / afa' b'j} g]kfnL gful/s x'g'k5{ 36.4 41.7 32.3 43.3 36.5 37.4 44.7
cfdf jf afa'dWo] s'g} Ps g]kfnL gful/s eP x'G5 58.5 52.6 63.4 52.2 59.1 51.1 50.9
yfxf 5}g 5.0 5.6 4.2 4.5 4.3 11.3 4.4
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .1 .0 .1 .2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q30 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cfdf / afa' b'j} g]kfnL gful/s x'g'k5{ 32.0 39.8 40.2 45.6 41.5 36.5
cfdf jf afa'dWo] s'g} Ps g]kfnL gful/s eP x'G5 65.6 55.4 54.4 43.0 55.0 56.3
yfxf 5}g 2.3 4.8 5.4 11.0 3.4 7.0
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eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .4 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q30 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cfdf / afa' b'j} g]kfnL gful/s x'g'k5{ 36.2 44.5 41.4 38.7 35.9 31.2 40.7
cfdf jf afa'dWo] s'g} Ps g]kfnL gful/s eP x'G5 49.1 49.8 54.1 59.9 62.9 68.2 55.6
yfxf 5}g 14.4 5.7 4.5 1.3 1.2 .6 3.7
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q30 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cfdf / afa' b'j} g]kfnL gful/s x'g'k5{ 40.5 40.6 35.6 35.6 40.5 32.1 38.2
cfdf jf afa'dWo] s'g} Ps g]kfnL gful/s eP x'G5 54.4 52.8 57.3 58.8 54.9 62.3 56.1
yfxf 5}g 5.0 6.2 7.1 5.6 4.7 5.6 5.7
eGg rfxGg .1 .4 .0 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
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Q30 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cfdf / afa' b'j} g]kfnL gful/s x'g'k5{ 39.9 38.6 36.5 28.9
cfdf jf afa'dWo] s'g} Ps g]kfnL gful/s eP x'G5 55.0 55.1 56.9 67.8
yfxf 5}g 5.0 6.0 6.6 3.3
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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#!= tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df s]Gb| -;+3Lo ;+;b_ b]lv :yfgLo tx;Dd s:tf] lgjf{rg k|0ffnL x'g'knf{ <
Q31 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
klxnf] x'g]n] lhTg] k|ToIf lgjf{rg k|0ffnL x'g'k5{ 797 22.732.9 23.4 20.0
;a} hflt, efiff, If]qnfO{ ;d]6\g] k"0f{ ;dfg'kflts { {
1430 40.733.2 39.3 43.2
k|ToIf / ;dfg'kflts b'j} Joj:yf ePsf] ldl>t l { {
699 19.914.6 19.9 20.9
yfxf 5}g 583 16.619.2 17.1 15.7
eGg rfxGg 8 .2.0 .3 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q31 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
klxnf] x'g]n] lhTg] k|ToIf lgjf{rg k|0ffnL x'g'k5{ 23.0 22.3 23.4 19.7 22.2 24.8 30.5
;a} hflt, efiff, If]qnfO{ ;d]6\g] k"0f{ ;dfg'kflts l { {
40.0 41.4 41.7 48.2 43.0 21.7 30.8
k|ToIf / ;dfg'kflts b'j} Joj:yf ePsf] ldl>t l { {
22.0 17.5 17.8 16.8 28.0 20.9 18.6
yfxf 5}g 14.8 18.5 16.9 15.0 6.8 32.4 19.8
eGg rfxGg .2 .3 .3 .3 .0 .2 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q31 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
klxnf] x'g]n] lhTg] k|ToIf lgjf{rg k|0ffnL x'g'k5{ 22.2 22.8 22.7 22.8 25.6 19.8
;a} hflt, efiff, If]qnfO{ ;d]6\g] k"0f{ ;dfg'kflts l { {
43.0 42.2 40.6 33.5 40.8 40.6
k|ToIf / ;dfg'kflts b'j} Joj:yf ePsf] ldl>t l { {
22.1 19.2 21.4 15.2 22.9 17.0
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yfxf 5}g 12.3 15.5 15.2 28.3 10.5 22.4
eGg rfxGg .4 .3 .0 .2 .2 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q31 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
klxnf] x'g]n] lhTg] k|ToIf lgjf{rg k|0ffnL x'g'k5{ 17.9 22.2 24.9 20.8 25.7 29.5 37.0
;a} hflt, efiff, If]qnfO{ ;d]6\g] k"0f{ ;dfg'kflts l { {
34.7 40.4 40.2 47.4 40.2 38.2 48.1
k|ToIf / ;dfg'kflts b'j} Joj:yf ePsf] ldl>t l { {
13.0 13.4 19.7 24.0 28.3 27.7 11.1
yfxf 5}g 34.3 23.7 15.0 7.4 5.8 4.6 .0
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .2 .4 .0 .0 3.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q31 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
klxnf] x'g]n] lhTg] k|ToIf lgjf{rg k|0ffnL x'g'k5{ 24.7 20.9 13.3 27.5 22.0 21.6 18.7
;a} hflt, efiff, If]qnfO{ ;d]6\g] k"0f{ ;dfg'kflts l { {
38.2 39.8 44.9 36.3 44.2 38.9 56.9
k|ToIf / ;dfg'kflts b'j} Joj:yf ePsf] ldl>t l { {
20.3 19.9 18.7 24.3 21.5 13.0 8.1
yfxf 5}g 16.5 19.0 23.1 12.0 12.3 25.9 16.3
eGg rfxGg .3 .4 .0 .0 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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Q31 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
klxnf] x'g]n] lhTg] k|ToIf lgjf{rg k|0ffnL x'g'k5{ 24.4 21.1 15.2 18.2
;a} hflt, efiff, If]qnfO{ ;d]6\g] k"0f{ ;dfg'kflts l { {
39.3 39.6 49.1 47.9
k|ToIf / ;dfg'kflts b'j} Joj:yf ePsf] ldl>t { {
21.0 18.3 14.9 20.7
yfxf 5}g 15.0 20.6 20.7 13.2
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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#@= k5fl8 k/]sf ;d'bfosf nflu ul/g] cf/If0fdf pRr hfltsf v;÷cfo{ klg ;d]6\b} d:of}bf cfPsf] 5, o;nfO{ s] eGg'x'G5 <
Q32 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
v;÷cfo{nfO{ cf/lIft ug'{x'Fb}g 1016 28.919.2 24.2 34.5
d:of}bfsf] Joj:yf 7Ls 5 1810 51.562.1 56.8 45.1
yfxf 5}g 676 19.218.4 18.8 19.8
eGg rfxGg 15 .4.3 .2 .6
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q32 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
v;÷cfo{nfO{ cf/lIft ug'{x'Fb}g 32.0 25.5 35.2 26.2 40.5 21.7 11.5
d:of}bfsf] Joj:yf 7Ls 5 49.4 53.7 41.6 54.1 47.5 50.4 73.4
yfxf 5}g 18.1 20.4 22.6 19.5 11.8 27.2 14.5
eGg rfxGg .5 .4 .6 .2 .3 .7 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q32 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
v;÷cfo{nfO{ cf/lIft ug'{x'Fb}g 30.2 29.6 30.5 22.2 31.3 26.6
d:of}bfsf] Joj:yf 7Ls 5 57.2 50.9 50.1 46.0 55.2 47.9
yfxf 5}g 12.2 19.0 18.9 31.4 12.8 25.3
eGg rfxGg .4 .4 .5 .4 .7 .2
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Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q32 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
v;÷cfo{nfO{ cf/lIft ug'{x'Fb}g 23.1 26.1 30.8 31.8 31.1 30.6 44.4
d:of}bfsf] Joj:yf 7Ls 5 30.8 50.2 51.4 59.4 64.5 66.5 48.1
yfxf 5}g 45.5 23.5 17.6 8.3 3.8 2.9 3.7
eGg rfxGg .6 .2 .2 .5 .6 .0 3.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q32 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
v;÷cfo{nfO{ cf/lIft ug'{x'Fb}g 17.8 38.3 33.3 28.5 46.3 38.3 35.8
d:of}bfsf] Joj:yf 7Ls 5 68.0 39.5 41.3 52.8 30.6 33.3 33.3
yfxf 5}g 13.8 22.1 24.0 18.7 22.8 28.4 29.3
eGg rfxGg .5 .2 1.3 .0 .4 .0 1.6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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Q32 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
v;÷cfo{nfO{ cf/lIft ug'{x'Fb}g 25.5 38.3 34.2 27.3
d:of}bfsf] Joj:yf 7Ls 5 57.7 38.0 38.5 41.3
yfxf 5}g 16.4 23.6 25.9 31.4
eGg rfxGg .4 .1 1.4 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Nationwide Himal Public Opinion Poll, August 2015
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##= gofF ;+ljwfg hf/L ePkl5 axfnjfnf GofofwLz / ;+j}wflgs lgsfosf kbflwsf/Lsf] k'glg{o'lQmsf] s'/f pl7/x]sf] 5 . tL kbx¿df k'glg{o'lQm ug{'knf{ <
Q33 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
ug'{k5{ 1592 45.339.7 46.7 45.2
ug'{kb}{g 1039 29.524.2 29.4 30.7
yfxf 5}g 872 24.835.3 23.6 23.7
eGg rfxGg 14 .4.9 .3 .4
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q33 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
ug'{k5{ 48.4 41.8 54.9 43.6 43.8 40.4 39.1
ug'{kb}{g 28.4 30.8 21.9 31.2 45.2 16.1 27.8
yfxf 5}g 22.6 27.1 22.2 25.0 10.9 43.3 32.5
eGg rfxGg .5 .3 .9 .2 .1 .2 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q33 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
ug'{k5{ 50.6 44.2 45.0 39.7 49.1 41.7
ug'{kb}{g 29.0 30.9 30.7 25.1 33.3 26.0
yfxf 5}g 20.3 24.4 23.9 34.4 17.1 32.1
eGg rfxGg .1 .5 .3 .8 .5 .3
Gender
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
Age Groups
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Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q33 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
ug'{k5{ 32.9 42.1 43.7 50.5 54.8 60.1 55.6
ug'{kb}{g 20.7 25.0 30.8 33.4 34.9 38.7 44.4
yfxf 5}g 45.7 32.2 25.2 15.8 10.4 1.2 .0
eGg rfxGg .7 .7 .4 .3 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q33 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
ug'{k5{ 46.1 46.8 37.3 53.5 45.9 41.4 34.1
ug'{kb}{g 29.9 28.4 25.8 23.2 32.1 29.6 36.6
yfxf 5}g 23.7 24.2 36.4 22.9 22.0 29.0 27.6
eGg rfxGg .3 .6 .4 .4 .0 .0 1.6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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Q33 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
ug'{k5{ 46.9 45.5 36.2 37.2
ug'{kb}{g 29.6 28.7 29.6 33.1
yfxf 5}g 23.2 25.3 33.3 28.1
eGg rfxGg .3 .4 .9 1.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
Nationwide Himal Public Opinion Poll, August 2015
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#$= d:of}bfdf cfPsf gful/ssf ;'‰fjnfO{ s] ug'{knf{ <
Q34 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;a} ;'‰fj ;d]6\g' k5{ 1522 43.337.9 43.1 44.5
;'‰fjsf] dd{ a'‰]/ d:of}bf ;'wfg'{ k5{ 1403 39.941.1 41.1 38.7
;'‰fj cfˆgf] 7fpFdf 5, lg0f{o ug{ ;+ljwfg;ef :jtGq 141 4.06.7 4.1 3.4
yfxf 5}g 436 12.413.4 11.3 13.1
eGg rfxGg 15 .4.9 .4 .3
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q34 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;a} ;'‰fj ;d]6\g' k5{ 44.7 41.7 42.2 47.0 41.2 28.3 56.2
;'‰fjsf] dd{ a'‰]/ d:of}bf ;'wfg'{ k5{ 39.8 40.0 39.5 37.7 45.4 46.3 29.6
;'‰fj cfˆgf] 7fpFdf 5, lg0f{o ug{ ;+ljwfg;ef :jtGq 3.8 4.2 1.7 3.8 8.9 3.5 1.2
yfxf 5}g 11.2 13.7 15.6 11.3 4.5 21.5 12.7
eGg rfxGg .4 .5 1.0 .3 .0 .4 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q34 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;a} ;'‰fj ;d]6\g' k5{ 44.8 43.2 41.4 44.3 44.3 42.3
;'‰fjsf] dd{ a'‰]/ d:of}bf ;'wfg'{ k5{ 43.7 40.2 40.9 31.2 43.7 36.3
;'‰fj cfˆgf] 7fpFdf 5, lg0f{o ug{ ;+ljwfg;ef :jtGq 4.0 4.2 3.9 3.8 4.6 3.4
All Ecological Region
Urban-Rural Settlement Development Region
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yfxf 5}g 6.8 11.8 13.6 20.5 7.0 17.6
eGg rfxGg .7 .5 .2 .2 .4 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q34 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;a} ;'‰fj ;d]6\g' k5{ 43.1 43.6 47.6 42.5 40.2 37.0 29.6
;'‰fjsf] dd{ a'‰]/ d:of}bf ;'wfg'{ k5{ 22.0 34.7 36.9 49.1 53.2 59.5 63.0
;'‰fj cfˆgf] 7fpFdf 5, lg0f{o ug{ ;+ljwfg;ef :jtGq 3.7 5.0 3.7 4.2 4.0 2.3 7.4
yfxf 5}g 30.5 16.0 11.4 4.0 2.4 1.2 .0
eGg rfxGg .6 .7 .5 .3 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q34 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;a} ;'‰fj ;d]6\g' k5{ 40.3 36.6 43.6 43.7 50.9 49.4 51.2
;'‰fjsf] dd{ a'‰]/ d:of}bf ;'wfg'{ k5{ 45.6 41.0 36.4 44.0 30.8 31.5 23.6
;'‰fj cfˆgf] 7fpFdf 5, lg0f{o ug{ ;+ljwfg;ef :jtGq 3.7 7.0 1.8 4.2 2.8 4.9 5.7
yfxf 5}g 10.1 15.1 17.3 7.7 15.3 13.6 17.9
eGg rfxGg .4 .4 .9 .4 .2 .6 1.6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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Q34 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;a} ;'‰fj ;d]6\g' k5{ 43.1 39.6 46.3 58.7
;'‰fjsf] dd{ a'‰]/ d:of}bf ;'wfg'{ k5{ 42.0 38.7 31.9 27.3
;'‰fj cfˆgf] 7fpFdf 5, lg0f{o ug{ ;+ljwfg;ef :jtGq 3.5 6.5 3.2 1.7
yfxf 5}g 11.0 14.7 17.5 12.4
eGg rfxGg .3 .4 1.1 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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#%= clxn] p7]sf k|d'v d'2fx¿ g;N6\ofO{ hf/L ul/g] ;+ljwfg nfu" x'g g;Sg] cfjfh klg pl7/x]sf] 5 . ca aGg] ;+ljwfg nfu" ug{ ufx|f] x'g] b]Vg'x'G5 <
Q35 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
ufx|f] x'g] b]V5' 2219 63.151.0 60.2 67.7
ufx|f] x'g] b]lVbgF 547 15.621.9 17.3 12.9
ufx|f] eP klg cl3 a9\g'k5{ 274 7.88.2 9.5 6.4
yfxf 5}g 468 13.318.4 12.9 12.7
eGg rfxGg 9 .3.6 .1 .3
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q35 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
ufx|f] x'g] b]V5' 64.0 62.1 70.3 68.4 58.3 48.3 56.2
ufx|f] x'g] b]lVbgF 15.8 15.3 14.3 10.3 26.6 16.5 15.1
ufx|f] eP klg cl3 a9\g'k5{ 7.9 7.7 3.1 10.8 8.0 7.6 6.8
yfxf 5}g 12.1 14.6 12.1 10.3 6.8 27.2 21.3
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 .3 .2 .1 .4 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q35 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
ufx|f] x'g] b]V5' 67.5 64.2 63.1 53.4 66.3 60.1
ufx|f] x'g] b]lVbgF 15.9 16.1 15.4 13.9 18.3 12.9
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ufx|f] eP klg cl3 a9\g'k5{ 8.5 7.3 8.1 7.4 8.2 7.4
yfxf 5}g 7.9 12.2 13.1 24.7 7.0 19.3
eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .2 .6 .2 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q35 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
ufx|f] x'g] b]V5' 49.1 61.6 66.4 68.3 68.3 70.5 59.3
ufx|f] x'g] b]lVbgF 12.0 15.3 14.5 17.4 18.7 17.3 22.2
ufx|f] eP klg cl3 a9\g'k5{ 5.2 6.4 7.4 8.8 10.4 11.0 14.8
yfxf 5}g 32.9 16.7 11.4 5.3 2.6 1.2 3.7
eGg rfxGg .9 .0 .2 .1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q35 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
ufx|f] x'g] b]V5' 61.3 62.3 55.6 63.4 68.1 72.2 65.0
ufx|f] x'g] b]lVbgF 17.1 18.2 17.3 14.8 12.1 11.7 8.1
ufx|f] eP klg cl3 a9\g'k5{ 8.7 8.7 4.9 9.9 5.6 4.3 7.3
yfxf 5}g 12.7 10.4 21.8 12.0 13.8 11.7 18.7
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 .4 .0 .4 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
ufx|f] x'g] b]V5' 63.1 64.7 58.9 66.9
ufx|f] x'g] b]lVbgF 15.7 16.6 14.1 10.7
ufx|f] eP klg cl3 a9\g'k5{ 8.1 7.7 5.7 7.4
yfxf 5}g 12.9 10.8 20.7 14.9
eGg rfxGg .2 .3 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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#^= ;+ljwfgn] ;a}sf dfu / cfsf+Iff k"0f{¿kdf ;Daf]wg ug{ g;s]sf] cj:yfdf s] ug'{knf{ <
Q36 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;+ljwfg ;+zf]wg u/]/ w]/} ;'wf/ ug{ ;lsG5 1494 42.536.4 34.0 50.4
;a} s'/f ;+ljwfgd} c6\g'kb}{g, P]g–sfg"gaf6 klg {
1323 37.639.4 42.9 33.0
yfxf 5}g 683 19.423.3 22.7 16.0
eGg rfxGg 17 .5.9 .4 .5
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q36 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;+ljwfg ;+zf]wg u/]/ w]/} ;'wf/ ug{ ;lsG5 45.1 39.6 51.3 49.1 24.1 37.8 40.2
;a} s'/f ;+ljwfgd} c6\g'kb}{g, P]g–sfg"gaf6 klg { l
36.4 39.0 33.4 31.3 61.6 29.8 34.0
yfxf 5}g 18.1 20.8 14.8 19.3 14.0 31.3 25.1
eGg rfxGg .4 .6 .5 .3 .3 1.1 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q36 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;+ljwfg ;+zf]wg u/]/ w]/} ;'wf/ ug{ ;lsG5 44.9 44.0 40.5 38.4 45.6 39.5
;a} s'/f ;+ljwfgd} c6\g'kb}{g, P]g–sfg"gaf6 klg { l
42.6 37.0 39.3 28.1 41.8 33.6
yfxf 5}g 11.7 18.5 19.7 33.1 12.0 26.4
eGg rfxGg .7 .4 .4 .4 .5 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q36 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;+ljwfg ;+zf]wg u/]/ w]/} ;'wf/ ug{ ;lsG5 35.9 40.6 42.9 47.0 45.2 42.2 63.0
;a} s'/f ;+ljwfgd} c6\g'kb}{g, P]g–sfg"gaf6 klg {
20.5 34.0 39.9 42.3 48.8 53.8 37.0
yfxf 5}g 43.2 25.4 16.4 10.0 5.8 3.5 .0
eGg rfxGg .4 .0 .9 .7 .2 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q36 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;+ljwfg ;+zf]wg u/]/ w]/} ;'wf/ ug{ ;lsG5 36.9 43.9 35.6 35.6 55.0 51.9 60.2
;a} s'/f ;+ljwfgd} c6\g'kb}{g, P]g–sfg"gaf6 klg { l
43.0 34.6 38.2 45.1 29.3 27.2 23.6
yfxf 5}g 19.6 20.9 25.3 19.4 14.9 21.0 15.4
eGg rfxGg .5 .6 .9 .0 .7 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q36 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;+ljwfg ;+zf]wg u/]/ w]/} ;'wf/ ug{ ;lsG5 40.9 45.8 44.3 50.4
;a} s'/f ;+ljwfgd} c6\g'kb}{g, P]g–sfg"gaf6 klg { l
40.1 32.8 33.0 28.1
yfxf 5}g 18.5 20.9 21.8 21.5
eGg rfxGg .5 .4 .9 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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#&= ;'zLn sf]O/fnfsf] g]t[Tjsf] ;/sf/ u7g ePsf] 8]9 jif{ k'Uof] . cl3Nnf ;/sf/x¿sf] t'ngfdf of] ;/sf/sf] sfo{;Dkfbg tkfO{+nfO{ s:tf] nfUof] <
Q37 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
klxn]eGbf /fd|f] 986 28.022.2 29.1 28.3
klxn]eGbf g/fd|f] 928 26.427.1 23.7 28.4
klxn] h:t} 1364 38.844.3 40.9 36.0
yfxf 5}g 225 6.46.4 6.0 6.7
eGg rfxGg 14 .4.0 .3 .6
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q37 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
klxn]eGbf /fd|f] 28.0 28.0 32.1 20.1 32.7 32.2 33.7
klxn]eGbf g/fd|f] 26.6 26.2 27.1 38.7 20.4 11.5 10.4
klxn] h:t} 39.4 38.1 32.1 36.6 43.9 44.8 44.1
yfxf 5}g 5.4 7.5 8.3 4.3 2.8 10.4 11.5
eGg rfxGg .6 .2 .4 .3 .1 1.1 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q37 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
klxn]eGbf /fd|f] 28.9 25.7 30.2 28.5 30.7 25.5
klxn]eGbf g/fd|f] 27.4 27.0 25.2 25.5 28.0 24.9
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klxn] h:t} 39.7 40.5 38.0 34.6 38.3 39.2
yfxf 5}g 3.7 6.2 6.3 11.2 2.7 9.9
eGg rfxGg .2 .6 .3 .2 .4 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q37 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
klxn]eGbf /fd|f] 27.8 27.0 28.8 26.8 29.7 28.9 29.6
klxn]eGbf g/fd|f] 24.8 26.1 25.8 27.0 27.3 28.3 44.4
klxn] h:t} 32.1 37.7 39.3 43.1 41.4 41.6 25.9
yfxf 5}g 14.6 8.5 5.7 2.9 1.6 .6 .0
eGg rfxGg .7 .7 .4 .1 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q37 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
klxn]eGbf /fd|f] 30.9 19.1 26.2 27.8 28.5 29.0 21.1
klxn]eGbf g/fd|f] 20.9 28.4 21.3 27.5 33.4 34.0 52.8
klxn] h:t} 41.9 46.0 41.3 39.4 30.0 30.9 18.7
yfxf 5}g 6.3 6.0 9.8 4.9 7.1 6.2 6.5
eGg rfxGg .1 .4 1.3 .4 .9 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
klxn]eGbf /fd|f] 30.0 21.5 24.4 37.2
klxn]eGbf g/fd|f] 24.5 29.7 32.5 26.4
klxn] h:t} 38.9 42.4 33.3 31.4
yfxf 5}g 6.3 6.0 8.6 4.1
eGg rfxGg .3 .3 1.1 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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#*= ;+ljwfg hf/L eP;Fu} gofF ;/sf/ aGg] eGg] 5 . efjL k|wfgdGqL sf] ag"g\ eGg] rfxg'x'G5 <
Q38 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
lrqaxfb'/ s];L 43 1.21.2 1.9 .7
dxGy 7fs'/ 25 .7.3 .7 .8
pk]Gb| ofbj 70 2.0.3 .6 3.5
ljho uR5bf/ 19 .5.0 .3 .9
sdn yfkf 110 3.11.2 2.7 3.9
afa'/fd e§/fO{ 365 10.413.1 11.3 9.1
dfwjs'df/ g]kfn 104 3.01.5 2.5 3.6
z]/axfb'/ b]pjf 170 4.82.6 5.8 4.5
k'iksdn bfxfn 64 1.81.2 1.4 2.3
s]kL zdf{ cf]nL 208 5.94.4 7.4 5.0
;'zLn sf]O/fnf 249 7.14.4 5.7 8.7
To:tf] g]tf g} 5}g 648 18.428.6 21.5 14.0
:jtGq JolQm 416 11.818.7 10.3 11.8
Gagan Thapa 137 3.92.3 5.2 3.1
yfxf 5}g 722 20.516.0 19.0 22.7
eGg rfxGg 167 4.74.4 3.7 5.7
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q38 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
lrqaxfb'/ s];L .9 1.5 1.3 .7 .6 2.2 3.0
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dxGy 7fs'/ 1.0 .4 1.2 1.0 .0 .2 .6
pk]Gb| ofbj 2.7 1.2 6.9 .9 .6 .2 .0
ljho uR5bf/ .9 .2 .5 .5 1.2 .0 .0
sdn yfkf 2.6 3.7 1.0 2.7 4.8 5.7 3.0
afa'/fd e§/fO{ 10.7 10.0 7.4 14.1 9.2 10.7 5.0
dfwjs'df/ g]kfn 3.4 2.5 1.7 3.4 4.9 3.0 .3
z]/axfb'/ b]pjf 5.1 4.6 4.0 2.4 3.1 4.3 19.8
k'iksdn bfxfn 1.3 2.4 1.6 2.3 1.3 2.4 .6
s]kL zdf{ cf]nL 5.5 6.4 6.4 4.6 4.9 10.2 5.9
;'zLn sf]O/fnf 7.3 6.8 10.0 3.4 10.7 9.8 3.3
To:tf] g]tf g} 5}g 17.8 19.1 12.5 25.0 21.7 10.2 11.8
:jtGq JolQm 11.9 11.8 9.4 14.8 10.7 6.3 16.0
Gagan Thapa4.5 3.3 3.2 3.9 4.6 3.5 4.4
yfxf 5}g 19.6 21.6 26.2 15.7 18.2 26.1 23.1
eGg rfxGg 4.9 4.6 6.8 4.5 3.4 5.2 3.3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q38 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
lrqaxfb'/ s];L .8 1.3 1.6 1.0 1.7 .8
dxGy 7fs'/ .5 .9 .9 .4 1.0 .4
pk]Gb| ofbj 2.7 1.6 2.2 1.5 1.8 2.2
ljho uR5bf/ .7 .4 .8 .2 .5 .6
sdn yfkf 3.5 3.3 2.0 4.0 3.9 2.4
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afa'/fd e§/fO{ 15.5 10.0 9.6 4.6 11.9 9.0
dfwjs'df/ g]kfn 1.6 3.4 2.7 4.6 3.2 2.7
z]/axfb'/ b]pjf 3.9 4.8 6.3 4.0 5.7 4.0
k'iksdn bfxfn 1.8 2.3 1.7 1.0 2.1 1.6
s]kL zdf{ cf]nL 5.8 5.6 7.1 4.8 7.4 4.5
;'zLn sf]O/fnf 6.4 5.5 8.3 9.7 7.9 6.3
To:tf] g]tf g} 5}g 18.0 19.2 17.1 19.6 19.4 17.5
:jtGq JolQm 13.4 12.4 11.2 9.1 11.3 12.3
Gagan Thapa4.3 5.1 3.6 1.0 4.6 3.3
yfxf 5}g 16.5 19.5 19.7 30.6 12.1 28.5
eGg rfxGg 4.6 4.7 5.3 4.2 5.5 4.0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q38 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
lrqaxfb'/ s];L 1.3 .9 1.2 1.2 .8 1.2 14.8
dxGy 7fs'/ .6 1.1 .9 .7 .4 .6 .0
pk]Gb| ofbj 2.9 1.7 2.1 2.0 1.2 1.7 .0
ljho uR5bf/ .4 .7 .5 .7 .6 .0 .0
sdn yfkf 1.7 1.7 3.3 4.6 3.6 5.2 .0
afa'/fd e§/fO{ 4.9 6.8 9.6 13.1 17.1 16.2 7.4
dfwjs'df/ g]kfn 4.2 2.8 2.6 3.0 2.4 2.3 .0
z]/axfb'/ b]pjf 2.4 4.8 6.6 5.4 4.0 6.4 3.7
k'iksdn bfxfn 1.3 2.6 2.3 1.8 .8 1.7 3.7
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s]kL zdf{ cf]nL 2.0 5.7 5.4 5.3 11.4 11.6 7.4
;'zLn sf]O/fnf 8.4 6.6 8.3 6.3 7.0 2.3 .0
To:tf] g]tf g} 5}g 16.6 20.0 19.7 18.9 17.3 16.2 18.5
:jtGq JolQm 9.1 14.5 12.3 12.7 11.2 9.8 14.8
Gagan Thapa.3 1.7 2.4 5.8 7.6 11.6 14.8
yfxf 5}g 41.2 22.6 17.9 13.9 9.2 8.1 3.7
eGg rfxGg 2.7 5.9 4.9 4.7 5.6 5.2 11.1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q38 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
lrqaxfb'/ s];L 1.8 1.0 .4 .7 .7 .6 .8
dxGy 7fs'/ .5 .2 .4 .0 2.4 .6 1.6
pk]Gb| ofbj .6 .0 .9 .4 7.3 4.9 7.3
ljho uR5bf/ .1 .2 .4 .0 2.1 1.2 1.6
sdn yfkf 3.4 2.1 3.6 3.2 4.3 3.1 .0
afa'/fd e§/fO{ 11.4 12.8 9.3 15.5 5.4 4.3 6.5
dfwjs'df/ g]kfn 2.3 3.3 4.4 2.8 3.7 2.5 4.1
z]/axfb'/ b]pjf 6.6 1.9 6.2 1.4 3.9 5.6 3.3
k'iksdn bfxfn 1.1 2.5 3.1 .7 1.5 1.9 6.5
s]kL zdf{ cf]nL 8.4 5.8 3.6 2.5 3.0 4.3 2.4
;'zLn sf]O/fnf 5.7 6.6 8.0 8.5 7.6 9.3 7.3
To:tf] g]tf g} 5}g 18.1 23.8 20.0 26.8 14.2 12.3 14.6
:jtGq JolQm 11.6 11.6 8.9 14.8 11.8 14.8 5.7
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Gagan Thapa5.2 3.7 4.0 5.6 1.1 3.7 .0
yfxf 5}g 18.1 19.7 21.8 13.7 26.5 27.8 29.3
eGg rfxGg 5.0 4.8 4.9 3.5 4.5 3.1 8.9
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q38 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
lrqaxfb'/ s];L 1.4 .9 .6 .8
dxGy 7fs'/ .8 .3 .9 .0
pk]Gb| ofbj 2.1 1.2 3.2 1.7
ljho uR5bf/ .5 .4 .9 .0
sdn yfkf 3.6 2.4 2.3 .8
afa'/fd e§/fO{ 10.6 10.8 8.3 10.7
dfwjs'df/ g]kfn 2.7 3.1 4.3 3.3
z]/axfb'/ b]pjf 5.4 2.8 5.2 4.1
k'iksdn bfxfn 1.1 2.4 4.3 5.0
s]kL zdf{ cf]nL 6.5 5.4 3.2 5.8
;'zLn sf]O/fnf 6.5 7.2 7.8 16.5
To:tf] g]tf g} 5}g 18.2 21.1 18.1 8.3
:jtGq JolQm 12.0 12.4 7.8 16.5
Gagan Thapa4.3 3.7 2.6 .8
yfxf 5}g 19.5 21.6 24.4 23.1
eGg rfxGg 4.7 4.4 6.3 2.5
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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#(= zfGt / ;d[4 nf]stflGqs g]kfn lgdf{0f ug{ ;Sg] /fhgLlts bn 5fGg'k/] s'g 5fGg'x'G5 <
Q39 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
g]kfnL sf+u|]; 894 25.420.4 27.3 24.9
g]skf Pdfn] 474 13.517.2 16.3 10.5
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbL 328 9.312.8 8.4 9.4
/fk|kf g]kfn 145 4.13.5 3.9 4.4
dw]zL hgclwsf/ kmf]/d nf]stflGqs 39 1.1.0 .2 2.0
;+3Lo ;dfhjfbL kmf]/d g]kfn 55 1.6.0 .2 3.0
t/fO{ dw]z nf]stflGqs kf6L{ 36 1.0.0 .3 1.8
/fli6«o k|hftGq kf6L{ 70 2.01.2 1.8 2.3
No one 179 5.12.0 4.2 6.4
yfxf 5}g 904 25.726.2 26.1 25.3
eGg rfxGg 393 11.216.6 11.3 10.1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q39 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
g]kfnL sf+u|]; 25.6 25.2 30.0 17.7 26.9 28.9 36.4
g]skf Pdfn] 12.3 14.8 10.6 12.8 17.0 18.7 8.3
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbL 8.9 9.7 7.0 12.5 7.7 10.4 4.4
/fk|kf g]kfn 4.0 4.2 .8 4.8 5.2 6.5 3.8
dw]zL hgclwsf/ kmf]/d nf]stflGqs 1.6 .5 1.9 1.4 .7 .2 .0
;+3Lo ;dfhjfbL kmf]/d g]kfn 2.2 .9 6.0 .5 .3 .0 .0
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t/fO{ dw]z nf]stflGqs kf6L{ 1.6 .4 2.2 .9 .9 .4 .0
/fli6«o k|hftGq kf6L{ 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.9 3.0 2.0 1.2
No one6.9 3.1 3.1 8.9 1.3 1.3 7.7
yfxf 5}g 24.7 26.8 24.8 27.1 27.2 19.8 27.5
eGg rfxGg 10.1 12.3 11.8 11.5 9.7 11.7 10.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q39 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
g]kfnL sf+u|]; 24.9 24.5 26.9 25.7 28.7 22.3
g]skf Pdfn] 13.0 13.8 13.8 12.7 14.8 12.2
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbL 11.1 10.0 9.4 4.8 10.6 8.1
/fk|kf g]kfn 4.3 5.1 2.0 5.1 4.9 3.4
dw]zL hgclwsf/ kmf]/d nf]stflGqs 1.3 1.0 1.7 .0 1.1 1.1
;+3Lo ;dfhjfbL kmf]/d g]kfn 1.8 1.5 1.7 1.1 1.5 1.6
t/fO{ dw]z nf]stflGqs kf6L{ .7 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.4 .7
/fli6«o k|hftGq kf6L{ 2.5 1.5 1.6 2.9 2.2 1.8
No one4.8 5.6 5.2 4.2 5.4 4.8
yfxf 5}g 24.9 24.0 25.8 30.8 17.1 33.9
eGg rfxGg 10.5 11.7 10.8 11.8 12.3 10.1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q39 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
g]kfnL sf+u|]; 19.3 23.2 26.9 27.3 30.9 26.6 22.2
g]skf Pdfn] 10.1 13.6 13.6 13.2 17.3 15.0 22.2
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbL 5.5 9.4 9.0 11.3 9.8 15.0 14.8
/fk|kf g]kfn 2.9 1.5 5.0 5.5 4.8 5.8 .0
dw]zL hgclwsf/ kmf]/d nf]stflGqs .6 .7 1.2 1.7 1.2 1.2 .0
;+3Lo ;dfhjfbL kmf]/d g]kfn 2.7 .9 1.5 1.6 .8 1.7 .0
t/fO{ dw]z nf]stflGqs kf6L{ .9 .9 1.5 1.3 .4 .6 .0
/fli6«o k|hftGq kf6L{ 1.9 2.0 1.3 2.5 2.6 1.2 3.7
No one2.9 3.5 6.6 4.4 6.8 8.1 18.5
yfxf 5}g 44.7 31.1 22.3 19.4 14.5 11.6 7.4
eGg rfxGg 8.6 13.2 11.1 11.7 11.0 13.3 11.1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q39 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
g]kfnL sf+u|]; 28.7 18.8 23.1 29.9 21.1 29.6 17.9
g]skf Pdfn] 16.5 14.5 12.9 10.2 8.0 10.5 9.8
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbL 8.1 12.8 12.4 11.6 6.5 6.8 13.0
/fk|kf g]kfn 5.1 4.1 2.2 4.9 4.1 1.2 .8
dw]zL hgclwsf/ kmf]/d nf]stflGqs .3 .0 .4 .0 4.1 1.2 4.1
;+3Lo ;dfhjfbL kmf]/d g]kfn .2 .2 .4 .0 6.2 4.9 6.5
t/fO{ dw]z nf]stflGqs kf6L{ .1 .4 .0 .0 3.9 1.2 5.7
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/fli6«o k|hftGq kf6L{ 1.7 2.3 3.1 2.1 2.1 1.9 1.6
No one4.8 3.9 4.4 6.0 6.5 4.3 7.3
yfxf 5}g 22.7 30.9 29.8 23.9 29.1 27.8 22.8
eGg rfxGg 11.8 12.2 11.1 11.3 8.4 10.5 10.6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q39 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
g]kfnL sf+u|]; 27.1 21.4 21.3 26.4
g]skf Pdfn] 13.8 13.5 11.8 11.6
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbL 8.2 11.3 12.6 10.7
/fk|kf g]kfn 4.9 3.4 1.7 .8
dw]zL hgclwsf/ kmf]/d nf]stflGqs 1.1 .3 1.7 4.1
;+3Lo ;dfhjfbL kmf]/d g]kfn 1.5 1.3 2.6 .8
t/fO{ dw]z nf]stflGqs kf6L{ 1.0 .6 2.0 1.7
/fli6«o k|hftGq kf6L{ 1.8 2.2 2.6 2.5
No one5.4 4.0 5.5 5.0
yfxf 5}g 24.3 30.2 27.3 24.0
eGg rfxGg 11.0 11.8 10.9 12.4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$)= sltkon] eg] ‰}+ tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df g]kfnsf] nf]stGq vt/fdf 5 <
Q40 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
5 1633 46.434.4 45.4 49.6
5}g 1134 32.238.2 33.3 30.2
yfxf 5}g 745 21.227.1 21.2 20.0
eGg rfxGg 5 .1.3 .1 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q40 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
5 47.6 45.1 49.2 46.3 49.0 38.9 45.9
5}g 33.5 30.9 30.0 30.1 40.5 30.0 32.0
yfxf 5}g 18.7 23.9 20.4 23.4 10.6 31.1 22.2
eGg rfxGg .2 .1 .4 .2 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q40 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
5 51.4 48.4 44.7 36.9 51.9 41.3
5}g 34.7 31.0 32.0 31.7 34.7 29.9
yfxf 5}g 13.8 20.4 23.2 31.2 13.4 28.6
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .1 .2 .1 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q40 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
5 29.1 35.7 47.4 56.2 60.6 60.1 55.6
5}g 25.9 32.9 33.8 34.4 33.5 32.9 44.4
yfxf 5}g 44.5 31.3 18.8 9.4 6.0 6.4 .0
eGg rfxGg .4 .2 .0 .0 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q40 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
5 47.1 44.7 45.3 41.9 50.4 46.9 47.2
5}g 33.6 31.7 30.2 36.6 29.1 33.3 24.4
yfxf 5}g 19.2 23.4 24.4 21.5 20.3 19.8 27.6
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .0 .0 .2 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q40 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
5 47.2 45.2 46.0 39.7
5}g 33.0 32.1 28.2 30.6
yfxf 5}g 19.8 22.5 25.6 28.9
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .3 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$!= nf]stGq vt/fdf 5 eGg] nfU5 eg] sf]af6 5 <
Q41 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 77 4.75.1 3.9 5.3
g]skf Pdfn]af6 72 4.4.8 3.0 5.9
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 160 9.82.5 11.7 9.4
dw]zs]lGb|t bnaf6 78 4.84.2 5.5 4.3
hfltjfbL bn / ;d"xaf6 53 3.216.1 3.1 1.6
k"j{/fhfaf6 31 1.91.7 1.7 2.1
;]gfaf6 11 .7.0 .9 .6
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 254 15.616.1 13.7 16.8
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 785 48.150.0 51.3 45.4
yfxf 5}g 79 4.83.4 4.7 5.1
eGg rfxGg 33 2.0.0 .5 3.4
Total 1633 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q41 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 4.2 5.3 6.1 6.9 2.1 2.8 .6
g]skf Pdfn]af6 5.2 3.6 11.1 3.0 1.5 1.7 2.6
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 9.6 10.0 11.3 7.3 13.7 6.1 11.6
dw]zs]lGb|t bnaf6 4.2 5.4 3.2 7.6 3.3 2.8 3.2
hfltjfbL bn / ;d"xaf6 2.7 3.8 4.5 2.9 1.5 3.4 5.2
k"j{/fhfaf6 1.6 2.2 2.4 1.9 .6 4.5 .6
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;]gfaf6 .7 .7 1.1 .8 .0 1.1 .0
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 15.8 15.3 13.2 13.2 17.3 21.8 19.4
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 46.7 49.6 34.3 51.3 56.5 51.4 47.7
yfxf 5}g 6.0 3.6 7.9 3.7 2.1 3.9 8.4
eGg rfxGg 3.2 .7 5.0 1.4 1.2 .6 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q41 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 5.9 4.2 4.6 4.1 5.1 4.3
g]skf Pdfn]af6 4.5 3.7 4.6 6.2 3.7 5.2
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 10.6 8.7 8.9 13.4 9.3 10.3
dw]zs]lGb|t bnaf6 4.7 5.2 4.8 3.6 5.4 4.0
hfltjfbL bn / ;d"xaf6 3.8 3.7 2.9 1.5 3.5 3.0
k"j{/fhfaf6 .7 2.0 2.4 3.1 2.1 1.6
;]gfaf6 .0 .3 1.0 2.6 1.0 .3
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 14.1 16.7 14.7 17.0 17.2 13.6
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 48.8 48.2 49.4 43.3 48.3 47.8
yfxf 5}g 5.6 5.5 4.3 2.1 2.6 7.5
eGg rfxGg 1.4 1.8 2.4 3.1 1.7 2.4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q41 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 6.9 6.2 4.4 3.5 5.3 1.9 6.7
g]skf Pdfn]af6 5.9 6.7 5.4 4.5 2.3 .0 .0
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 17.8 7.2 9.3 10.1 6.9 7.7 13.3
dw]zs]lGb|t bnaf6 4.0 5.7 3.9 4.2 4.9 9.6 6.7
hfltjfbL bn / ;d"xaf6 4.0 3.6 3.4 1.6 4.6 2.9 6.7
k"j{/fhfaf6 1.5 2.6 1.8 1.4 2.3 1.9 6.7
;]gfaf6 .5 .5 .8 .9 .0 1.0 6.7
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 9.9 16.0 16.8 15.3 17.8 16.3 13.3
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 38.6 44.8 46.6 52.6 50.3 53.8 40.0
yfxf 5}g 7.9 5.7 6.2 3.8 3.0 2.9 .0
eGg rfxGg 3.0 1.0 1.5 2.1 2.6 1.9 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q41 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 2.6 7.8 4.9 .8 5.6 6.6 15.5
g]skf Pdfn]af6 2.6 2.6 2.9 .8 10.0 7.9 13.8
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 10.0 10.0 8.8 12.6 9.6 11.8 1.7
dw]zs]lGb|t bnaf6 5.6 7.8 2.9 5.9 .0 2.6 6.9
hfltjfbL bn / ;d"xaf6 3.3 5.2 1.0 5.9 1.5 .0 6.9
k"j{/fhfaf6 1.9 1.7 1.0 3.4 1.9 3.9 .0
;]gfaf6 .7 .9 .0 2.5 .4 .0 .0
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ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 17.7 14.7 14.7 21.0 9.6 19.7 12.1
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 49.9 43.3 53.9 39.5 53.3 40.8 32.8
yfxf 5}g 3.6 4.3 8.8 6.7 4.8 3.9 8.6
eGg rfxGg 2.1 1.7 1.0 .8 3.3 2.6 1.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q41 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 3.1 7.5 8.8 10.4
g]skf Pdfn]af6 4.2 3.9 6.9 4.2
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 10.2 10.4 6.3 8.3
dw]zs]lGb|t bnaf6 4.3 6.5 4.4 6.3
hfltjfbL bn / ;d"xaf6 3.1 3.9 3.1 2.1
k"j{/fhfaf6 2.1 2.3 .6 .0
;]gfaf6 .8 .7 .0 .0
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 16.1 16.0 13.8 6.3
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 49.6 42.7 46.3 52.1
yfxf 5}g 4.2 4.2 8.8 10.4
eGg rfxGg 2.2 2.0 1.3 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$@= Psy/Ln] eGg] u/] ‰}+ s] g]kfndf ljb]zL x:tIf]k a9]sf] 5 <
Q42 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
a9]sf] 5 2298 65.362.7 71.5 60.9
36]sf] 5 431 12.311.4 8.6 15.3
yfxf 5}g 763 21.725.4 19.2 22.9
eGg rfxGg 25 .7.6 .6 .9
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q42 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
a9]sf] 5 63.9 66.9 65.3 59.8 76.8 62.2 67.8
36]sf] 5 14.2 10.1 10.6 16.4 12.1 6.5 8.6
yfxf 5}g 20.8 22.6 22.7 22.9 10.9 31.1 23.4
eGg rfxGg 1.0 .4 1.3 .9 .3 .2 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q42 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
a9]sf] 5 72.6 65.5 64.9 54.4 73.7 57.5
36]sf] 5 12.4 12.9 13.1 8.9 13.4 11.2
yfxf 5}g 14.4 20.9 21.3 35.7 12.5 30.4
eGg rfxGg .6 .7 .6 1.0 .5 .9
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Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q42 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
a9]sf] 5 38.8 60.5 65.8 76.4 83.1 82.7 81.5
36]sf] 5 10.5 9.9 14.4 13.7 10.4 14.5 18.5
yfxf 5}g 49.6 28.3 19.5 9.1 6.2 2.9 .0
eGg rfxGg 1.2 1.3 .2 .8 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q42 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
a9]sf] 5 70.9 69.6 64.4 68.3 52.4 66.0 41.5
36]sf] 5 9.2 9.3 9.8 14.8 18.8 14.2 25.2
yfxf 5}g 19.3 20.3 25.3 16.2 28.0 19.8 30.9
eGg rfxGg .6 .8 .4 .7 .7 .0 2.4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q42 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
a9]sf] 5 66.4 68.8 56.3 50.4
36]sf] 5 12.0 10.5 15.2 18.2
yfxf 5}g 20.9 20.2 27.3 29.8
eGg rfxGg .6 .6 1.1 1.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$#= tkfO{+ g]kfnsf] /fli6«otf vt/fdf k/]sf] 7fGg'x'G5 <
Q43 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
7fG5' 1894 53.949.3 57.0 52.2
7flGbg 890 25.327.4 23.6 26.3
yfxf 5}g 707 20.121.6 18.8 20.8
eGg rfxGg 26 .71.7 .6 .7
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q43 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
7fG5' 52.6 55.2 48.7 51.6 67.4 49.1 53.6
7flGbg 27.9 22.4 28.1 26.0 24.1 21.7 23.7
yfxf 5}g 18.8 21.6 22.2 21.6 8.2 28.0 22.5
eGg rfxGg .7 .8 1.0 .8 .3 1.1 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q43 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
7fG5' 59.4 56.1 52.7 41.8 60.5 47.6
7flGbg 26.8 24.4 25.5 24.7 26.6 24.0
yfxf 5}g 13.4 18.8 21.3 31.6 12.4 27.4
eGg rfxGg .4 .7 .4 1.9 .5 .9
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q43 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
7fG5' 27.8 46.1 54.5 67.9 71.9 64.2 63.0
7flGbg 23.2 26.3 27.0 24.3 23.7 30.6 33.3
yfxf 5}g 47.4 25.9 18.2 7.4 4.4 5.2 3.7
eGg rfxGg 1.6 1.7 .4 .4 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q43 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
7fG5' 59.2 55.7 50.7 52.5 46.5 50.6 41.5
7flGbg 22.8 24.4 24.0 31.7 26.7 30.2 28.5
yfxf 5}g 17.2 19.3 24.4 15.5 25.7 19.1 29.3
eGg rfxGg .8 .6 .9 .4 1.1 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q43 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
7fG5' 55.5 54.5 47.4 36.4
7flGbg 24.7 25.8 25.6 33.1
yfxf 5}g 18.9 19.3 26.1 30.6
eGg rfxGg .8 .4 .9 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Education level
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$$= sf]af6 /fli6«otf vt/fdf k/]sf] b]Vg'x'G5 <
Q44 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 61 3.21.8 2.1 4.5
g]skf Pdfn]af6 65 3.4.0 3.0 4.5
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 129 6.84.1 7.2 7.0
dw]zs]lGb|t bnx¿af6 100 5.35.9 5.5 5.0
k"j{/fhfaf6 19 1.01.2 1.0 1.0
;]gfaf6 5 .3.0 .2 .3
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 682 36.037.9 34.7 36.8
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 626 33.136.7 34.5 31.1
ljv08gsf/L gf/f nufO/x]sfx?af6 113 6.010.7 6.6 4.6
yfxf 5}g 73 3.91.8 4.7 3.5
eGg rfxGg 21 1.1.0 .5 1.8
Total 1894 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q44 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 3.2 3.2 3.7 5.3 1.8 1.8 .0
g]skf Pdfn]af6 3.4 3.4 9.3 2.3 2.2 1.8 .6
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 6.2 7.4 7.7 6.5 7.9 4.9 5.5
dw]zs]lGb|t bnx¿af6 4.6 6.0 2.7 8.6 2.9 5.8 3.9
k"j{/fhfaf6 .7 1.3 1.3 1.7 .2 .4 .6
;]gfaf6 .4 .1 .8 .3 .0 .0 .0
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ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 34.6 37.5 32.0 28.5 40.6 47.3 45.9
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 34.6 31.4 27.5 37.8 31.8 32.3 31.5
ljv08gsf/L gf/f nufO/x]sfx?af6 6.5 5.4 4.8 6.1 9.5 4.4 1.1
yfxf 5}g 4.0 3.7 6.4 2.4 2.6 .9 10.5
eGg rfxGg 1.7 .5 3.7 .5 .4 .4 .6
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q44 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 2.8 3.5 3.3 3.2 3.0 3.5
g]skf Pdfn]af6 4.1 3.3 2.9 3.6 3.4 3.5
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 7.9 6.6 5.9 6.8 6.3 7.5
dw]zs]lGb|t bnx¿af6 4.5 5.9 5.3 5.0 5.6 4.9
k"j{/fhfaf6 .4 1.3 1.4 .5 1.1 .9
;]gfaf6 .0 .1 .4 .9 .3 .2
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 37.8 34.1 37.2 35.5 38.1 33.5
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 33.7 33.5 32.1 32.3 33.6 32.4
ljv08gsf/L gf/f nufO/x]sfx?af6 5.1 6.5 5.3 7.7 5.6 6.4
yfxf 5}g 3.0 4.0 4.7 3.2 2.2 5.8
eGg rfxGg .6 1.2 1.4 1.4 .9 1.4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q44 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 5.7 4.8 3.6 2.1 1.9 2.7 5.9
g]skf Pdfn]af6 2.1 6.0 2.9 3.7 3.6 .9 .0
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 10.9 6.4 7.2 5.6 6.4 7.2 .0
dw]zs]lGb|t bnx¿af6 5.2 4.4 5.6 4.5 5.0 9.9 11.8
k"j{/fhfaf6 1.6 1.6 .9 .8 .6 1.8 .0
;]gfaf6 .5 .4 .0 .6 .0 .0 .0
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 30.1 31.1 35.2 36.7 41.3 38.7 47.1
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 27.5 33.1 33.0 35.9 33.2 30.6 23.5
ljv08gsf/L gf/f nufO/x]sfx?af6 7.3 6.0 6.3 6.2 4.4 5.4 11.8
yfxf 5}g 8.3 6.0 4.3 2.7 1.9 1.8 .0
eGg rfxGg 1.0 .4 1.1 1.2 1.7 .9 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q44 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 1.9 2.8 4.4 2.7 4.0 7.3 15.7
g]skf Pdfn]af6 2.5 2.4 1.8 .7 6.0 11.0 11.8
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 5.8 9.4 4.4 7.4 8.4 8.5 2.0
dw]zs]lGb|t bnx¿af6 5.8 8.7 2.6 6.7 1.2 1.2 7.8
k"j{/fhfaf6 .3 1.4 1.8 2.7 1.6 1.2 .0
;]gfaf6 .3 .0 .0 .0 .4 .0 .0
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 38.4 30.9 43.9 41.6 32.1 30.5 23.5
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k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 33.9 30.9 30.7 27.5 38.2 25.6 33.3
ljv08gsf/L gf/f nufO/x]sfx?af6 5.8 9.4 5.3 7.4 3.2 9.8 .0
yfxf 5}g 4.0 2.4 5.3 2.7 4.0 3.7 5.9
eGg rfxGg 1.3 1.7 .0 .7 .8 1.2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q44 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
g]kfnL sf+u|];af6 2.4 3.8 7.9 6.8
g]skf Pdfn]af6 3.0 4.3 4.8 4.5
Pg]skf dfcf]jfbLaf6 6.5 9.2 3.6 9.1
dw]zs]lGb|t bnx¿af6 5.0 7.0 4.2 2.3
k"j{/fhfaf6 .8 1.4 1.2 2.3
;]gfaf6 .3 .0 .0 2.3
ljb]zL x:tIf]kaf6 37.6 30.8 37.6 27.3
k|d'v bnx¿sf] lvrftfgLaf6 34.0 29.7 31.5 38.6
ljv08gsf/L gf/f nufO/x]sfx?af6 5.5 9.5 3.6 .0
yfxf 5}g 3.9 2.7 5.5 6.8
eGg rfxGg 1.1 1.6 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$%= g]qljqmd rGb …ljKnjÚ sf] g]skf -dfcf]jfbL_ ;d"xn] ljb|f]x ug]{ elg/x]sf] 5 . tkfO{+ To:tf] ljb|f]x ;Dej b]Vg'x'G5 <
Q45 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;Dej b]V5' 486 13.810.2 13.1 15.1
;Dej b]lVbgF 2146 61.057.1 58.2 64.1
yfxf 5}g 859 24.431.8 28.2 20.0
eGg rfxGg 26 .7.9 .6 .9
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q45 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;Dej b]V5' 13.6 14.0 9.6 11.8 19.9 16.1 15.7
;Dej b]lVbgF 60.4 61.6 68.4 55.1 67.3 55.2 62.1
yfxf 5}g 24.9 23.9 21.2 32.3 12.6 27.2 21.9
eGg rfxGg 1.0 .4 .8 .9 .1 1.5 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q45 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;Dej b]V5' 14.9 14.7 14.0 9.7 14.8 12.9
;Dej b]lVbgF 65.3 60.6 61.7 53.8 69.8 52.7
yfxf 5}g 19.3 23.5 23.8 35.7 14.7 33.7
eGg rfxGg .5 1.1 .4 .8 .8 .7
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Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q45 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;Dej b]V5' 7.6 14.7 14.8 13.3 19.3 16.2 22.2
;Dej b]lVbgF 44.1 53.9 64.2 71.8 65.7 73.4 74.1
yfxf 5}g 47.6 30.7 20.5 14.1 13.9 9.2 3.7
eGg rfxGg .7 .7 .5 .8 1.0 1.2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q45 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;Dej b]V5' 15.5 13.9 12.4 12.3 11.9 9.3 12.2
;Dej b]lVbgF 60.7 60.7 57.8 53.9 66.8 63.6 65.0
yfxf 5}g 23.2 24.8 29.3 33.1 20.5 24.1 22.8
eGg rfxGg .6 .6 .4 .7 .7 3.1 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q45 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;Dej b]V5' 14.3 12.8 12.4 14.0
;Dej b]lVbgF 61.2 61.4 60.3 56.2
yfxf 5}g 23.8 24.6 27.0 28.1
eGg rfxGg .6 1.2 .3 1.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$^= :yfgLo lgsfo hgk|ltlglwljxLg ag]sf] !# jif{ eO;Sof] . tkfO{+sf] ljrf/df :yfgLo lgsfosf] lgjf{rg slxn] x'g'knf{ <
Q46 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
tTsfn} x'g'k5{ 2462 70.070.8 71.4 68.7
k|b]z;efsf] lgjf{rg kl5 534 15.212.5 13.5 17.0
:yfgLo lgjf{rg h¿/L 5}g 105 3.03.5 2.8 3.1
yfxf 5}g 401 11.412.5 11.7 10.9
eGg rfxGg 15 .4.6 .6 .3
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q46 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
tTsfn} x'g'k5{ 68.0 72.2 67.0 73.2 72.0 68.3 63.0
k|b]z;efsf] lgjf{rg kl5 17.8 12.3 17.5 15.7 15.6 9.8 14.2
:yfgLo lgjf{rg h¿/L 5}g 3.5 2.4 2.5 2.3 3.4 3.9 4.7
yfxf 5}g 10.3 12.6 12.3 8.5 8.5 18.0 17.2
eGg rfxGg .3 .5 .6 .3 .4 .0 .9
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q46 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
tTsfn} x'g'k5{ 70.0 70.3 71.9 66.0 72.8 67.3
k|b]z;efsf] lgjf{rg kl5 17.4 14.6 15.7 12.2 17.2 13.2
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:yfgLo lgjf{rg h¿/L 5}g 3.0 3.6 2.4 2.5 3.3 2.7
yfxf 5}g 9.2 10.9 9.8 19.0 6.3 16.3
eGg rfxGg .4 .6 .2 .4 .4 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q46 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
tTsfn} x'g'k5{ 58.9 70.4 70.8 73.2 75.3 78.6 77.8
k|b]z;efsf] lgjf{rg kl5 10.7 12.9 16.6 18.1 16.9 15.6 18.5
:yfgLo lgjf{rg h¿/L 5}g 3.2 2.2 4.2 2.2 2.8 2.9 3.7
yfxf 5}g 26.5 14.2 7.9 6.3 4.6 2.3 .0
eGg rfxGg .7 .4 .5 .1 .4 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q46 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
tTsfn} x'g'k5{ 70.6 68.5 65.8 78.5 68.1 67.3 66.7
k|b]z;efsf] lgjf{rg kl5 13.4 14.7 15.6 11.3 21.6 14.2 19.5
:yfgLo lgjf{rg h¿/L 5}g 3.1 4.1 2.7 2.8 2.2 1.2 4.1
yfxf 5}g 12.5 12.2 16.0 6.7 7.6 16.7 9.8
eGg rfxGg .5 .6 .0 .7 .4 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q46 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
tTsfn} x'g'k5{ 71.0 68.2 66.1 72.7
k|b]z;efsf] lgjf{rg kl5 15.0 14.6 17.0 16.5
:yfgLo lgjf{rg h¿/L 5}g 2.9 3.4 3.2 2.5
yfxf 5}g 10.7 13.3 13.8 8.3
eGg rfxGg .5 .6 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$&= :yfgLo lgjf{rg l9nfO x'g'sf] d'Vo sf/0f s] xf] <
Q47 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
bnx¿aLr :yfgLo ;/sf/sf] :j?kaf/] s'/f gldn]/ 1231 35.018.7 33.9 39.1
efua08faf6 ah]6 kl/rfng ug{ kfOg] eP/ 448 12.713.4 13.2 12.3
cfˆgf] kf6L{n] r'gfj lhTg]df ljZj:t geP/ 290 8.212.8 9.1 6.6
hgtfsf ;d:ofk|lt jf:tf geP/ 721 20.530.6 20.1 18.9
k|b]zx¿sf] 6'+uf] gnfu]/ 84 2.44.1 1.3 2.9
yfxf 5}g 720 20.519.0 21.4 20.0
eGg rfxGg 23 .71.5 .9 .3
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q47 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
bnx¿aLr :yfgLo ;/sf/sf] :j?kaf/] s'/f gldn]/ 36.9 32.9 38.4 38.1 30.7 29.6 31.7
efua08faf6 ah]6 kl/rfng ug{ kfOg] eP/ 12.6 12.9 11.7 10.1 19.9 12.4 11.2
cfˆgf] kf6L{n] r'gfj lhTg]df ljZj:t geP/ 8.5 8.0 8.7 8.1 10.9 6.7 4.4
hgtfsf ;d:ofk|lt jf:tf geP/ 20.0 21.1 13.8 25.5 22.9 18.5 14.8
k|b]zx¿sf] 6'+uf] gnfu]/ 2.6 2.2 3.0 1.8 1.5 3.7 3.3
yfxf 5}g 18.8 22.3 23.6 16.0 13.8 29.1 31.7
eGg rfxGg .7 .7 .8 .4 .3 .0 3.0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q47 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
bnx¿aLr :yfgLo ;/sf/sf] :j?kaf/] s'/f gldn]/ 35.4 33.5 37.5 33.5 39.3 31.0
efua08faf6 ah]6 kl/rfng ug{ kfOg] eP/ 13.0 12.6 14.2 9.9 14.5 11.0
cfˆgf] kf6L{n] r'gfj lhTg]df ljZj:t geP/ 9.4 9.0 7.2 6.5 9.9 6.7
hgtfsf ;d:ofk|lt jf:tf geP/ 21.5 22.3 18.6 17.9 20.6 20.4
k|b]zx¿sf] 6'+uf] gnfu]/ 2.2 2.5 2.4 2.5 3.2 1.7
yfxf 5}g 18.1 19.1 19.5 29.1 11.9 28.6
eGg rfxGg .4 .9 .5 .8 .6 .7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q47 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
bnx¿aLr :yfgLo ;/sf/sf] :j?kaf/] s'/f gldn]/ 27.4 31.4 34.8 39.2 38.6 45.7 55.6
efua08faf6 ah]6 kl/rfng ug{ kfOg] eP/ 6.9 13.2 13.1 16.0 13.5 15.0 22.2
cfˆgf] kf6L{n] r'gfj lhTg]df ljZj:t geP/ 5.3 8.8 9.0 9.2 9.2 8.1 3.7
hgtfsf ;d:ofk|lt jf:tf geP/ 16.0 18.9 20.8 21.0 26.3 24.3 14.8
k|b]zx¿sf] 6'+uf] gnfu]/ 2.3 1.8 2.6 2.9 2.4 1.7 .0
yfxf 5}g 41.5 24.6 19.2 11.2 9.8 4.0 .0
eGg rfxGg .6 1.1 .6 .5 .2 1.2 3.7
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q47 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
bnx¿aLr :yfgLo ;/sf/sf] :j?kaf/] s'/f gldn]/ 35.6 26.3 23.1 33.8 42.0 37.7 49.6
efua08faf6 ah]6 kl/rfng ug{ kfOg] eP/ 13.7 14.9 9.8 10.6 13.1 11.7 6.5
cfˆgf] kf6L{n] r'gfj lhTg]df ljZj:t geP/ 8.8 9.9 8.9 8.1 6.5 8.6 1.6
hgtfsf ;d:ofk|lt jf:tf geP/ 20.3 23.8 23.6 28.9 15.1 12.3 20.3
k|b]zx¿sf] 6'+uf] gnfu]/ 2.2 2.5 3.6 .7 4.1 1.9 1.6
yfxf 5}g 18.5 21.7 31.1 17.6 18.7 27.8 20.3
eGg rfxGg .9 1.0 .0 .4 .6 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q47 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
bnx¿aLr :yfgLo ;/sf/sf] :j?kaf/] s'/f gldn]/ 36.8 29.0 32.5 40.5
efua08faf6 ah]6 kl/rfng ug{ kfOg] eP/ 13.2 14.1 8.6 8.3
cfˆgf] kf6L{n] r'gfj lhTg]df ljZj:t geP/ 8.2 9.6 6.3 6.6
hgtfsf ;d:ofk|lt jf:tf geP/ 20.2 21.1 22.4 18.2
k|b]zx¿sf] 6'+uf] gnfu]/ 2.4 2.4 2.9 .0
yfxf 5}g 18.4 23.1 27.3 26.4
eGg rfxGg .8 .7 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$* a. clVtof/ b'¿kof]u cg';Gwfg cfof]u
Q48a Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cTolws 5 687 19.526.8 20.6 17.3
7Ls} 5 1882 53.539.7 53.2 56.4
5}g 320 9.16.4 8.9 9.8
k6Ss} 5}g 107 3.02.9 2.8 3.2
yfxf 5}g 511 14.523.0 14.2 13.1
eGg rfxGg 10 .31.2 .2 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48a Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cTolws 5 17.7 21.6 18.4 13.3 35.3 15.0 20.4
7Ls} 5 56.7 50.1 50.8 59.8 52.8 51.1 40.5
5}g 9.4 8.7 12.7 10.3 6.1 5.4 7.1
k6Ss} 5}g 2.9 3.1 3.8 3.4 1.9 2.4 3.3
yfxf 5}g 13.1 16.1 13.9 12.8 3.9 26.1 27.8
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 .4 .3 .0 .0 .9
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48a 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cTolws 5 21.1 18.6 21.6 15.6 21.6 17.6
7Ls} 5 57.5 54.9 51.2 48.1 56.1 51.1
5}g 8.9 10.1 8.3 8.4 10.5 7.8
k6Ss} 5}g 2.2 3.2 3.9 2.7 3.0 3.1
yfxf 5}g 9.9 13.0 14.8 25.1 8.8 20.0
eGg rfxGg .4 .2 .3 .2 .1 .4
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48a Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cTolws 5 14.3 15.1 17.3 24.7 24.9 26.6 22.2
7Ls} 5 44.7 50.7 54.8 58.0 60.6 52.0 48.1
5}g 5.6 8.3 10.1 9.2 9.8 16.2 22.2
k6Ss} 5}g 2.6 3.5 3.7 2.6 2.6 2.9 7.4
yfxf 5}g 32.6 21.5 14.0 5.1 2.2 1.7 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .9 .0 .3 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48a Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cTolws 5 21.6 19.9 21.3 20.1 15.3 16.0 18.7
7Ls} 5 52.2 54.4 38.2 57.7 58.6 55.6 56.9
5}g 9.7 7.5 8.4 7.4 9.0 12.3 7.3
k6Ss} 5}g 2.9 3.3 2.7 2.8 3.5 1.9 2.4
yfxf 5}g 13.4 14.5 28.0 12.0 13.2 14.2 14.6
eGg rfxGg .2 .4 1.3 .0 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48a So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cTolws 5 20.0 19.0 20.4 11.6
7Ls} 5 54.3 54.6 44.8 56.2
5}g 9.2 8.7 8.0 11.6
k6Ss} 5}g 3.0 2.9 2.6 5.0
yfxf 5}g 13.2 14.4 23.3 15.7
eGg rfxGg .2 .3 .9 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$* b. lgjf{rg cfof]u
Q48b Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cTolws 5 498 14.221.6 14.9 12.1
7Ls} 5 2177 61.951.9 60.0 65.4
5}g 360 10.27.3 9.7 11.2
k6Ss} 5}g 60 1.71.7 2.1 1.4
yfxf 5}g 417 11.917.2 13.0 9.9
eGg rfxGg 5 .1.3 .2 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48b Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cTolws 5 13.4 15.0 12.3 8.0 32.1 10.2 11.2
7Ls} 5 63.1 60.6 63.5 69.4 51.5 57.0 57.4
5}g 11.0 9.4 13.8 11.1 7.1 6.5 10.1
k6Ss} 5}g 1.9 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.5 1.7 .9
yfxf 5}g 10.6 13.2 8.3 9.6 7.6 24.6 19.5
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .1 .0 .1 .0 .9
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48b 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cTolws 5 13.4 13.2 17.2 12.2 15.5 12.9
7Ls} 5 64.5 62.6 60.9 58.0 65.9 58.1
5}g 11.0 10.9 10.0 8.0 10.0 10.5
k6Ss} 5}g 1.9 2.3 .9 1.5 1.5 1.9
yfxf 5}g 8.9 10.9 11.0 20.2 7.0 16.5
eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .0 .2 .1 .2
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48b Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cTolws 5 9.5 11.6 13.9 15.6 19.1 19.1 29.6
7Ls} 5 55.6 61.4 60.6 67.0 65.3 64.2 51.9
5}g 8.1 10.5 12.0 9.5 10.6 11.0 18.5
k6Ss} 5}g 1.4 1.1 2.0 1.1 2.6 4.0 .0
yfxf 5}g 25.1 15.3 11.6 6.7 2.4 1.2 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .2 .0 .1 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48b Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cTolws 5 16.3 13.2 11.6 23.6 8.4 9.3 10.6
7Ls} 5 59.5 62.5 53.3 56.0 71.8 61.7 69.1
5}g 9.5 8.3 13.3 7.4 11.8 18.5 10.6
k6Ss} 5}g 2.2 1.9 1.3 1.8 .9 .6 .8
yfxf 5}g 12.3 13.9 20.4 11.3 6.9 9.9 8.9
eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .0 .0 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48b So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cTolws 5 15.4 12.2 11.2 9.9
7Ls} 5 61.9 62.3 58.9 68.6
5}g 9.8 10.8 12.4 10.7
k6Ss} 5}g 1.9 1.6 1.1 .8
yfxf 5}g 11.0 13.0 16.4 9.9
eGg rfxGg .2 .1 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$* c. cbfnt
Q48c Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cTolws 5 509 14.522.4 15.7 11.9
7Ls} 5 2241 63.756.0 59.8 68.4
5}g 421 12.012.0 11.6 12.3
k6Ss} 5}g 88 2.52.0 2.5 2.6
yfxf 5}g 256 7.37.6 10.3 4.8
eGg rfxGg 2 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48c Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cTolws 5 13.4 15.7 12.9 9.7 29.3 10.9 11.5
7Ls} 5 63.6 63.9 65.1 65.9 55.4 62.0 71.3
5}g 13.5 10.3 14.2 15.7 6.0 8.5 9.5
k6Ss} 5}g 2.6 2.4 2.2 3.1 1.9 3.7 .6
yfxf 5}g 6.9 7.7 5.6 5.6 7.4 15.0 6.8
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .1 .0 .0 .0 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48c 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cTolws 5 14.6 13.4 17.0 12.4 14.7 14.3
7Ls} 5 65.7 63.7 62.8 62.2 64.7 62.8
5}g 12.8 11.7 12.4 10.6 13.1 10.9
k6Ss} 5}g 2.4 3.2 1.7 2.3 2.7 2.3
yfxf 5}g 4.3 7.9 6.0 12.5 4.7 9.8
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .0 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48c Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cTolws 5 11.7 12.3 16.2 13.7 16.9 17.9 29.6
7Ls} 5 62.5 62.7 62.6 66.9 65.9 59.5 44.4
5}g 8.6 13.1 10.9 13.2 12.2 19.7 22.2
k6Ss} 5}g 2.4 1.8 3.3 2.2 2.6 1.7 3.7
yfxf 5}g 14.7 9.9 7.0 4.0 2.4 .6 .0
eGg rfxGg .0 .2 .0 .0 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48c Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cTolws 5 16.1 15.9 14.2 17.6 9.7 9.3 10.6
7Ls} 5 61.8 61.1 58.7 57.7 73.1 69.1 69.9
5}g 12.2 8.7 14.2 14.4 12.7 11.7 12.2
k6Ss} 5}g 2.3 1.7 3.1 3.9 1.9 4.3 4.9
yfxf 5}g 7.6 12.6 9.8 6.3 2.4 5.6 2.4
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48c So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cTolws 5 14.8 14.3 12.9 13.2
7Ls} 5 63.9 63.0 62.6 66.9
5}g 12.6 9.4 13.5 9.9
k6Ss} 5}g 2.4 2.4 3.7 2.5
yfxf 5}g 6.2 10.9 7.2 7.4
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48d Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cTolws 5 1006 28.637.0 34.0 22.6
7Ls} 5 2116 60.255.4 55.1 65.2
5}g 274 7.86.7 6.5 9.0
k6Ss} 5}g 53 1.5.0 2.0 1.4
yfxf 5}g 66 1.9.9 2.3 1.7
eGg rfxGg 2 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48d Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cTolws 5 29.4 27.8 22.7 24.9 49.4 27.4 16.3
7Ls} 5 59.2 61.2 61.0 63.7 47.0 60.2 71.0
5}g 8.0 7.5 11.2 8.5 3.0 7.2 8.0
k6Ss} 5}g 1.9 1.1 1.6 1.9 .6 1.5 1.8
yfxf 5}g 1.4 2.4 3.2 1.1 .0 3.7 3.0
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .3 .0 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48d 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cTolws 5 28.1 27.6 31.1 27.2 31.2 26.1
7Ls} 5 60.6 60.0 59.4 61.2 59.2 61.1
5}g 8.7 8.4 6.9 6.5 7.2 8.4
k6Ss} 5}g 1.7 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.9
yfxf 5}g .7 1.9 1.5 4.2 1.2 2.5
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .1 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48d Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cTolws 5 22.0 27.9 29.7 33.1 31.5 24.9 22.2
7Ls} 5 64.0 59.2 60.0 56.9 60.6 60.1 74.1
5}g 7.3 8.3 7.4 8.3 6.6 11.6 3.7
k6Ss} 5}g 1.4 1.8 1.7 1.1 1.2 2.9 .0
yfxf 5}g 5.2 2.6 1.2 .7 .2 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .0 .2 .0 .0 .0 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48d Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cTolws 5 29.6 35.8 26.7 36.3 20.7 19.1 20.3
7Ls} 5 58.7 55.9 61.3 56.3 65.9 64.8 66.7
5}g 7.7 5.2 8.4 4.9 10.1 13.6 10.6
k6Ss} 5}g 1.4 1.4 1.8 1.8 1.9 1.2 1.6
yfxf 5}g 2.4 1.7 1.8 .7 1.3 1.2 .8
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48d So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cTolws 5 28.4 31.8 24.4 26.4
7Ls} 5 60.1 58.0 63.2 65.3
5}g 7.9 7.2 9.2 4.1
k6Ss} 5}g 1.6 1.3 1.7 .8
yfxf 5}g 1.9 1.6 1.4 3.3
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48e Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cTolws 5 595 16.922.4 21.1 12.5
7Ls} 5 2091 59.564.1 57.3 60.2
5}g 607 17.312.2 15.0 20.0
k6Ss} 5}g 167 4.7.9 4.0 6.1
yfxf 5}g 53 1.5.3 2.5 1.0
eGg rfxGg 4 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48e Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cTolws 5 17.1 16.7 12.1 13.8 32.6 18.3 6.8
7Ls} 5 57.9 61.2 55.5 57.7 55.1 65.7 75.4
5}g 18.2 16.2 26.4 20.4 9.4 8.7 12.1
k6Ss} 5}g 5.6 3.9 3.4 7.8 3.0 2.8 2.4
yfxf 5}g 1.1 2.0 2.6 .3 .0 4.1 3.0
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .1 .0 .0 .4 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48e 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cTolws 5 16.9 15.7 19.0 16.2 17.2 16.6
7Ls} 5 58.5 59.3 57.8 64.4 58.5 60.3
5}g 19.2 18.1 16.6 13.3 18.3 16.2
k6Ss} 5}g 4.6 5.3 5.1 3.2 4.8 4.7
yfxf 5}g .6 1.5 1.6 2.9 .9 2.0
eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .0 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48e Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cTolws 5 14.7 14.9 19.0 19.5 15.9 13.9 14.8
7Ls} 5 62.8 62.9 58.0 55.1 60.2 59.5 55.6
5}g 14.8 14.0 16.6 20.6 19.5 19.1 18.5
k6Ss} 5}g 4.2 4.8 5.3 4.5 4.0 6.9 11.1
yfxf 5}g 3.5 3.3 1.0 .3 .2 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .0 .2 .1 .0 .2 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48e Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cTolws 5 18.0 19.7 17.8 18.7 13.2 13.6 8.9
7Ls} 5 60.7 61.9 61.8 60.6 51.7 56.2 62.6
5}g 15.9 14.7 13.8 14.8 23.9 25.9 18.7
k6Ss} 5}g 3.4 2.5 4.9 4.2 9.9 4.3 8.9
yfxf 5}g 1.9 1.2 1.8 1.8 1.1 .0 .8
eGg rfxGg .2 .0 .0 .0 .2 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48e So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cTolws 5 17.0 18.3 14.7 14.0
7Ls} 5 58.6 60.5 62.1 62.0
5}g 17.6 17.4 15.5 15.7
k6Ss} 5}g 4.9 2.9 6.3 6.6
yfxf 5}g 1.7 .9 1.4 1.7
eGg rfxGg .2 .0 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48f Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cTolws 5 319 9.113.7 11.3 6.4
7Ls} 5 1907 54.249.3 55.5 54.2
5}g 672 19.121.3 14.9 22.0
k6Ss} 5}g 247 7.05.2 6.2 8.1
yfxf 5}g 368 10.510.5 12.1 9.1
eGg rfxGg 4 .1.0 .1 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48f Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cTolws 5 8.6 9.6 6.4 5.2 21.4 9.6 4.7
7Ls} 5 53.1 55.5 61.2 51.2 58.5 44.8 54.1
5}g 21.3 16.7 19.0 25.0 12.2 13.7 18.3
k6Ss} 5}g 7.3 6.7 4.8 11.1 1.8 8.7 4.7
yfxf 5}g 9.6 11.4 8.6 7.5 6.0 22.8 18.0
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .1 .0 .1 .4 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48f 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cTolws 5 10.1 9.9 8.9 5.7 8.9 9.3
7Ls} 5 57.2 52.5 54.0 54.0 54.8 53.6
5}g 19.1 19.7 20.6 15.2 21.2 17.1
k6Ss} 5}g 6.0 7.9 7.1 6.5 8.2 5.9
yfxf 5}g 7.4 10.0 9.4 18.3 6.7 14.1
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .0 .4 .2 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48f Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cTolws 5 6.1 7.4 9.2 9.8 12.0 15.0 7.4
7Ls} 5 50.1 54.6 54.7 58.2 54.8 48.6 51.9
5}g 14.8 18.8 20.1 18.6 22.9 21.4 33.3
k6Ss} 5}g 6.1 5.3 5.7 8.6 8.4 11.6 7.4
yfxf 5}g 22.6 14.0 10.3 4.9 1.8 2.9 .0
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .0 .0 .2 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cTolws 5 10.5 9.7 8.0 12.7 4.1 8.6 6.5
7Ls} 5 52.6 61.1 54.7 48.6 55.0 51.2 54.5
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5}g 19.0 13.9 12.9 21.5 25.0 21.6 17.9
k6Ss} 5}g 6.3 4.4 8.4 10.2 9.0 10.5 8.1
yfxf 5}g 11.6 10.8 16.0 7.0 6.5 7.4 13.0
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0 .4 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48f So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cTolws 5 9.3 9.4 7.5 7.4
7Ls} 5 52.6 58.8 54.6 58.7
5}g 20.7 15.8 14.7 19.8
k6Ss} 5}g 7.3 5.9 8.3 3.3
yfxf 5}g 9.9 10.0 14.9 10.7
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48g Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cTolws 5 965 27.438.5 31.0 22.4
7Ls} 5 2199 62.555.7 58.6 67.0
5}g 215 6.14.4 5.5 6.9
k6Ss} 5}g 42 1.2.6 1.6 1.0
yfxf 5}g 93 2.6.9 3.2 2.6
eGg rfxGg 3 .1.0 .1 .1
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48g Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cTolws 5 27.1 27.8 20.9 18.5 52.1 28.5 25.7
7Ls} 5 62.0 63.1 66.6 70.9 43.3 57.8 66.3
5}g 6.7 5.5 8.4 7.2 3.3 4.1 5.0
k6Ss} 5}g 1.6 .7 .6 2.0 .3 1.5 .6
yfxf 5}g 2.5 2.8 3.1 1.4 1.0 7.8 2.4
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .3 .0 .0 .2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48g 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cTolws 5 31.0 27.9 26.5 22.2 27.9 27.0
7Ls} 5 61.4 60.8 64.1 65.6 62.0 63.0
5}g 5.3 6.5 7.0 4.9 6.8 5.4
k6Ss} 5}g 1.2 2.0 .5 .4 1.2 1.2
yfxf 5}g 1.0 2.7 1.7 6.8 1.9 3.3
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .1 .0 .1 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48g Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cTolws 5 21.5 24.1 27.4 32.8 30.5 29.5 29.6
7Ls} 5 65.9 64.3 63.6 59.5 61.2 57.2 51.9
5}g 4.0 7.2 6.7 5.7 6.0 9.2 14.8
k6Ss} 5}g .6 .4 1.0 1.5 2.0 3.5 3.7
yfxf 5}g 7.9 4.0 1.3 .5 .2 .0 .0
eGg rfxGg .1 .0 .0 .0 .2 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48g Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cTolws 5 30.0 33.5 32.0 34.5 13.2 24.1 17.1
7Ls} 5 60.2 57.3 60.4 59.2 74.1 61.1 74.8
5}g 5.9 5.2 3.6 2.8 8.6 9.9 6.5
k6Ss} 5}g 1.5 .6 .0 2.1 1.7 .6 .0
yfxf 5}g 2.5 3.3 4.0 1.4 2.2 3.7 1.6
eGg rfxGg .0 .2 .0 .0 .2 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48g So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cTolws 5 26.8 31.2 26.7 21.5
7Ls} 5 63.2 58.2 65.5 65.3
5}g 6.1 6.3 4.6 9.1
k6Ss} 5}g 1.6 .6 .0 .0
yfxf 5}g 2.3 3.4 3.2 4.1
eGg rfxGg .0 .3 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48h Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
cTolws 5 189 5.49.0 7.2 3.2
7Ls} 5 1792 51.048.7 51.0 51.3
5}g 881 25.025.9 20.9 28.2
k6Ss} 5}g 570 16.215.7 17.3 15.4
yfxf 5}g 81 2.3.6 3.4 1.8
eGg rfxGg 4 .1.0 .1 .2
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48h Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
cTolws 5 4.6 6.2 7.0 3.0 10.3 4.1 2.7
7Ls} 5 50.2 51.7 56.5 40.3 54.6 58.9 60.7
5}g 26.5 23.5 24.4 30.6 19.3 20.2 23.4
k6Ss} 5}g 16.8 15.6 8.7 25.2 15.2 10.0 9.8
yfxf 5}g 1.8 2.9 3.0 .9 .6 6.5 3.6
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .4 .0 .0 .2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48h 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
cTolws 5 4.7 5.1 6.7 4.8 5.0 5.8
7Ls} 5 49.3 49.9 50.9 56.3 49.8 52.1
5}g 28.6 24.2 25.6 20.3 26.8 23.4
k6Ss} 5}g 16.5 18.1 15.0 13.5 17.0 15.5
yfxf 5}g .6 2.6 1.8 5.1 1.3 3.2
eGg rfxGg .2 .2 .0 .0 .2 .1
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48h Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
cTolws 5 5.5 5.1 6.1 5.1 5.4 3.5 3.7
7Ls} 5 57.2 52.4 52.7 45.6 48.2 45.1 44.4
5}g 18.7 25.0 25.5 27.8 28.3 26.0 29.6
k6Ss} 5}g 12.2 14.2 14.5 20.1 17.7 24.3 22.2
yfxf 5}g 6.3 3.3 1.0 1.2 .2 .6 .0
eGg rfxGg .0 .0 .1 .1 .2 .6 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q48h Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
cTolws 5 5.4 7.4 4.9 7.7 2.1 5.6 5.7
7Ls} 5 49.6 52.2 58.7 46.8 53.4 56.2 40.7
5}g 24.7 24.4 19.6 22.2 28.2 22.2 38.2
k6Ss} 5}g 17.5 13.9 13.8 21.5 13.8 16.0 13.8
yfxf 5}g 2.7 1.9 3.1 1.8 2.2 .0 1.6
eGg rfxGg .1 .2 .0 .0 .4 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q48h So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
cTolws 5 4.9 6.9 5.2 5.8
7Ls} 5 50.1 53.2 52.3 51.2
5}g 25.2 23.9 26.1 25.6
k6Ss} 5}g 17.1 14.4 13.8 14.9
yfxf 5}g 2.5 1.5 2.6 2.5
eGg rfxGg .1 .1 .0 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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$(= tkfO{+sf]] ljrf/df ljBfno, :jf:Yo rf}sL, vfg]kfgL, ljB't\, ;/;kmfO÷kmf]xf]/d}nf Joj:yfkg, ;8ssf] ;DaGwdf uflj;÷gu/kflnsfn] lbg] ;]jfdf ;'wf/ Nofpg s] ug'{k5{ < -;a}eGbf dxŒjk"0f{ pkfo 5fGg'xf];\ ._
Q49 Frequency Percent Mountain Hill Tarai
;d'bfodf Joj:yfksLo lhDd]jf/L 1033 29.419.0 24.8 35.0
;]jf k|bfosdfly ;fj{hlgs /]vb]vdf j[l4 511 14.516.9 12.8 15.4
;]jf k|bfossf] Ifdtf clej[l4 356 10.112.5 10.2 9.6
ah]6 j[l4 699 19.917.8 23.1 17.7
lg0f{o k|lqmofdf /fhgLlts x:tIf]k sd ug]{ 579 16.523.3 15.9 15.6
yfxf 5}g 330 9.49.9 13.0 6.4
eGg rfxGg 9 .3.6 .1 .3
Total 3517 100.0100.0 100.0 100.0
Q49 Urban Rural EDR CDR WDR MWDR FWDR
;d'bfodf Joj:yfksLo lhDd]jf/L 31.4 27.1 33.4 32.7 25.1 24.6 22.8
;]jf k|bfosdfly ;fj{hlgs /]vb]vdf j[l4 15.4 13.6 15.5 16.1 14.1 9.8 13.9
;]jf k|bfossf] Ifdtf clej[l4 10.6 9.6 7.1 12.6 10.3 9.3 8.3
ah]6 j[l4 17.3 22.7 13.9 16.9 29.8 20.7 24.0
lg0f{o k|lqmofdf /fhgLlts x:tIf]k sd ug]{ 16.4 16.5 22.2 12.5 16.1 15.9 19.8
yfxf 5}g 8.7 10.2 7.3 9.2 4.5 19.1 11.2
eGg rfxGg .2 .3 .6 .0 .1 .7 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q49 18 - 24 25 - 39 40 - 59 60 & above Male Female
;d'bfodf Joj:yfksLo lhDd]jf/L 30.1 32.0 27.4 25.7 30.0 28.8
;]jf k|bfosdfly ;fj{hlgs /]vb]vdf j[l4 14.4 15.3 14.3 13.3 15.1 14.0
;]jf k|bfossf] Ifdtf clej[l4 10.9 10.0 11.0 7.8 11.1 9.2
ah]6 j[l4 20.8 19.6 19.2 20.3 18.9 20.8
lg0f{o k|lqmofdf /fhgLlts x:tIf]k sd ug]{ 17.9 15.5 17.9 14.1 19.0 14.1
yfxf 5}g 5.9 7.3 10.1 18.4 5.7 12.9
eGg rfxGg .1 .4 .1 .4 .2 .3
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q49 Illiterate Literate Schooling SLC Inter. Bachelor Master & above
;d'bfodf Joj:yfksLo lhDd]jf/L 24.2 27.0 30.0 32.3 30.7 35.8 40.7
;]jf k|bfosdfly ;fj{hlgs /]vb]vdf j[l4 14.8 14.0 17.5 13.3 13.3 11.6 3.7
;]jf k|bfossf] Ifdtf clej[l4 8.1 8.5 10.5 12.5 10.4 10.4 11.1
ah]6 j[l4 20.3 21.9 20.0 21.0 17.9 12.7 14.8
lg0f{o k|lqmofdf /fhgLlts x:tIf]k sd ug]{ 11.4 14.5 15.3 16.6 24.5 23.1 25.9
yfxf 5}g 20.7 14.0 6.7 3.8 3.2 5.2 3.7
eGg rfxGg .4 .2 .0 .4 .0 1.2 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
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Q49 Hill Caste Hill Ethnic Hill Dalit Newar Madhesi Caste
Madhesi Ethnic
Madhesi Dalit
;d'bfodf Joj:yfksLo lhDd]jf/L 27.2 28.0 24.0 31.7 31.9 27.2 45.5
;]jf k|bfosdfly ;fj{hlgs /]vb]vdf j[l4 12.5 15.1 11.1 18.7 19.2 14.8 15.4
;]jf k|bfossf] Ifdtf clej[l4 10.6 11.6 7.1 9.2 10.8 8.6 8.9
ah]6 j[l4 20.6 19.9 28.4 12.7 17.2 22.2 17.1
lg0f{o k|lqmofdf /fhgLlts x:tIf]k sd ug]{ 19.4 14.3 12.9 15.8 14.9 14.8 9.8
yfxf 5}g 9.5 11.0 16.4 12.0 5.2 12.3 2.4
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .0 .0 .7 .0 .8
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Q49 So called upper caste
Ethnic Caste
So called lower caste Muslim
;d'bfodf Joj:yfksLo lhDd]jf/L 28.8 27.8 31.6 42.1
;]jf k|bfosdfly ;fj{hlgs /]vb]vdf j[l4 14.7 15.0 12.6 13.2
;]jf k|bfossf] Ifdtf clej[l4 10.5 10.9 7.8 5.8
ah]6 j[l4 18.9 20.5 24.4 23.1
lg0f{o k|lqmofdf /fhgLlts x:tIf]k sd ug]{ 17.9 14.4 11.8 12.4
yfxf 5}g 8.8 11.3 11.5 3.3
eGg rfxGg .3 .0 .3 .0
Total100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Broad groups of Caste/ethnicity
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