Table 06: Number of households by main source of drinking water, NPHC 2021

Main source of drinking water

Area Total Tap/piped water Tap/piped water

Tubewell / Covered Uncovered
(within (outside
handpump well/kuwa well/kuwa
premises) premises)

Nepal 6660841 2304015 1490846 1982180 102235 141857

Urban/Rural
Urban Municipalities 4474699 1647955 779434 1355860 83987 99263
Rural Municipalities 2186142 656060 711412 626320 18248 42594

Ecological Belt
Mountain 409260 147511 208655 23 1972 4792
Hill 2945030 1295566 957847 61243 54202 78691
Tarai 3306551 860938 324344 1920914 46061 58374

Province
Koshi 1190755 407645 239686 476658 9979 19613
Madhesh 1156383 177156 84653 830219 8062 25966
Bagmati 1567917 688107 378484 75205 35647 42682
Gandaki 661632 347261 215468 10776 7808 10298
Lumbini 1141345 431642 224064 373956 29784 26172
Karnali 366037 130465 162619 1635 7573 9210
Sudur Paschim 576772 121739 185872 213731 3382 7916

District
Taplejung 27776 14138 12663 0 37 220
Sankhuwasabha 39118 15073 15736 0 792 906
Solukhumbu 26239 15233 9660 0 105 208
Okhaldhunga 34286 12212 19143 0 237 604
Khotang 41720 18625 18442 0 506 1471
Bhojpur 38580 20370 13895 0 479 901
Dhankuta 37616 19960 14751 0 391 1060
Terhathum 21845 13659 6701 0 137 300
Panchthar 42437 18104 21934 22 223 816
Ilam 70501 31044 29387 4211 554 2528
Jhapa 245019 76423 21762 139206 2725 2893
Morang 272160 55617 17467 190524 716 1172
Sunsari 212407 72378 17371 117348 750 1226
Udayapur 81051 24809 20774 25347 2327 5308

Saptari 146816 4645 2090 137164 588 1084

Siraha 148549 15059 8262 116759 1535 4074
Dhanusa 177091 20645 6999 133378 1913 10412
Mahottari 137886 27631 14070 87192 1015 2137
Sarlahi 164824 29231 13100 111407 1625 5747
Rautahat 137025 26285 10463 94793 714 778
Bara 131179 30070 16069 79496 456 1006
Table 06: Number of households by main source of drinking water, NPHC 2021

Main source of drinking water

Area Total Tap/piped water Tap/piped water

Tubewell / Covered Uncovered
(within (outside
handpump well/kuwa well/kuwa
premises) premises)

Parsa 113013 23590 13600 70030 216 728

Dolakha 49493 20397 25560 0 160 741

Sindhupalchok 71697 23090 40283 20 183 1252
Rasuwa 11131 4135 6300 0 10 78
Dhading 83622 32324 39111 269 515 1751
Nuwakot 68646 24099 36161 0 865 1498
Kathmandu 542892 248235 50171 14185 12116 6243
Bhaktapur 108406 54391 12255 2194 5971 2872
Lalitpur 140130 62021 16884 868 3491 3340
Kavrepalanchok 91330 39766 33115 301 4173 4082
Ramechhap 46466 20131 22210 0 410 1324
Sindhuli 69317 21845 25356 3173 3717 10107
Makwanpur 105620 46807 40252 5869 1621 6283
Chitawan 179167 90866 30826 48326 2415 3111

Gorkha 71729 28626 26327 0 757 1423

Manang 1547 974 545 0 0 2
Mustang 3606 2035 1217 0 23 9
Myagdi 28766 10375 15731 0 23 128
Kaski 160416 105363 25311 247 734 1113
Lamjung 44074 29189 11213 0 88 446
Tanahu 88513 45855 30495 0 2060 3221
Nawalparasi (East) 93850 56729 18316 10233 3533 2132
Syangja 68923 29237 32455 254 465 956
Parbat 36112 18994 14982 0 39 337
Baglung 64096 19884 38876 42 86 531

Rukum (East) 12878 5830 5511 0 11 88

Rolpa 52206 24761 21809 0 125 1270
Pyuthan 56195 22764 27333 390 856 1152
Gulmi 66100 36612 26345 0 276 738
Arghakhanchi 48449 23443 19765 660 590 1065
Palpa 64991 35554 22383 1047 674 1648
Nawalparasi (West) 82709 25427 9843 42599 281 632
Rupandehi 238171 112775 29755 90440 187 658
Kapilbastu 121861 25777 12086 79582 240 559
Dang 162266 65480 25618 19681 25926 16610
Banke 129234 33133 13694 65745 450 1211
Bardiya 106285 20086 9922 73812 168 541

Dolpa 9380 3171 4252 0 18 152

Mugu 12430 2104 5675 0 3 43
Humla 11204 2223 7157 2 3 20
Table 06: Number of households by main source of drinking water, NPHC 2021

Main source of drinking water

Area Total Tap/piped water Tap/piped water

Tubewell / Covered Uncovered
(within (outside
handpump well/kuwa well/kuwa
premises) premises)

Jumla 24422 9886 10329 0 15 44

Kalikot 26770 6293 13595 1 42 237
Dailekh 54594 18679 24803 0 531 1254
Jajarkot 37453 13154 18312 0 64 382
Rukum (West) 37290 15157 18986 0 19 299
Salyan 54672 20028 26050 0 698 1697
Surkhet 97822 39770 33460 1632 6180 5082

Bajura 28041 5350 19701 0 39 98

Bajhang 38025 9432 23376 0 412 513
Darchula 28381 13977 12606 0 130 269
Baitadi 49407 10675 30622 0 542 1884
Dadeldhura 31172 14219 12292 225 748 762
Doti 45140 11474 23119 0 500 1747
Achham 49567 7521 31125 307 403 980
Kailali 195872 35023 25489 125842 430 1305
Kanchanpur 111167 14068 7542 87357 178 358
Main source of drinking water

Spout River
Jar / bottle Other
water /stream

262044 23827 308388 45449

155025 12116 304618 36441

107019 11711 3770 9008

42421 2905 134 847

176591 15317 285146 20427
43032 5605 23108 24175

26420 2725 4816 3213

13857 729 2252 13489
62391 3778 264204 17419
45567 2475 20234 1745
29608 4433 15128 6558
48699 4276 480 1080
35502 5411 1274 1945

537 75 24 82
6182 329 36 64
927 60 10 36
1692 333 32 33
2324 178 113 61
2784 110 7 34
1252 128 24 50
994 30 2 22
1032 213 19 74
1893 509 126 249
1070 84 333 523
1730 125 3567 1242
2160 224 398 552
1843 327 125 191

207 63 212 763

689 285 378 1508
1529 114 542 1559
2231 47 94 3469
1289 85 406 1934
1899 87 229 1777
2622 21 78 1361
Main source of drinking water

Spout River
Jar / bottle Other
water /stream

3391 27 313 1118

2433 121 11 70
6498 205 38 128
537 46 0 25
8884 485 172 111
5568 267 106 82
12384 0 190687 8871
2965 0 25999 1759
3875 0 44242 5409
7420 579 1605 289
1787 547 8 49
4003 480 547 89
3859 628 93 208
2178 420 696 329

14143 275 77 101

24 1 0 1
198 116 1 7
2346 111 18 34
7961 412 18587 688
2649 332 86 71
5627 407 669 179
2182 269 103 353
5170 206 24 156
1668 30 7 55
3599 316 662 100

1371 61 0 6
3747 283 6 205
3389 244 28 39
1746 300 12 71
1947 532 421 26
3452 136 34 63
1617 140 1781 389
2033 19 1259 1045
894 78 992 1653
4671 2566 504 1210
4185 33 9396 1387
556 41 695 464

1413 363 0 11
4243 350 1 11
1555 85 0 159
Main source of drinking water

Spout River
Jar / bottle Other
water /stream

3874 214 0 60
6360 225 1 16
8931 300 21 75
5044 353 21 123
2608 195 8 18
5388 723 6 82
9283 1468 422 525

2627 172 7 47
3858 349 0 85
1155 194 5 45
4791 824 22 47
2300 553 21 52
6353 1840 43 64
8519 602 44 66
4895 807 996 1085
1004 70 136 454