Rupees in words
The amount line for a cheque, written in the lakh and crore grouping Nepal uses. Paisa included.
Amount to words
Rupees One Lakh Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Six And Fifty Paisa Only
एक लाख तेइस हजार चार सय छपन्न रुपैयाँ पचास पैसा मात्र
| Nepali grouping | 1,23,456.5 |
|---|---|
| Devanagari digits | १,२३,४५६.५ |
| International reading | One Hundred Twenty Three Thousand Four Hundred Fifty Six |
The Nepali line is a checked table, not a translation. Nepali number words are irregular for every value up to a hundred, so they are held as a literal list that was cross-checked against three independent sources. Eighty-two of the ninety-nine agreed outright. Only चवन्न (54) had no agreement between sources, so check that one against your bank's own wording before writing it.
Nepal counts in twos, not threes
English groups digits in threes: thousand, million, billion. Nepal and India group 2-2-3: thousand, lakh, crore, arab. The same figure is written 12,34,567 here and 1,234,567 abroad, and read "twelve lakh thirty four thousand five hundred sixty seven" rather than "one point two million".
This matters on paperwork. A cheque, a loan agreement or a tender document written in the wrong grouping is at best confusing and at worst refused, so the Nepali reading is the default here and the international one is shown beside it for checking against a foreign invoice.
The scale, in order
- 1 thousand1,000
- 1 lakh1,00,000 (100 thousand)
- 1 crore1,00,00,000 (100 lakh)
- 1 arab1,00,00,00,000 (100 crore)
- 1 kharab100 arab
- 1 shankha100 kharab
How paisa is handled
Anything after the decimal point is read as paisa and rounded to the nearest one, so 5.999 becomes six rupees rather than five rupees and ninety nine paisa. The word "only" is appended, which is the convention that stops an amount being extended after it is written.
Common questions
- Is this Rupees in words page free to use?
- Yes. Every Kaamko tool is free, with no sign-up, no account and no usage limit. They are published by Imperial College of Engineering, a Tribhuvan University-affiliated engineering college in Tathali, Bhaktapur, and are not funded by advertising.
- Does what I type get sent anywhere?
- No. This tool runs entirely in your browser: the calculation happens on your own device, nothing you type is uploaded, and nothing is stored after you close the page.
- Where do the figures come from?
- Each tool names its source on the page, along with the date that source was read. Where a rate or a slab is provisional — announced in a budget speech but not yet gazetted, for instance — the page says so rather than presenting it as settled.
- Who maintains these tools?
- Imperial College of Engineering, formerly Janakpur Engineering College, in Tathali, Bhaktapur, Nepal. Corrections are welcome by phone on 01-5091616 or through the contact page, and a figure reported as wrong is checked against its published source rather than adjusted on request.
Last checked by Imperial College of Engineering. Rates, slabs and formulas are re-checked against their published source on this date.