District · Karnali Province
Humla District
हुम्ला जिल्ला
A district of Karnali Province, made up of 7 local governments.NP0666
Population
55,394
202158,528 projected for 2023
Households
11,228
20214.93 people each
Area
6,007 km²
9 per km²
Literacy
63.8%
202174th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
55,394
National Statistics Office
27,508 women, 27,886 men — 49.7% female. 3.3% of Karnali.
A 2023 projection puts it at 58,528 — modelled, not counted.
Age and sex structure
Five-year bands, 2023 projection — a different reference period from the count beside it.
View all 17 age bands
| Age | Female | Male | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 80+ | 162 | 158 | 320 |
| 75-79 | 273 | 223 | 496 |
| 70-74 | 475 | 426 | 901 |
| 65-69 | 531 | 561 | 1,092 |
| 60-64 | 912 | 861 | 1,773 |
| 55-59 | 1,030 | 1,025 | 2,055 |
| 50-54 | 1,126 | 1,095 | 2,221 |
| 45-49 | 1,384 | 1,451 | 2,835 |
| 40-44 | 1,580 | 1,283 | 2,863 |
| 35-39 | 1,848 | 1,917 | 3,765 |
| 30-34 | 2,296 | 2,540 | 4,836 |
| 25-29 | 2,306 | 2,884 | 5,190 |
| 20-24 | 2,326 | 2,540 | 4,866 |
| 15-19 | 2,699 | 2,535 | 5,234 |
| 10-14 | 3,449 | 3,516 | 6,965 |
| 5-9 | 3,323 | 3,277 | 6,600 |
| 0-4 | 3,264 | 3,252 | 6,516 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
63.8%
Population aged 5 and over
12.4 pp below the national figure · 74th of 77.
73.4% of men, 54.3% of women — a 19.1-point gap.
63.8%
Humla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Humla 63.8%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Humla marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write63.8%
- Cannot read or write35.5%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
49,325 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 31,491 | 13,327 | 18,164 |
| Cannot read or write | 17,490 | 11,053 | 6,437 |
| Can read only | 286 | 157 | 129 |
| Not stated | 58 | 25 | 33 |
Local governments
7 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Literacy rate
49.3%–68.4%
One order throughout, set by population, so a mark out of step ranks differently on that measure. Counts are bars from zero; rates are dots on a trimmed axis, because a rate is not additive and its spread matters more than its distance from nothing.
View all 7 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simkot | rural municipality | 11,935 | 2,882 | 66.4% |
| Sarkegad | rural municipality | 10,688 | 2,205 | 63.8% |
| Adanchuli | rural municipality | 8,265 | 1,480 | 63.4% |
| Kharpunath | rural municipality | 6,736 | 1,437 | 61.2% |
| Chankheli | rural municipality | 6,579 | 1,193 | 66.5% |
| Tanjakot | rural municipality | 6,092 | 1,158 | 57.6% |
| Namkha | rural municipality | 3,589 | 849 | 51.1% |
Sources and coverage
- Nepal — Subnational Population StatisticsUnited Nations Population Fundcc-by-igo-3.0
- Nepal — National Population and Housing Census 2021National Statistics Officenso-official-statistics
Measures such as gdp per capita, life expectancy at birth, and under-5 mortality rate are published for Nepal as a whole and are not broken down to this level by their source, so they have no section here. All indicators and their coverage →