Rural Municipality · Humla District
Kharpunath
खार्पुनाथ गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Humla District, Karnali Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0666403
Population
6,736
2021
Households
1,437
20214.69 people each
Area
879 km²
8 per km²
Literacy
61.2%
2021410th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
6,736
National Statistics Office
3,410 women, 3,326 men — 50.6% female. 12.2% of Humla.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
61.2%
Population aged 5 and over
15.0 pp below the national figure · 410th of 460.
70.6% of men, 52.2% of women — a 18.4-point gap.
61.2%
Kharpunath
63.8%
Humla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Kharpunath 61.2%, Humla 63.8%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Kharpunath marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write61.2%
- Cannot read or write38.0%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.2%
5,876 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 3,599 | 1,561 | 2,038 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,235 | 1,405 | 830 |
| Can read only | 33 | 19 | 14 |
| Not stated | 9 | 5 | 4 |
In context
Where Kharpunath sits among the 7 local governments of Humla. 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 →