Rural Municipality · Humla District
Namkha
नाम्खा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Humla District, Karnali Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0666401
Population
3,589
2021
Households
849
20214.23 people each
Area
2,417 km²
1 per km²
Literacy
51.1%
2021450th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
3,589
National Statistics Office
1,839 women, 1,750 men — 51.2% female. 6.5% of Humla.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
51.1%
Population aged 5 and over
25.1 pp below the national figure · 450th of 460.
63.6% of men, 39.3% of women — a 24.3-point gap.
51.1%
Namkha
63.8%
Humla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Namkha 51.1%, Humla 63.8%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Namkha marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write51.1%
- Cannot read or write48.1%
- Can read only0.8%
3,337 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 3 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 1,706 | 675 | 1,031 |
| Cannot read or write | 1,604 | 1,030 | 574 |
| Can read only | 27 | 12 | 15 |
In context
Where Namkha 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 →