Rural Municipality · Humla District
Simkot
सिमकोट गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Humla District, Karnali Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0666402
Population
11,935
2021
Households
2,882
20214.14 people each
Area
785 km²
15 per km²
Literacy
66.4%
2021363rd of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
11,935
National Statistics Office
5,888 women, 6,047 men — 49.3% female. 21.5% of Humla.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
66.4%
Population aged 5 and over
9.8 pp below the national figure · 363rd of 460.
75.5% of men, 57.1% of women — a 18.3-point gap.
66.4%
Simkot
63.8%
Humla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Simkot 66.4%, Humla 63.8%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Simkot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write66.4%
- Cannot read or write32.9%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
10,789 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 7,165 | 3,050 | 4,115 |
| Cannot read or write | 3,551 | 2,251 | 1,300 |
| Can read only | 60 | 32 | 28 |
| Not stated | 13 | 4 | 9 |
In context
Where Simkot 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 →