Rural Municipality · Humla District
Tanjakot
ताँजाकोट गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Humla District, Karnali Province, one of 7 local governments there.NP0666406
Population
6,092
2021
Households
1,158
20215.26 people each
Area
159 km²
38 per km²
Literacy
57.6%
2021434th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
6,092
National Statistics Office
3,087 women, 3,005 men — 50.7% female. 11.0% of Humla.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
57.6%
Population aged 5 and over
18.7 pp below the national figure · 434th of 460.
64.8% of men, 50.6% of women — a 14.2-point gap.
57.6%
Tanjakot
63.8%
Humla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Tanjakot 57.6%, Humla 63.8%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Tanjakot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write57.6%
- Cannot read or write41.8%
- Not stated0.6%
- Can read only0.1%
5,393 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 3,104 | 1,388 | 1,716 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,254 | 1,341 | 913 |
| Not stated | 30 | 14 | 16 |
| Can read only | 5 | 2 | 3 |
In context
Where Tanjakot 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 →