District · Karnali Province
Jajarkot District
जाजरकोट जिल्ला
A district of Karnali Province, made up of 7 local governments.NP0660
Population
189,360
2021200,538 projected for 2023
Households
37,466
20215.05 people each
Area
2,222 km²
85 per km²
Literacy
75.5%
202147th of 77
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
189,360
National Statistics Office
95,297 women, 94,063 men — 50.3% female. 11.2% of Karnali.
A 2023 projection puts it at 200,538 — 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+ | 326 | 303 | 629 |
| 75-79 | 757 | 607 | 1,364 |
| 70-74 | 1,316 | 1,171 | 2,487 |
| 65-69 | 1,605 | 1,792 | 3,397 |
| 60-64 | 2,500 | 2,435 | 4,935 |
| 55-59 | 2,981 | 2,780 | 5,761 |
| 50-54 | 3,698 | 3,426 | 7,124 |
| 45-49 | 4,571 | 4,287 | 8,858 |
| 40-44 | 5,065 | 3,978 | 9,043 |
| 35-39 | 5,708 | 5,039 | 10,747 |
| 30-34 | 6,623 | 7,063 | 13,686 |
| 25-29 | 8,015 | 9,534 | 17,549 |
| 20-24 | 10,066 | 10,829 | 20,895 |
| 15-19 | 11,583 | 11,483 | 23,066 |
| 10-14 | 12,736 | 12,674 | 25,410 |
| 5-9 | 11,199 | 11,080 | 22,279 |
| 0-4 | 11,741 | 11,567 | 23,308 |
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
75.5%
Population aged 5 and over
0.8 pp below the national figure · 47th of 77.
81.3% of men, 69.8% of women — a 11.5-point gap.
75.5%
Jajarkot
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Jajarkot 75.5%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Jajarkot marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write75.5%
- Cannot read or write23.8%
- Can read only0.6%
- Not stated0.1%
167,750 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 126,648 | 59,163 | 67,485 |
| Cannot read or write | 39,895 | 24,935 | 14,960 |
| Can read only | 1,036 | 564 | 472 |
| Not stated | 171 | 83 | 88 |
Local governments
7 local governments. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
Literacy rate
72.3%–79.3%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bheri Malika | municipality | 37,892 | 8,874 | 75.1% |
| Chhedagad | municipality | 37,877 | 7,197 | 75.8% |
| Nalgad | municipality | 28,922 | 5,992 | 73.6% |
| Junichande | rural municipality | 23,771 | 4,296 | 73.0% |
| Kuse | rural municipality | 23,058 | 4,401 | 74.5% |
| Barekot | rural municipality | 22,005 | 3,887 | 78.6% |
| Shivalaya | rural municipality | 14,776 | 2,806 | 78.3% |
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 →