Rural Municipality · Jumla District
Hima
हिमा गाउँपालिका
A rural municipality in Jumla District, Karnali Province, one of 8 local governments there.NP0663404
Population
12,191
2021
Households
2,176
20215.60 people each
Area
132 km²
92 per km²
Literacy
72.7%
2021245th of 460
Population & Demographics
Population, 2021 census
12,191
National Statistics Office
6,037 women, 6,154 men — 49.5% female. 10.3% of Jumla.
Education
Literacy rate, 2021 census
72.7%
Population aged 5 and over
3.5 pp below the national figure · 245th of 460.
80.1% of men, 65.4% of women — a 14.7-point gap.
72.7%
Hima
70.2%
Jumla
76.1%
Karnali
76.2%
Nepal
Hima 72.7%, Jumla 70.2%, Karnali 76.1%, Nepal 76.2%.
Literacy rate, 2021 census. Hima marked in black.
Population aged 5 and over, by literacy status
The census partition behind the rate.
- Can read and write72.7%
- Cannot read or write26.3%
- Can read only0.8%
- Not stated0.1%
10,847 people aged 5 and over. Counts are in the table.
View all 4 categories
| Literacy status | All | Female | Male |
|---|---|---|---|
| Can read and write | 7,889 | 3,551 | 4,338 |
| Cannot read or write | 2,854 | 1,829 | 1,025 |
| Can read only | 90 | 44 | 46 |
| Not stated | 14 | 6 | 8 |
In context
Where Hima sits among the 8 local governments of Jumla. By population, 2021 census.
Population
Households
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 8 local governments
| Place | Type | Population | Households | Literacy |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chandannath | municipality | 21,036 | 5,367 | 77.6% |
| Patarasi | rural municipality | 16,824 | 3,342 | 64.5% |
| Tatopani | rural municipality | 15,575 | 3,318 | 70.3% |
| Tila | rural municipality | 14,539 | 2,667 | 71.7% |
| Kanaka Sundari | rural municipality | 13,625 | 2,754 | 68.3% |
| Sinja | rural municipality | 12,556 | 2,354 | 61.2% |
| Hima | rural municipality | 12,191 | 2,176 | 72.7% |
| Guthichaur | rural municipality | 10,922 | 2,444 | 69.2% |
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 →