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Rural Municipality · Humla District

Namkha

नाम्खा गाउँपालिका

Karnali Province · P-code NP0666401
Population
3,589
2021 census · NSO
Share of district
6.5%
of Humla
Rank among rural municipalities
448 of 460
nationally, by population
Local governments here
7
in Humla

Population & Demographics

How many people live in Nepal, where, and how the population is structured by age and sex. All Population & Demographics indicators →

Householdsघरपरिवार

Number of households enumerated. An institutional facility counts as one household.

2021 census

849
Households
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Populationजनसंख्या

Resident population. Figures for years after the last census are projections, not counts.

2021 census

3,589
Persons
female 1,839male 1,750

2 indicators published for Namkha under population & demographics.

Education

Literacy, schooling and educational attainment. All Education indicators →

Literacy rateसाक्षरता दर

Share of the population aged 5 and over who can read and write. The denominator is the 5-plus population, not the total population.

2021 census · not additive across places

51.1%
female 39.3%male 63.6%
24.3 points higher for men
Literate populationसाक्षर जनसंख्या

People aged 5 and over who can read and write.

2021 census

1,706
Persons
female 675male 1,031
Population aged 5 and over५ वर्ष र माथिको जनसंख्या

The denominator for literacy. Published because a rate without its base cannot be recomputed or aggregated.

2021 census

3,337
Persons
female 1,717male 1,620

3 indicators published for Namkha under education.

In context

Where Namkha sits among the 7 local governments of Humla.

AdanchuliChankheliKharpunathNamkhaSarkegadSimkotTanjakotNamkhaKharpunathChankheliSimkotSarkegadAdanchuliTanjakot
  • Namkha
  • Other units of Humla
View all 7 names
  • Adanchuli · अदानचुली
  • Chankheli · चंखेली गाउँपालिका
  • Kharpunath · खार्पुनाथ गाउँपालिका
  • Namkha · नाम्खा गाउँपालिका
  • Sarkegad · सर्केगाड गाउँपालिका
  • Simkot · सिमकोट गाउँपालिका
  • Tanjakot · ताँजाकोट गाउँपालिका
7 local governments of Humla. 7 of 7 named on the map.

By population, 2021

  1. Simkot11,935
  2. Sarkegad10,688
  3. Adanchuli8,265
  4. Kharpunath6,736
  5. Chankheli6,579
  6. Tanjakot6,092
  7. Namkha3,589

Humla District overview →

Not yet covered

Supported by the data model, not yet ingested at this level.

Ward-level detail, local government budgets and expenditure, school and health facility counts, and election results. The census publishes ward tables and the model already supports the grain; nothing is ingested there yet, so no section for it appears above.

Compare with the rest of Humla

Every published census measure, side by side. This unit is highlighted; rank by any column, or select rows to compare a few.

7 local governments · tick rows to pin and compare
local governments compared on Population, Households, Literacy rate, Literate population, Population aged 5 and over, ranked by Population
local governments
Namkha3,58984951.1%1,7063,337
Simkot11,9352,88266.4%7,16510,789
Sarkegad10,6882,20563.8%5,9429,319
Adanchuli8,2651,48063.4%4,5717,211
Kharpunath6,7361,43761.2%3,5995,876
Chankheli6,5791,19366.5%3,9245,900
Tanjakot6,0921,15857.6%3,1045,393

Bars are scaled within each column, so columns compare places and rows compare measures. A dash means the figure is not published for that place, which is not the same as zero. Rates are not additive across places and are never totalled.

Sources & methodology

UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2024) · United Nations Population Fund (2023) · National Statistics Office (2021) · Wikidata (2026) · World Bank (1960-2024)

Reusable under CC BY-IGO 3.0 and nso-official-statistics and CC0 1.0 and CC BY 4.0 with attribution. Retrieved 2026-08-23. Full metadata, caveats and revision history →

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