Districts compared

Jajarkot vs Humla

Jajarkot (189,360 people, headquarters Khalanga (Bheri)) and Humla (55,394 people, headquarters Simikot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jajarkot has 133,966 more people.

	Jajarkot	Humla
Population (2021)	189,360	55,394
Area	2,230 km²	5,655 km²
Density	85/km²	10/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.96%/yr	+0.82%/yr
Literacy	75.5%	63.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.71	101.37
Headquarters	Khalanga (Bheri)	Simikot
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	7	7

Jajarkot

Bheri-basin hill district at the epicentre of Nepal's deadly November 2023 earthquake

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Humla

Nepal's remotest district, Simikot, the Limi Valley and the Hilsa gateway to Mount Kailash

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Questions

Jajarkot vs Humla, answered

Which has more people, Jajarkot or Humla?+

Jajarkot district had 189,360 people at the 2021 census and Humla had 55,394, so Jajarkot has 133,966 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jajarkot or Humla?+

Jajarkot covers 2,230 km² and Humla covers 5,655 km², a difference of 3,425 km². Humla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jajarkot or Humla?+

Jajarkot has a density of 85 people/km² and Humla has 10 people/km². Jajarkot is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jajarkot and Humla districts?+

Jajarkot district's headquarters is Khalanga (Bheri); Humla's is Simikot. Both districts are in Karnali Province.

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Sources & data note

All population, household, density, sex-ratio and growth figures are from the National Population and Housing Census 2021 (NSO National Report, Table 15; census reference date 25 November 2021), with 2011 comparisons from the 2011 census recalculated to current boundaries for the four districts split in 2017. Areas are the official statistical areas used by NSO/CBS, the 77 districts sum to exactly 147,181 km², not GIS polygon areas; where Wikipedia's list page prints conflicting areas for the four split districts (Nawalpur, Nawalparasi West, Rukum East, Rukum West), the NSO-consistent figures are used. Literacy rates are computed from NSO Table 24 raw counts (population aged 5+ who can read and write); the computed national aggregate, 76.25%, matches NSO's published 76.2%. Headquarters coordinates are approximate map-pin locations (±2–5 km), not surveyed points.