Jajarkot District

Jajarkot District (Nepali: जाजरकोट जिल्ला) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven districts of Nepal. The district, with Khalanga as its district headquarters, covers an area of 2,230 km² (860 sq mi) and has a population of 171,304 in 2011 Nepal census.

Introduction

Jajarkot is one of the districts of Karnali Province in Nepal. Khalanga is its headquarters. It has 3 municipalities and 4 rural municipalities.

Geography and Climate

Demographics

Population

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Jajarkot District had a population of 171,304.

Language

As their first language, 99.2% spoke Nepali, 0.5% Kham, 0.2% Magar and 0.1% other languages.

Ethnicity/caste

38.0% were Chhetri, 22.4% Kami, 16.8% Thakuri, 9.0% Magar, 4.6% Hill Brahmin, 4.0% Damai/Dholi, 2.0% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.8% Sarki, 0.7% Badi, 0.2% Newar, 0.1% Dhobi, 0.1% Gaine, 0.1% Lohar, 0.1% Raji, 0.1% other Terai and 0.1% others.

Religion

Literacy Rate

56.9% could read and write, 4.0% could only read and 39.0% could neither read nor write.

Divisions

Municipalities

Rural municipalities

Towns and villages

Notable people

Ratna Prashad Sharma Neupane Social worker and Leader of Communist Party of Nepal (Unified Marxist–Leninist), member of Legislature Parliament 1999
Shakti Bahadur Basnet Leader of Nepal Communist Party
Rajeev Bikram Shah Leader of Nepali Congress
Dambar Bahadur Singh Central committee member and Leader of Nepal Communist Party CPN UML