Jajarkot District ( ne, जाजरकोट जिल्ला) a part of Karnali Province, is one of the seventy-seven

districts of Nepal Districts in Nepal are second level of administrative divisions after provinces. Districts are subdivided in municipalities and rural municipalities. There are seven provinces and 77 districts in Nepal. After the state's reconstruction of admi ...

. The district, with Khalanga as its district headquarters, covers an area of and has a population of 171,304 in

2011 Nepal census Nepal conducted a widespread national census in 2011 by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statistics. Working with the 58 municipalities and the 3915 Village Development Committees at a district level, they recorded data from all the municipalities and ...

Introduction

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

municipalities A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate. The term ''municipality'' may also mean the ...

and 4

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Geography and Climate

Demographics

At the time of the

, Jajarkot District had a population of 171,304. Of these, 99.2% spoke

Nepali Nepali or Nepalese may refer to : Concerning Nepal * Anything of, from, or related to Nepal * Nepali people, citizens of Nepal * Nepali language, an Indo-Aryan language found in Nepal, the current official national language and a language spoken ...

as their first language.2011 Nepal Census, Social Characteristics Tables
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Divisions

Municipalities

Rural municipalities

Former towns and villages

* Archhani * Bhagawati Tol * Bheri * Bhur * Daha * Dandagaun *

Dasera Dasera is a former village development committee in Jajarkot District in the Karnali Province of Nepal. At the time of the 1991 Nepal census The 1991 Nepal census was a widespread national census conducted by the Nepal Central Bureau of Statisti ...

* Dhime * Garkhakot * Jagatipur * Jhapra * Junga Thapachaur * Karkigaun * Khagenkot * Khalanga * Kortrang * Lahai * Majhkot * Nayakwada * Paink * Pajaru * Punama * Ragda * Ramidanda * Rokayagaun * Sakala * Salma *

Sima Sima or SIMA may refer to: People * Sima (Chinese surname) * Sima (given name), a Persian feminine name in use in Iran and Turkey * Sima (surname) Places * Sima, Comoros, on the island of Anjouan, near Madagascar * Sima de los Huesos, a cav ...

* Suwanauli * Talegaun * Thala Raikar 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 Shakti Bahadur Basnet ( ne, शक्ति बहादुर बस्नेत; born 14 April 1971) is a Nepalese politician and current Minister of Forest and Environment. He is a Central Committee Member of Nepal Communist Party. He served ...

Leader of Nepal Communist Party *

Rajeev Bikram Shah Rajeev Bikram Shah ( ne, राजीव विक्रम शाह) is a Nepalese politician. He was elected as a member of Constituent Assembly from second Constitutional Assembly election held on 19 November 2013 from Jajarkot Constituency ...

Leader of Nepali Congress * Dambar Bahadur Singh Central committee member and Leader of Nepal Communist Party CPN UML

References

External links

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UN map of the municipalities of Jajarkot District
Districts of Nepal established in 1962 Districts of Karnali Province {{Jajarkot-geo-stub