Jumla District

Geographically, Jumla is a Himalayan mountainous region of which elevations ranges from 915 metres (3,002 ft) to 4,679 metres (15,351 ft). The Higher Himalayan Region consists of Patarasi and Kanjirowa Himalayan ranges. The major rivers in Jumla are Hima, Tila and Jawa.[4]

At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, Jumla District had a population of 108,921.

As first language, 98.8% spoke Nepali, 0.6% Tamang, 0.3% Sherpa and 0.1% other languages.[12]

Ethnicity/caste: 60.4% were Chhetri, 10.9% Hill Brahmin, 7.4% Kami, 7.4% Thakuri, 7.1% Sarki, 2.5% Damai/Dholi, 1.1% Sanyasi/Dasnami, 1.1% Tamang, 0.9% Lohar, 0.2% Gharti/Bhujel, 0.2% Newar, 0.1% Bhote, 0.1% Gurung, 0.1% Magar, 0.1% Musalman, 0.1% Thakali and 0.2% others.[13]

Religion: 97.9% were Hindu, 1.2% Buddhist, 0.7% Christian, 0.1% Muslim and 0.1% others.[14]

Literacy: 54.0% could read and write, 3.4% could only read and 42.5% could neither read nor write.[15]

On 10 March 2017 Government of Nepal restricted old administrative structures and announced 744 new local level units (9 added later) as per the new constitution of Nepal 2015,[17]

According to new structure Jumla district is divided into 1 municipality (urban) and 7 rural municipality:

Jumla along with Humla, Dolpa and Mustang districts have a history of people using traditional plants for medicine. Research has shown there are upto 109 different species of Ethnomedicine in these areas.[18]

Fifteen different species of plants are known to be used in ethno-veterinary practices in Jumla.[19]

A 2019 study on blood types of people in Jumla revealed A positive is the most common blood type while B positive was the most requested from the blood bank at Karnali Academy of Health Sciences. It also states the most frequent demand for blood came from the gynecological department.[20]

A study on Health facility preparedness of maternal and neonatal health services in 2021 found that Health facilities have better staffing levels, have access to essential medicines and provision of ambulance transport of women and children.[21]

As part of research on the leading causes of death among Nepali women of child-bearing age, a study on Mental Health and Suicide among women in Jumla has found that there are six issues when it comes to women's lives and views on suicide: mental health issues; economics; education; domestic issues; differential gender impacts; suicide and thoughts about it.[22]

A study aimed at finding the frequency of teenage pregnancy and its outcomes revealed that it was 22% among total deliveries and that maternal complication accounted for 33% of the total pregnancies.[23] Awareness about teenage pregnancy is low.[24]

Women of Jumla were one of the first to be recruited into the Maoist Insurgency.[25]

Child marriage is prevalent in Jumla as of 2019.

64.4% of women in Jumla are illiterate.[26]

An "inter-caste economic dependency in a long-term hereditary contractual labor relations" is called Lagi-Lagitya. The castes of Bahun, Thakuri, Chettri who own land but don't till themselves employ low caste groups of Kami and Sarki to work on their lands.[27]

Jumla is rich in Non Timber Forest Products (NTFP) namely medicinal plants and aromatics. 41% of the district is covered with Forest and rangeland.[28]

The Himalayan Black Bear damages crops and attacks livestocks but locals support the animal's conservation.[29]

The red panda (Ailurus fulgens), a threatened carnivore species is found in Jumla.[30]

Jumli Marshi is a high altitude rice variety that is though to have been cultivated in Jumla since 1300 years ago.[31]

Jumla: A Nurse's Story

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  Narakot Sinja Valley
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  Beauty of Winter in Jumla
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  Tila Valley Jumla
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  Wooden Craft, Jumla, Sinja
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  Way to Jumla
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  Jumla Panorama

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