Simkot Rural Municipality

Simkot (सिमकोट गाउँपालिका) is a rural municipality located in Humla District of Karnali Province of Nepal.

The rural municipality is divided into total 8 wards and the headquarters of the rural municipality is situated at Simikot.

Simikot airport is one and only airport of Humla, located on Simikot. Simkot serves as the gateway to Mansarobar/ Kailash pilgrimage.

Demographics
At the time of the 2011 Nepal census, 80.0% of the population in Simkot Rural Municipality spoke Nepali, 18.7% Tamang, 0.3% Magar, 0.3% Sign language, 0.2% Maithili and 0.1% Doteli as their first language; 0.4% spoke other languages.

In terms of ethnicity/caste, 40.5% were Chhetri, 25.1% Thakuri, 19.1% Tamang, 9.9% Kami, 1.9% Damai/Dholi, 1.1% Hill Brahmin, 0.8% Byasi/Sauka, 0.5% Magar and 1.1% others.

In terms of religion, 80.2% were Hindu, 19.4% Buddhist, 0.2% Christian, 0.1% Muslim and 0.1% others.