Districts compared

Arghakhanchi vs Rukum East

Arghakhanchi (177,086 people, headquarters Sandhikharka) and Rukum East (56,786 people, headquarters Rukumkot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Arghakhanchi has 120,300 more people.

	Arghakhanchi	Rukum East
Population (2021)	177,086	56,786
Area	1,193 km²	1,660 km²
Density	148/km²	34/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-1.05%/yr	+0.63%/yr
Literacy	80%	71.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	83.67	94.01
Headquarters	Sandhikharka	Rukumkot
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	6	3

Arghakhanchi

The wish-granting Supa Deurali shrine, in Nepal's deepest male out-migration hills

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Rukum East

Nepal's district with the fewest local levels, Kham Magar high country under Putha Hiunchuli, with most of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

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Questions

Arghakhanchi vs Rukum East, answered

Which has more people, Arghakhanchi or Rukum East?+

Arghakhanchi district had 177,086 people at the 2021 census and Rukum East had 56,786, so Arghakhanchi has 120,300 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Arghakhanchi or Rukum East?+

Arghakhanchi covers 1,193 km² and Rukum East covers 1,660 km², a difference of 467 km². Rukum East is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Arghakhanchi or Rukum East?+

Arghakhanchi has a density of 148 people/km² and Rukum East has 34 people/km². Arghakhanchi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Arghakhanchi and Rukum East districts?+

Arghakhanchi district's headquarters is Sandhikharka; Rukum East's is Rukumkot. Both districts are in Lumbini 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.