Districts compared

Bajhang vs Darchula

Bajhang (189,085 people, headquarters Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bajhang has 55,775 more people.

	Bajhang	Darchula
Population (2021)	189,085	133,310
Area	3,422 km²	2,322 km²
Density	55/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.3%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	70.5%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	87.93	93.52
Headquarters	Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	12	9

Bajhang

Saipal Himal (7,031 m) and the reformer-raja Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Bajhang vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Bajhang or Darchula?+

Bajhang district had 189,085 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Bajhang has 55,775 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bajhang or Darchula?+

Bajhang covers 3,422 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 1,100 km². Bajhang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bajhang or Darchula?+

Bajhang has a density of 55 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Darchula is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bajhang and Darchula districts?+

Bajhang district's headquarters is Chainpur (Jayaprithvi); Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Both districts are in Sudurpashchim 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.