Districts compared

Bajura vs Darchula

Bajura (138,523 people, headquarters Martadi (Badimalika)) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bajura has 5,213 more people.

	Bajura	Darchula
Population (2021)	138,523	133,310
Area	2,188 km²	2,322 km²
Density	63/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.25%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	71.2%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.87	93.52
Headquarters	Martadi (Badimalika)	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	9	9

Bajura

The Badimalika temple pilgrimage and Nepal's remote far-western high country

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Darchula

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

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Questions

Bajura vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Bajura or Darchula?+

Bajura district had 138,523 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Bajura has 5,213 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bajura or Darchula?+

Bajura covers 2,188 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 134 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bajura or Darchula?+

Bajura has a density of 63 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Bajura is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bajura and Darchula districts?+

Bajura district's headquarters is Martadi (Badimalika); 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.