Districts compared

Banke vs Arghakhanchi

Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) and Arghakhanchi (177,086 people, headquarters Sandhikharka) compared side by side, population, density and area. Banke has 426,108 more people.

	Banke	Arghakhanchi
Population (2021)	603,194	177,086
Area	2,337 km²	1,193 km²
Density	258/km²	148/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	-1.05%/yr
Literacy	73.4%	80%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.83	83.67
Headquarters	Nepalgunj	Sandhikharka
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	8	6

Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Arghakhanchi

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

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Questions

Banke vs Arghakhanchi, answered

Which has more people, Banke or Arghakhanchi?+

Banke district had 603,194 people at the 2021 census and Arghakhanchi had 177,086, so Banke has 426,108 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Banke or Arghakhanchi?+

Banke covers 2,337 km² and Arghakhanchi covers 1,193 km², a difference of 1,144 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Banke or Arghakhanchi?+

Banke has a density of 258 people/km² and Arghakhanchi has 148 people/km². Banke is denser.

What are the headquarters of Banke and Arghakhanchi districts?+

Banke district's headquarters is Nepalgunj; Arghakhanchi's is Sandhikharka. 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.