Districts compared

Banke vs Bardiya

Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) and Bardiya (459,900 people, headquarters Gulariya) compared side by side, population, density and area. Banke has 143,294 more people.

	Banke	Bardiya
Population (2021)	603,194	459,900
Area	2,337 km²	2,025 km²
Density	258/km²	227/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+0.72%/yr
Literacy	73.4%	76.9%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.83	89.15
Headquarters	Nepalgunj	Gulariya
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	8	8

Banke

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

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Bardiya

Bardiya National Park, the Tarai's largest national park and a tiger and wild-elephant stronghold

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Questions

Banke vs Bardiya, answered

Which has more people, Banke or Bardiya?+

Banke district had 603,194 people at the 2021 census and Bardiya had 459,900, so Banke has 143,294 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Banke or Bardiya?+

Banke covers 2,337 km² and Bardiya covers 2,025 km², a difference of 312 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Banke or Bardiya?+

Banke has a density of 258 people/km² and Bardiya has 227 people/km². Banke is denser.

What are the headquarters of Banke and Bardiya districts?+

Banke district's headquarters is Nepalgunj; Bardiya's is Gulariya. 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.