Districts compared

Banke vs Dolpa

Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Banke has 560,420 more people.

	Banke	Dolpa
Population (2021)	603,194	42,774
Area	2,337 km²	7,889 km²
Density	258/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	73.4%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.83	99.85
Headquarters	Nepalgunj	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	8	8

Banke

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

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Banke vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Banke or Dolpa?+

Banke district had 603,194 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Banke has 560,420 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Banke or Dolpa?+

Banke covers 2,337 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 5,552 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Banke or Dolpa?+

Banke has a density of 258 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Banke is denser.

What are the headquarters of Banke and Dolpa districts?+

Banke district's headquarters is Nepalgunj; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Banke is in Lumbini Province, Dolpa in Karnali 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.