Districts compared

Banke vs Jumla

Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) and Jumla (118,349 people, headquarters Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Banke has 484,845 more people.

	Banke	Jumla
Population (2021)	603,194	118,349
Area	2,337 km²	2,531 km²
Density	258/km²	47/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+0.8%/yr
Literacy	73.4%	70.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.83	100.18
Headquarters	Nepalgunj	Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	8	8

Banke

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

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Jumla

Organic apples, high-altitude Jumli Marsi rice and the Sinja Valley, cradle of the Nepali language

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Questions

Banke vs Jumla, answered

Which has more people, Banke or Jumla?+

Banke district had 603,194 people at the 2021 census and Jumla had 118,349, so Banke has 484,845 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Banke or Jumla?+

Banke covers 2,337 km² and Jumla covers 2,531 km², a difference of 194 km². Jumla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Banke or Jumla?+

Banke has a density of 258 people/km² and Jumla has 47 people/km². Banke is denser.

What are the headquarters of Banke and Jumla districts?+

Banke district's headquarters is Nepalgunj; Jumla's is Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath). Banke is in Lumbini Province, Jumla 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.