Districts compared

Banke vs Nawalparasi West

Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) and Nawalparasi West (386,868 people, headquarters Parasi (Ramgram)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Banke has 216,326 more people.

	Banke	Nawalparasi West
Population (2021)	603,194	386,868
Area	2,337 km²	729 km²
Density	258/km²	527/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	73.4%	78%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.83	94.71
Headquarters	Nepalgunj	Parasi (Ramgram)
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	8	7

Banke

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

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Nawalparasi West

Ramgram stupa, the only one of the Buddha's eight original relic stupas never opened

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Questions

Banke vs Nawalparasi West, answered

Which has more people, Banke or Nawalparasi West?+

Banke district had 603,194 people at the 2021 census and Nawalparasi West had 386,868, so Banke has 216,326 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Banke or Nawalparasi West?+

Banke covers 2,337 km² and Nawalparasi West covers 729 km², a difference of 1,608 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Banke or Nawalparasi West?+

Banke has a density of 258 people/km² and Nawalparasi West has 527 people/km². Nawalparasi West is denser.

What are the headquarters of Banke and Nawalparasi West districts?+

Banke district's headquarters is Nepalgunj; Nawalparasi West's is Parasi (Ramgram). 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.