Districts compared

Banke vs Rukum East

Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) and Rukum East (56,786 people, headquarters Rukumkot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Banke has 546,408 more people.

	Banke	Rukum East
Population (2021)	603,194	56,786
Area	2,337 km²	1,660 km²
Density	258/km²	34/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+0.63%/yr
Literacy	73.4%	71.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.83	94.01
Headquarters	Nepalgunj	Rukumkot
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	8	3

Banke

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

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Rukum East

Nepal's district with the fewest local levels, Kham Magar high country under Putha Hiunchuli, with most of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

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Questions

Banke vs Rukum East, answered

Which has more people, Banke or Rukum East?+

Banke district had 603,194 people at the 2021 census and Rukum East had 56,786, so Banke has 546,408 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Banke or Rukum East?+

Banke covers 2,337 km² and Rukum East covers 1,660 km², a difference of 677 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Banke or Rukum East?+

Banke has a density of 258 people/km² and Rukum East has 34 people/km². Banke is denser.

What are the headquarters of Banke and Rukum East districts?+

Banke district's headquarters is Nepalgunj; Rukum East's is Rukumkot. 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.