Districts compared

Bara vs Darchula

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 629,827 more people.

	Bara	Darchula
Population (2021)	763,137	133,310
Area	1,190 km²	2,322 km²
Density	641/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	93.52
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Madhesh	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	16	9

Bara

Gadhimai's quinquennial festival, the medieval capital Simraungadh and the Nijgadh airport forest

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Bara vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Darchula?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Bara has 629,827 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Darchula?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 1,132 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Darchula?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Bara is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Darchula districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Bara is in Madhesh Province, Darchula in Sudurpashchim 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.