Districts compared

Bara vs Dolpa

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 720,363 more people.

	Bara	Dolpa
Population (2021)	763,137	42,774
Area	1,190 km²	7,889 km²
Density	641/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	99.85
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	16	8

Bara

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

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Dolpa

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

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Questions

Bara vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Dolpa?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Bara has 720,363 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Dolpa?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,699 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Dolpa?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Bara is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Dolpa districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Bara is in Madhesh 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.