Districts compared

Bardiya vs Arghakhanchi

Bardiya (459,900 people, headquarters Gulariya) and Arghakhanchi (177,086 people, headquarters Sandhikharka) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bardiya has 282,814 more people.

	Bardiya	Arghakhanchi
Population (2021)	459,900	177,086
Area	2,025 km²	1,193 km²
Density	227/km²	148/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.72%/yr	-1.05%/yr
Literacy	76.9%	80%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	89.15	83.67
Headquarters	Gulariya	Sandhikharka
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	8	6

Bardiya

Bardiya National Park, the Tarai's largest national park and a tiger and wild-elephant stronghold

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Arghakhanchi

The wish-granting Supa Deurali shrine, in Nepal's deepest male out-migration hills

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Questions

Bardiya vs Arghakhanchi, answered

Which has more people, Bardiya or Arghakhanchi?+

Bardiya district had 459,900 people at the 2021 census and Arghakhanchi had 177,086, so Bardiya has 282,814 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bardiya or Arghakhanchi?+

Bardiya covers 2,025 km² and Arghakhanchi covers 1,193 km², a difference of 832 km². Bardiya is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bardiya or Arghakhanchi?+

Bardiya has a density of 227 people/km² and Arghakhanchi has 148 people/km². Bardiya is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bardiya and Arghakhanchi districts?+

Bardiya district's headquarters is Gulariya; Arghakhanchi's is Sandhikharka. 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.