Districts compared

Bardiya vs Palpa

Bardiya (459,900 people, headquarters Gulariya) and Palpa (245,027 people, headquarters Tansen) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bardiya has 214,873 more people.

	Bardiya	Palpa
Population (2021)	459,900	245,027
Area	2,025 km²	1,373 km²
Density	227/km²	178/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.72%/yr	-0.61%/yr
Literacy	76.9%	83.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	89.15	85.25
Headquarters	Gulariya	Tansen
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	8	10

Bardiya

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

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Palpa

The hill bazaar of Tansen, Palpali dhaka weaving, Sen-era history and the riverside Ranighat palace

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Questions

Bardiya vs Palpa, answered

Which has more people, Bardiya or Palpa?+

Bardiya district had 459,900 people at the 2021 census and Palpa had 245,027, so Bardiya has 214,873 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bardiya or Palpa?+

Bardiya covers 2,025 km² and Palpa covers 1,373 km², a difference of 652 km². Bardiya is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bardiya or Palpa?+

Bardiya has a density of 227 people/km² and Palpa has 178 people/km². Bardiya is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bardiya and Palpa districts?+

Bardiya district's headquarters is Gulariya; Palpa's is Tansen. 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.