Districts compared

Bardiya vs Rolpa

Bardiya (459,900 people, headquarters Gulariya) and Rolpa (234,793 people, headquarters Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bardiya has 225,107 more people.

	Bardiya	Rolpa
Population (2021)	459,900	234,793
Area	2,025 km²	1,879 km²
Density	227/km²	125/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.72%/yr	+0.43%/yr
Literacy	76.9%	75.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	89.15	87.95
Headquarters	Gulariya	Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)
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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Rolpa

Cradle of the 1996–2006 Maoist insurgency, now the Magar highlands of the Guerrilla Trek

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Questions

Bardiya vs Rolpa, answered

Which has more people, Bardiya or Rolpa?+

Bardiya district had 459,900 people at the 2021 census and Rolpa had 234,793, so Bardiya has 225,107 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bardiya or Rolpa?+

Bardiya covers 2,025 km² and Rolpa covers 1,879 km², a difference of 146 km². Bardiya is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bardiya or Rolpa?+

Bardiya has a density of 227 people/km² and Rolpa has 125 people/km². Bardiya is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bardiya and Rolpa districts?+

Bardiya district's headquarters is Gulariya; Rolpa's is Liwang (Rolpa Municipality). 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.