Districts compared

Bhaktapur vs Dolakha

Bhaktapur (432,132 people, headquarters Bhaktapur) and Dolakha (172,767 people, headquarters Charikot (Bhimeshwar)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bhaktapur has 259,365 more people.

	Bhaktapur	Dolakha
Population (2021)	432,132	172,767
Area	119 km²	2,191 km²
Density	3,631/km²	79/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+3.35%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	88%	72.3%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.2	94.02
Headquarters	Bhaktapur	Charikot (Bhimeshwar)
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	4	9

Bhaktapur

Medieval Newar city of Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Nepal's smallest and fastest-growing district

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Dolakha

Dolakha Bhimsen temple, the Kalinchok shrine and Nepal's largest hydropower plant, Upper Tamakoshi

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Questions

Bhaktapur vs Dolakha, answered

Which has more people, Bhaktapur or Dolakha?+

Bhaktapur district had 432,132 people at the 2021 census and Dolakha had 172,767, so Bhaktapur has 259,365 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bhaktapur or Dolakha?+

Bhaktapur covers 119 km² and Dolakha covers 2,191 km², a difference of 2,072 km². Dolakha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bhaktapur or Dolakha?+

Bhaktapur has a density of 3,631 people/km² and Dolakha has 79 people/km². Bhaktapur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bhaktapur and Dolakha districts?+

Bhaktapur district's headquarters is Bhaktapur; Dolakha's is Charikot (Bhimeshwar). Both districts are in Bagmati 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.