Districts compared

Bhaktapur vs Nuwakot

Bhaktapur (432,132 people, headquarters Bhaktapur) and Nuwakot (263,391 people, headquarters Bidur) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bhaktapur has 168,741 more people.

	Bhaktapur	Nuwakot
Population (2021)	432,132	263,391
Area	119 km²	1,121 km²
Density	3,631/km²	235/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+3.35%/yr	-0.5%/yr
Literacy	88%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.2	95.99
Headquarters	Bhaktapur	Bidur
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	4	12

Bhaktapur

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

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Nuwakot

The seven-storey Nuwakot Durbar, the fortress-palace where Nepal's unification campaign began

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Questions

Bhaktapur vs Nuwakot, answered

Which has more people, Bhaktapur or Nuwakot?+

Bhaktapur district had 432,132 people at the 2021 census and Nuwakot had 263,391, so Bhaktapur has 168,741 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bhaktapur or Nuwakot?+

Bhaktapur covers 119 km² and Nuwakot covers 1,121 km², a difference of 1,002 km². Nuwakot is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bhaktapur or Nuwakot?+

Bhaktapur has a density of 3,631 people/km² and Nuwakot has 235 people/km². Bhaktapur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bhaktapur and Nuwakot districts?+

Bhaktapur district's headquarters is Bhaktapur; Nuwakot's is Bidur. 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.