Districts compared

Bhaktapur vs Rasuwa

Bhaktapur (432,132 people, headquarters Bhaktapur) and Rasuwa (46,689 people, headquarters Dhunche) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bhaktapur has 385,443 more people.

	Bhaktapur	Rasuwa
Population (2021)	432,132	46,689
Area	119 km²	1,544 km²
Density	3,631/km²	30/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+3.35%/yr	+0.72%/yr
Literacy	88%	69.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.2	106.1
Headquarters	Bhaktapur	Dhunche
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	4	5

Bhaktapur

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

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Rasuwa

The Langtang valley, the sacred Gosainkunda lakes and the Rasuwagadhi crossing to China

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Questions

Bhaktapur vs Rasuwa, answered

Which has more people, Bhaktapur or Rasuwa?+

Bhaktapur district had 432,132 people at the 2021 census and Rasuwa had 46,689, so Bhaktapur has 385,443 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bhaktapur or Rasuwa?+

Bhaktapur covers 119 km² and Rasuwa covers 1,544 km², a difference of 1,425 km². Rasuwa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bhaktapur or Rasuwa?+

Bhaktapur has a density of 3,631 people/km² and Rasuwa has 30 people/km². Bhaktapur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bhaktapur and Rasuwa districts?+

Bhaktapur district's headquarters is Bhaktapur; Rasuwa's is Dhunche. 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.