Districts compared

Chitwan vs Banke

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 116,665 more people.

	Chitwan	Banke
Population (2021)	719,859	603,194
Area	2,218 km²	2,337 km²
Density	325/km²	258/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	+1.97%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	73.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	96.83
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Nepalgunj
Province	Bagmati	Lumbini
Local levels	7	8

Chitwan

Chitwan National Park, one-horned rhinos and the metropolitan city of Bharatpur

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Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Questions

Chitwan vs Banke, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Banke?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Banke had 603,194, so Chitwan has 116,665 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Banke?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Banke covers 2,337 km², a difference of 119 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Banke?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Banke has 258 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Banke districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Banke's is Nepalgunj. Chitwan is in Bagmati Province, Banke 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.