Districts compared

Chitwan vs Darchula

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 586,549 more people.

	Chitwan	Darchula
Population (2021)	719,859	133,310
Area	2,218 km²	2,322 km²
Density	325/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	93.52
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Bagmati	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	7	9

Chitwan

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

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Chitwan vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Darchula?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Chitwan has 586,549 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Darchula?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 104 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Darchula?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Darchula districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Chitwan is in Bagmati Province, Darchula in Sudurpashchim 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.