Districts compared

Chitwan vs Dhading

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Dhading (325,710 people, headquarters Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 394,149 more people.

	Chitwan	Dhading
Population (2021)	719,859	325,710
Area	2,218 km²	1,926 km²
Density	325/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	95.43
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	7	13

Chitwan

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

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Dhading

Ganesh Himal country immediately west of Kathmandu, bisected by the Prithvi Highway

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Questions

Chitwan vs Dhading, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Dhading?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Dhading had 325,710, so Chitwan has 394,149 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Dhading?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Dhading covers 1,926 km², a difference of 292 km². Chitwan is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Dhading?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Dhading has 169 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Dhading districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Dhading's is Dhading Besi (Nilkantha). 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.