Districts compared

Chitwan vs Dolpa

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 677,085 more people.

	Chitwan	Dolpa
Population (2021)	719,859	42,774
Area	2,218 km²	7,889 km²
Density	325/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	99.85
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Bagmati	Karnali
Local levels	7	8

Chitwan

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

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Chitwan vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Dolpa?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Chitwan has 677,085 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Dolpa?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 5,671 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Dolpa?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Dolpa districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Chitwan is in Bagmati Province, Dolpa in Karnali 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.