Districts compared

Chitwan vs Gorkha

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 468,832 more people.

	Chitwan	Gorkha
Population (2021)	719,859	251,027
Area	2,218 km²	3,610 km²
Density	325/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	88.92
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Gorkha
Province	Bagmati	Gandaki
Local levels	7	11

Chitwan

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Chitwan vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Gorkha?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Chitwan has 468,832 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Gorkha?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 1,392 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Gorkha?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Gorkha districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Chitwan is in Bagmati Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.