Districts compared

Chitwan vs Nuwakot

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Nuwakot (263,391 people, headquarters Bidur) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 456,468 more people.

	Chitwan	Nuwakot
Population (2021)	719,859	263,391
Area	2,218 km²	1,121 km²
Density	325/km²	235/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	-0.5%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	95.99
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Bidur
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	7	12

Chitwan

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

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Nuwakot

The seven-storey Nuwakot Durbar, the fortress-palace where Nepal's unification campaign began

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Questions

Chitwan vs Nuwakot, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Nuwakot?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Nuwakot had 263,391, so Chitwan has 456,468 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Nuwakot?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Nuwakot covers 1,121 km², a difference of 1,097 km². Chitwan is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Nuwakot?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Nuwakot has 235 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Nuwakot districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Nuwakot's is Bidur. 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.