Districts compared

Chitwan vs Rasuwa

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Rasuwa (46,689 people, headquarters Dhunche) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 673,170 more people.

	Chitwan	Rasuwa
Population (2021)	719,859	46,689
Area	2,218 km²	1,544 km²
Density	325/km²	30/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	+0.72%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	69.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	106.1
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Dhunche
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	7	5

Chitwan

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

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Rasuwa

The Langtang valley, the sacred Gosainkunda lakes and the Rasuwagadhi crossing to China

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Questions

Chitwan vs Rasuwa, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Rasuwa?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Rasuwa had 46,689, so Chitwan has 673,170 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Rasuwa?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Rasuwa covers 1,544 km², a difference of 674 km². Chitwan is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Rasuwa?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Rasuwa has 30 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Rasuwa districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Rasuwa's is Dhunche. 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.