Districts compared

Chitwan vs Sankhuwasabha

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Sankhuwasabha (158,041 people, headquarters Khandbari) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 561,818 more people.

	Chitwan	Sankhuwasabha
Population (2021)	719,859	158,041
Area	2,218 km²	3,480 km²
Density	325/km²	45/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	-0.04%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	79.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	101.42
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Khandbari
Province	Bagmati	Koshi
Local levels	7	10

Chitwan

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

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Sankhuwasabha

Makalu's district, from the Arun gorge to the world's fifth-highest peak

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Questions

Chitwan vs Sankhuwasabha, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Sankhuwasabha?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Sankhuwasabha had 158,041, so Chitwan has 561,818 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Sankhuwasabha?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Sankhuwasabha covers 3,480 km², a difference of 1,262 km². Sankhuwasabha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Sankhuwasabha?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Sankhuwasabha has 45 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Sankhuwasabha districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Sankhuwasabha's is Khandbari. Chitwan is in Bagmati Province, Sankhuwasabha in Koshi 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.