Districts compared

Dailekh vs Rukum West

Dailekh (252,313 people, headquarters Dailekh (Narayan)) and Rukum West (166,740 people, headquarters Musikot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dailekh has 85,573 more people.

	Dailekh	Rukum West
Population (2021)	252,313	166,740
Area	1,502 km²	1,217 km²
Density	168/km²	137/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.35%/yr	+0.68%/yr
Literacy	75.5%	75.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.82	94.68
Headquarters	Dailekh (Narayan)	Musikot
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	11	6

Dailekh

Dullu's medieval Khasa-empire inscriptions and the natural eternal flames of the Panchakoshi pilgrimage

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Rukum West

The Karnali half of old Rukum, cradle district of the Maoist 'People's War', struck again by the 2023 earthquake

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Questions

Dailekh vs Rukum West, answered

Which has more people, Dailekh or Rukum West?+

Dailekh district had 252,313 people at the 2021 census and Rukum West had 166,740, so Dailekh has 85,573 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dailekh or Rukum West?+

Dailekh covers 1,502 km² and Rukum West covers 1,217 km², a difference of 285 km². Dailekh is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dailekh or Rukum West?+

Dailekh has a density of 168 people/km² and Rukum West has 137 people/km². Dailekh is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dailekh and Rukum West districts?+

Dailekh district's headquarters is Dailekh (Narayan); Rukum West's is Musikot. Both districts are 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.