Districts compared

Dailekh vs Salyan

Dailekh (252,313 people, headquarters Dailekh (Narayan)) and Salyan (238,515 people, headquarters Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dailekh has 13,798 more people.

	Dailekh	Salyan
Population (2021)	252,313	238,515
Area	1,502 km²	1,462 km²
Density	168/km²	163/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.35%/yr	-0.16%/yr
Literacy	75.5%	77.3%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.82	93.08
Headquarters	Dailekh (Narayan)	Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	11	10

Dailekh

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

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Salyan

Karnali's southern hill district and one of Nepal's leading ginger producers

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Questions

Dailekh vs Salyan, answered

Which has more people, Dailekh or Salyan?+

Dailekh district had 252,313 people at the 2021 census and Salyan had 238,515, so Dailekh has 13,798 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dailekh or Salyan?+

Dailekh covers 1,502 km² and Salyan covers 1,462 km², a difference of 40 km². Dailekh is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dailekh or Salyan?+

Dailekh has a density of 168 people/km² and Salyan has 163 people/km². Dailekh is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dailekh and Salyan districts?+

Dailekh district's headquarters is Dailekh (Narayan); Salyan's is Salyan Khalanga (Sharada). 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.