Districts compared

Dang vs Arghakhanchi

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Arghakhanchi (177,086 people, headquarters Sandhikharka) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 497,907 more people.

	Dang	Arghakhanchi
Population (2021)	674,993	177,086
Area	2,955 km²	1,193 km²
Density	228/km²	148/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	-1.05%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	80%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	83.67
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Sandhikharka
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	6

Dang

The Dang and Deukhuri valleys, Tharu heartland and seat of Lumbini Province's capital

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Arghakhanchi

The wish-granting Supa Deurali shrine, in Nepal's deepest male out-migration hills

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Questions

Dang vs Arghakhanchi, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Arghakhanchi?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Arghakhanchi had 177,086, so Dang has 497,907 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Arghakhanchi?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Arghakhanchi covers 1,193 km², a difference of 1,762 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Arghakhanchi?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Arghakhanchi has 148 people/km². Dang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Arghakhanchi districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Arghakhanchi's is Sandhikharka. Both districts are in Lumbini 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.