Districts compared

Dang vs Darchula

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 541,683 more people.

	Dang	Darchula
Population (2021)	674,993	133,310
Area	2,955 km²	2,322 km²
Density	228/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	93.52
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Lumbini	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	10	9

Dang

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

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Dang vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Darchula?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Dang has 541,683 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Darchula?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 633 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Darchula?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Dang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Darchula districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Dang is in Lumbini Province, Darchula in Sudurpashchim 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.