Districts compared

Dang vs Palpa

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Palpa (245,027 people, headquarters Tansen) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 429,966 more people.

	Dang	Palpa
Population (2021)	674,993	245,027
Area	2,955 km²	1,373 km²
Density	228/km²	178/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	-0.61%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	83.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	85.25
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Tansen
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	10

Dang

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

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Palpa

The hill bazaar of Tansen, Palpali dhaka weaving, Sen-era history and the riverside Ranighat palace

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Questions

Dang vs Palpa, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Palpa?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Palpa had 245,027, so Dang has 429,966 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Palpa?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Palpa covers 1,373 km², a difference of 1,582 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Palpa?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Palpa has 178 people/km². Dang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Palpa districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Palpa's is Tansen. 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.