Districts compared

Dang vs Rukum East

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Rukum East (56,786 people, headquarters Rukumkot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 618,207 more people.

	Dang	Rukum East
Population (2021)	674,993	56,786
Area	2,955 km²	1,660 km²
Density	228/km²	34/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	+0.63%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	71.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	94.01
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Rukumkot
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	3

Dang

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

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Rukum East

Nepal's district with the fewest local levels, Kham Magar high country under Putha Hiunchuli, with most of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

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Questions

Dang vs Rukum East, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Rukum East?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Rukum East had 56,786, so Dang has 618,207 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Rukum East?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Rukum East covers 1,660 km², a difference of 1,295 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Rukum East?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Rukum East has 34 people/km². Dang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Rukum East districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Rukum East's is Rukumkot. 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.