Districts compared

Dang vs Taplejung

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 554,403 more people.

	Dang	Taplejung
Population (2021)	674,993	120,590
Area	2,955 km²	3,646 km²
Density	228/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	101.6
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Phungling
Province	Lumbini	Koshi
Local levels	10	9

Dang

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

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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Dang vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Taplejung?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Dang has 554,403 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Taplejung?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 691 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Taplejung?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Dang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Taplejung districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Taplejung's is Phungling. Dang is in Lumbini Province, Taplejung in Koshi 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.