Districts compared

Dhading vs Dolakha

Dhading (325,710 people, headquarters Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)) and Dolakha (172,767 people, headquarters Charikot (Bhimeshwar)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhading has 152,943 more people.

	Dhading	Dolakha
Population (2021)	325,710	172,767
Area	1,926 km²	2,191 km²
Density	169/km²	79/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.3%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	72.4%	72.3%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.43	94.02
Headquarters	Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)	Charikot (Bhimeshwar)
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	13	9

Dhading

Ganesh Himal country immediately west of Kathmandu, bisected by the Prithvi Highway

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Dolakha

Dolakha Bhimsen temple, the Kalinchok shrine and Nepal's largest hydropower plant, Upper Tamakoshi

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Questions

Dhading vs Dolakha, answered

Which has more people, Dhading or Dolakha?+

Dhading district had 325,710 people at the 2021 census and Dolakha had 172,767, so Dhading has 152,943 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhading or Dolakha?+

Dhading covers 1,926 km² and Dolakha covers 2,191 km², a difference of 265 km². Dolakha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhading or Dolakha?+

Dhading has a density of 169 people/km² and Dolakha has 79 people/km². Dhading is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhading and Dolakha districts?+

Dhading district's headquarters is Dhading Besi (Nilkantha); Dolakha's is Charikot (Bhimeshwar). Both districts are in Bagmati 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.