Districts compared

Dhading vs Nuwakot

Dhading (325,710 people, headquarters Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)) and Nuwakot (263,391 people, headquarters Bidur) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhading has 62,319 more people.

	Dhading	Nuwakot
Population (2021)	325,710	263,391
Area	1,926 km²	1,121 km²
Density	169/km²	235/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.3%/yr	-0.5%/yr
Literacy	72.4%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.43	95.99
Headquarters	Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)	Bidur
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	13	12

Dhading

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

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Nuwakot

The seven-storey Nuwakot Durbar, the fortress-palace where Nepal's unification campaign began

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Questions

Dhading vs Nuwakot, answered

Which has more people, Dhading or Nuwakot?+

Dhading district had 325,710 people at the 2021 census and Nuwakot had 263,391, so Dhading has 62,319 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhading or Nuwakot?+

Dhading covers 1,926 km² and Nuwakot covers 1,121 km², a difference of 805 km². Dhading is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhading or Nuwakot?+

Dhading has a density of 169 people/km² and Nuwakot has 235 people/km². Nuwakot is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhading and Nuwakot districts?+

Dhading district's headquarters is Dhading Besi (Nilkantha); Nuwakot's is Bidur. 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.