Districts compared

Dhankuta vs Taplejung

Dhankuta (150,599 people, headquarters Dhankuta) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhankuta has 30,009 more people.

	Dhankuta	Taplejung
Population (2021)	150,599	120,590
Area	891 km²	3,646 km²
Density	169/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.78%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.16	101.6
Headquarters	Dhankuta	Phungling
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	7	9

Dhankuta

Orange and tea hills around the former Eastern Region headquarters

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Taplejung

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

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Questions

Dhankuta vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Dhankuta or Taplejung?+

Dhankuta district had 150,599 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Dhankuta has 30,009 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhankuta or Taplejung?+

Dhankuta covers 891 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,755 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhankuta or Taplejung?+

Dhankuta has a density of 169 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Dhankuta is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhankuta and Taplejung districts?+

Dhankuta district's headquarters is Dhankuta; Taplejung's is Phungling. Both districts are 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.