Districts compared

Dhanusha vs Dolpa

Dhanusha (867,747 people, headquarters Janakpur (Janakpurdham)) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhanusha has 824,973 more people.

	Dhanusha	Dolpa
Population (2021)	867,747	42,774
Area	1,180 km²	7,889 km²
Density	735/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.34%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	65.2%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.18	99.85
Headquarters	Janakpur (Janakpurdham)	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	18	8

Dhanusha

Janakpurdham, Madhesh's capital, the Janaki Mandir and Nepal's only operating railway

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Dhanusha vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Dhanusha or Dolpa?+

Dhanusha district had 867,747 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Dhanusha has 824,973 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhanusha or Dolpa?+

Dhanusha covers 1,180 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,709 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhanusha or Dolpa?+

Dhanusha has a density of 735 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Dhanusha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhanusha and Dolpa districts?+

Dhanusha district's headquarters is Janakpur (Janakpurdham); Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Dhanusha is in Madhesh Province, Dolpa in Karnali 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.