Districts compared

Dhanusha vs Jumla

Dhanusha (867,747 people, headquarters Janakpur (Janakpurdham)) and Jumla (118,349 people, headquarters Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhanusha has 749,398 more people.

	Dhanusha	Jumla
Population (2021)	867,747	118,349
Area	1,180 km²	2,531 km²
Density	735/km²	47/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.34%/yr	+0.8%/yr
Literacy	65.2%	70.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.18	100.18
Headquarters	Janakpur (Janakpurdham)	Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)
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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Jumla

Organic apples, high-altitude Jumli Marsi rice and the Sinja Valley, cradle of the Nepali language

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Questions

Dhanusha vs Jumla, answered

Which has more people, Dhanusha or Jumla?+

Dhanusha district had 867,747 people at the 2021 census and Jumla had 118,349, so Dhanusha has 749,398 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhanusha or Jumla?+

Dhanusha covers 1,180 km² and Jumla covers 2,531 km², a difference of 1,351 km². Jumla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhanusha or Jumla?+

Dhanusha has a density of 735 people/km² and Jumla has 47 people/km². Dhanusha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhanusha and Jumla districts?+

Dhanusha district's headquarters is Janakpur (Janakpurdham); Jumla's is Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath). Dhanusha is in Madhesh Province, Jumla 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.