Districts compared

Dhanusha vs Sindhupalchok

Dhanusha (867,747 people, headquarters Janakpur (Janakpurdham)) and Sindhupalchok (262,624 people, headquarters Chautara) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhanusha has 605,123 more people.

	Dhanusha	Sindhupalchok
Population (2021)	867,747	262,624
Area	1,180 km²	2,542 km²
Density	735/km²	103/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.34%/yr	-0.88%/yr
Literacy	65.2%	68%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.18	96.84
Headquarters	Janakpur (Janakpurdham)	Chautara
Province	Madhesh	Bagmati
Local levels	18	12

Dhanusha

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

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Sindhupalchok

Bhote Koshi gorge country on the old China road, source of Kathmandu's Melamchi water, hardest hit in 2015

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Questions

Dhanusha vs Sindhupalchok, answered

Which has more people, Dhanusha or Sindhupalchok?+

Dhanusha district had 867,747 people at the 2021 census and Sindhupalchok had 262,624, so Dhanusha has 605,123 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhanusha or Sindhupalchok?+

Dhanusha covers 1,180 km² and Sindhupalchok covers 2,542 km², a difference of 1,362 km². Sindhupalchok is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhanusha or Sindhupalchok?+

Dhanusha has a density of 735 people/km² and Sindhupalchok has 103 people/km². Dhanusha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhanusha and Sindhupalchok districts?+

Dhanusha district's headquarters is Janakpur (Janakpurdham); Sindhupalchok's is Chautara. Dhanusha is in Madhesh Province, Sindhupalchok 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.