Districts compared

Gulmi vs Rolpa

Gulmi (246,494 people, headquarters Tamghas (Resunga)) and Rolpa (234,793 people, headquarters Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Gulmi has 11,701 more people.

	Gulmi	Rolpa
Population (2021)	246,494	234,793
Area	1,149 km²	1,879 km²
Density	215/km²	125/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-1.23%/yr	+0.43%/yr
Literacy	80.3%	75.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	83.31	87.95
Headquarters	Tamghas (Resunga)	Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	12	10

Gulmi

Birthplace of Nepali coffee and the sacred Resunga hill above Tamghas

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Rolpa

Cradle of the 1996–2006 Maoist insurgency, now the Magar highlands of the Guerrilla Trek

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Questions

Gulmi vs Rolpa, answered

Which has more people, Gulmi or Rolpa?+

Gulmi district had 246,494 people at the 2021 census and Rolpa had 234,793, so Gulmi has 11,701 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Gulmi or Rolpa?+

Gulmi covers 1,149 km² and Rolpa covers 1,879 km², a difference of 730 km². Rolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Gulmi or Rolpa?+

Gulmi has a density of 215 people/km² and Rolpa has 125 people/km². Gulmi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Gulmi and Rolpa districts?+

Gulmi district's headquarters is Tamghas (Resunga); Rolpa's is Liwang (Rolpa Municipality). Both districts are in Lumbini 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.