Districts compared

Gulmi vs Rukum East

Gulmi (246,494 people, headquarters Tamghas (Resunga)) and Rukum East (56,786 people, headquarters Rukumkot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Gulmi has 189,708 more people.

	Gulmi	Rukum East
Population (2021)	246,494	56,786
Area	1,149 km²	1,660 km²
Density	215/km²	34/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-1.23%/yr	+0.63%/yr
Literacy	80.3%	71.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	83.31	94.01
Headquarters	Tamghas (Resunga)	Rukumkot
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	12	3

Gulmi

Birthplace of Nepali coffee and the sacred Resunga hill above Tamghas

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Rukum East

Nepal's district with the fewest local levels, Kham Magar high country under Putha Hiunchuli, with most of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

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Questions

Gulmi vs Rukum East, answered

Which has more people, Gulmi or Rukum East?+

Gulmi district had 246,494 people at the 2021 census and Rukum East had 56,786, so Gulmi has 189,708 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Gulmi or Rukum East?+

Gulmi covers 1,149 km² and Rukum East covers 1,660 km², a difference of 511 km². Rukum East is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Gulmi or Rukum East?+

Gulmi has a density of 215 people/km² and Rukum East has 34 people/km². Gulmi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Gulmi and Rukum East districts?+

Gulmi district's headquarters is Tamghas (Resunga); Rukum East's is Rukumkot. 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.