Districts compared

Ilam vs Dhankuta

Ilam (279,534 people, headquarters Ilam) and Dhankuta (150,599 people, headquarters Dhankuta) compared side by side, population, density and area. Ilam has 128,935 more people.

	Ilam	Dhankuta
Population (2021)	279,534	150,599
Area	1,703 km²	891 km²
Density	164/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.36%/yr	-0.78%/yr
Literacy	83.4%	81.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.52	96.16
Headquarters	Ilam	Dhankuta
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	10	7

Ilam

Nepal's tea capital, orthodox tea gardens since 1863

Full Ilam profile →

Dhankuta

Orange and tea hills around the former Eastern Region headquarters

Full Dhankuta profile →

Questions

Ilam vs Dhankuta, answered

Which has more people, Ilam or Dhankuta?+

Ilam district had 279,534 people at the 2021 census and Dhankuta had 150,599, so Ilam has 128,935 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Ilam or Dhankuta?+

Ilam covers 1,703 km² and Dhankuta covers 891 km², a difference of 812 km². Ilam is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Ilam or Dhankuta?+

Ilam has a density of 164 people/km² and Dhankuta has 169 people/km². Dhankuta is denser.

What are the headquarters of Ilam and Dhankuta districts?+

Ilam district's headquarters is Ilam; Dhankuta's is Dhankuta. Both districts are in Koshi Province.

More comparisons

Bhojpur vs Dhankuta

Dhankuta vs Okhaldhunga

Dhankuta vs Solukhumbu

Dhankuta vs Taplejung

Dhankuta vs Terhathum

Ilam vs Bhojpur

← Compare all districts

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.