Districts compared

Ilam vs Taplejung

Ilam (279,534 people, headquarters Ilam) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Ilam has 158,944 more people.

	Ilam	Taplejung
Population (2021)	279,534	120,590
Area	1,703 km²	3,646 km²
Density	164/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.36%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	83.4%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	99.52	101.6
Headquarters	Ilam	Phungling
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	10	9

Ilam

Nepal's tea capital, orthodox tea gardens since 1863

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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Ilam vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Ilam or Taplejung?+

Ilam district had 279,534 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Ilam has 158,944 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Ilam or Taplejung?+

Ilam covers 1,703 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 1,943 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Ilam or Taplejung?+

Ilam has a density of 164 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Ilam is denser.

What are the headquarters of Ilam and Taplejung districts?+

Ilam district's headquarters is Ilam; Taplejung's is Phungling. Both districts are in Koshi 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.