Districts compared

Jhapa vs Bajhang

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Bajhang (189,085 people, headquarters Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 808,969 more people.

	Jhapa	Bajhang
Population (2021)	998,054	189,085
Area	1,606 km²	3,422 km²
Density	621/km²	55/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	70.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	87.93
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)
Province	Koshi	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	15	12

Jhapa

Nepal's easternmost district and its lowest-lying land, on the fertile Mechi plain

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Bajhang

Saipal Himal (7,031 m) and the reformer-raja Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh

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Questions

Jhapa vs Bajhang, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Bajhang?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Bajhang had 189,085, so Jhapa has 808,969 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Bajhang?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Bajhang covers 3,422 km², a difference of 1,816 km². Bajhang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Bajhang?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Bajhang has 55 people/km². Jhapa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Bajhang districts?+

Jhapa district's headquarters is Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi); Bajhang's is Chainpur (Jayaprithvi). Jhapa is in Koshi Province, Bajhang in Sudurpashchim 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.