Districts compared

Jhapa vs Dang

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 323,061 more people.

	Jhapa	Dang
Population (2021)	998,054	674,993
Area	1,606 km²	2,955 km²
Density	621/km²	228/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+1.92%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	81.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	90.45
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Ghorahi
Province	Koshi	Lumbini
Local levels	15	10

Jhapa

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

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Dang

The Dang and Deukhuri valleys, Tharu heartland and seat of Lumbini Province's capital

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Questions

Jhapa vs Dang, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Dang?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Dang had 674,993, so Jhapa has 323,061 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Dang?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Dang covers 2,955 km², a difference of 1,349 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Dang?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Dang has 228 people/km². Jhapa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Dang districts?+

Jhapa district's headquarters is Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi); Dang's is Ghorahi. Jhapa is in Koshi Province, Dang 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.