Districts compared

Jhapa vs Gorkha

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 747,027 more people.

	Jhapa	Gorkha
Population (2021)	998,054	251,027
Area	1,606 km²	3,610 km²
Density	621/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	88.92
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Gorkha
Province	Koshi	Gandaki
Local levels	15	11

Jhapa

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Jhapa vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Gorkha?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Jhapa has 747,027 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Gorkha?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,004 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Gorkha?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Jhapa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Gorkha districts?+

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