Districts compared

Jhapa vs Panchthar

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Panchthar (172,400 people, headquarters Phidim) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 825,654 more people.

	Jhapa	Panchthar
Population (2021)	998,054	172,400
Area	1,606 km²	1,241 km²
Density	621/km²	139/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	-1.02%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	82.3%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	98.81
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Phidim
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	15	8

Jhapa

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

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Panchthar

The Limbu heartland of eastern Nepal, centred on the hill bazaar of Phidim

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Questions

Jhapa vs Panchthar, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Panchthar?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Panchthar had 172,400, so Jhapa has 825,654 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Panchthar?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Panchthar covers 1,241 km², a difference of 365 km². Jhapa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Panchthar?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Panchthar has 139 people/km². Jhapa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Panchthar districts?+

Jhapa district's headquarters is Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi); Panchthar's is Phidim. 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.