Districts compared

Jhapa vs Sunsari

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 71,092 more people.

	Jhapa	Sunsari
Population (2021)	998,054	926,962
Area	1,606 km²	1,257 km²
Density	621/km²	737/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+1.86%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	78.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	93.95
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Inaruwa
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	15	12

Jhapa

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

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Sunsari

Dharan, Itahari and the Koshi Tappu wetlands at eastern Nepal's crossroads

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Questions

Jhapa vs Sunsari, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Sunsari?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Sunsari had 926,962, so Jhapa has 71,092 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Sunsari?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Sunsari covers 1,257 km², a difference of 349 km². Jhapa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Sunsari?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Sunsari has 737 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Sunsari districts?+

Jhapa district's headquarters is Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi); Sunsari's is Inaruwa. 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.