Districts compared

Kailali vs Bajhang

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Bajhang (189,085 people, headquarters Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 715,581 more people.

	Kailali	Bajhang
Population (2021)	904,666	189,085
Area	3,235 km²	3,422 km²
Density	280/km²	55/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	70.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	87.93
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	13	12

Kailali

Dhangadhi, Ghodaghodi Lake and Nepal's only cable-stayed bridge over the Karnali

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Bajhang

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

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Questions

Kailali vs Bajhang, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Bajhang?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Bajhang had 189,085, so Kailali has 715,581 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Bajhang?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Bajhang covers 3,422 km², a difference of 187 km². Bajhang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Bajhang?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Bajhang has 55 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Bajhang districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Bajhang's is Chainpur (Jayaprithvi). Both districts are 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.