Districts compared

Kailali vs Banke

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 301,472 more people.

	Kailali	Banke
Population (2021)	904,666	603,194
Area	3,235 km²	2,337 km²
Density	280/km²	258/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+1.97%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	73.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	96.83
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Nepalgunj
Province	Sudurpashchim	Lumbini
Local levels	13	8

Kailali

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

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Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Questions

Kailali vs Banke, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Banke?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Banke had 603,194, so Kailali has 301,472 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Banke?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Banke covers 2,337 km², a difference of 898 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Banke?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Banke has 258 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Banke districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Banke's is Nepalgunj. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Banke 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.