Districts compared

Kailali vs Chitwan

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 184,807 more people.

	Kailali	Chitwan
Population (2021)	904,666	719,859
Area	3,235 km²	2,218 km²
Density	280/km²	325/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+2.07%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	83.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	95.58
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Bharatpur
Province	Sudurpashchim	Bagmati
Local levels	13	7

Kailali

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

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Chitwan

Chitwan National Park, one-horned rhinos and the metropolitan city of Bharatpur

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Questions

Kailali vs Chitwan, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Chitwan?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Chitwan had 719,859, so Kailali has 184,807 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Chitwan?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Chitwan covers 2,218 km², a difference of 1,017 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Chitwan?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Chitwan has 325 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Chitwan districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Chitwan's is Bharatpur. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Chitwan in Bagmati 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.