Districts compared

Kailali vs Dhanusha

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Dhanusha (867,747 people, headquarters Janakpur (Janakpurdham)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 36,919 more people.

	Kailali	Dhanusha
Population (2021)	904,666	867,747
Area	3,235 km²	1,180 km²
Density	280/km²	735/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+1.34%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	65.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	98.18
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Janakpur (Janakpurdham)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Madhesh
Local levels	13	18

Kailali

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

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Dhanusha

Janakpurdham, Madhesh's capital, the Janaki Mandir and Nepal's only operating railway

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Questions

Kailali vs Dhanusha, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Dhanusha?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Dhanusha had 867,747, so Kailali has 36,919 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Dhanusha?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Dhanusha covers 1,180 km², a difference of 2,055 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Dhanusha?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Dhanusha has 735 people/km². Dhanusha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Dhanusha districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Dhanusha's is Janakpur (Janakpurdham). Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Dhanusha in Madhesh 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.