Districts compared

Kailali vs Dolpa

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 861,892 more people.

	Kailali	Dolpa
Population (2021)	904,666	42,774
Area	3,235 km²	7,889 km²
Density	280/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	99.85
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Karnali
Local levels	13	8

Kailali

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

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Kailali vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Dolpa?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Kailali has 861,892 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Dolpa?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 4,654 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Dolpa?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Dolpa districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Dolpa in Karnali 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.