Districts compared

Kailali vs Doti

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Doti (204,831 people, headquarters Dipayal Silgadhi) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 699,835 more people.

	Kailali	Doti
Population (2021)	904,666	204,831
Area	3,235 km²	2,025 km²
Density	280/km²	101/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	-0.32%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	70.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	84.16
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Dipayal Silgadhi
Province	Sudurpashchim	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	13	9

Kailali

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

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Doti

Seat of the medieval Doti Kingdom and the Shaileshwari temple

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Questions

Kailali vs Doti, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Doti?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Doti had 204,831, so Kailali has 699,835 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Doti?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Doti covers 2,025 km², a difference of 1,210 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Doti?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Doti has 101 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Doti districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Doti's is Dipayal Silgadhi. 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.