Districts compared

Kailali vs Gorkha

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 653,639 more people.

	Kailali	Gorkha
Population (2021)	904,666	251,027
Area	3,235 km²	3,610 km²
Density	280/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	88.92
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Gorkha
Province	Sudurpashchim	Gandaki
Local levels	13	11

Kailali

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Kailali vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Gorkha?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Kailali has 653,639 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Gorkha?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 375 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Gorkha?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Gorkha districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.