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Kailali vs Kapilvastu

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 221,705 more people.

	Kailali	Kapilvastu
Population (2021)	904,666	682,961
Area	3,235 km²	1,738 km²
Density	280/km²	393/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+1.7%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	71.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	96.1
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Lumbini
Local levels	13	10

Kailali

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

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Kapilvastu

Tilaurakot, the walled remains of ancient Kapilavastu, where Prince Siddhartha grew up

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Questions

Kailali vs Kapilvastu, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Kapilvastu?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Kapilvastu had 682,961, so Kailali has 221,705 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Kapilvastu?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km², a difference of 1,497 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Kapilvastu?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Kapilvastu has 393 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Kapilvastu districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Kapilvastu's is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu). Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Kapilvastu in Lumbini 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.