Districts compared

Kailali vs Lalitpur

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Lalitpur (551,667 people, headquarters Lalitpur (Patan)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 352,999 more people.

	Kailali	Lalitpur
Population (2021)	904,666	551,667
Area	3,235 km²	385 km²
Density	280/km²	1,433/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+1.58%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	88.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	100.95
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Lalitpur (Patan)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Bagmati
Local levels	13	6

Kailali

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

Full Kailali profile →

Lalitpur

Patan Durbar Square and the Newar fine-arts city of Lalitpur

Full Lalitpur profile →

Questions

Kailali vs Lalitpur, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Lalitpur?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Lalitpur had 551,667, so Kailali has 352,999 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Lalitpur?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Lalitpur covers 385 km², a difference of 2,850 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Lalitpur?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Lalitpur has 1,433 people/km². Lalitpur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Lalitpur districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Lalitpur's is Lalitpur (Patan). Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Lalitpur in Bagmati Province.

More comparisons

← Compare all districts

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.