Districts compared

Kailali vs Sankhuwasabha

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Sankhuwasabha (158,041 people, headquarters Khandbari) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 746,625 more people.

	Kailali	Sankhuwasabha
Population (2021)	904,666	158,041
Area	3,235 km²	3,480 km²
Density	280/km²	45/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	-0.04%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	79.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	101.42
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Khandbari
Province	Sudurpashchim	Koshi
Local levels	13	10

Kailali

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

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Sankhuwasabha

Makalu's district, from the Arun gorge to the world's fifth-highest peak

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Questions

Kailali vs Sankhuwasabha, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Sankhuwasabha?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Sankhuwasabha had 158,041, so Kailali has 746,625 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Sankhuwasabha?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Sankhuwasabha covers 3,480 km², a difference of 245 km². Sankhuwasabha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Sankhuwasabha?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Sankhuwasabha has 45 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Sankhuwasabha districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Sankhuwasabha's is Khandbari. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Sankhuwasabha in Koshi 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.