Districts compared

Kailali vs Sindhuli

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Sindhuli (300,026 people, headquarters Sindhulimadhi (Kamalamai)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 604,640 more people.

	Kailali	Sindhuli
Population (2021)	904,666	300,026
Area	3,235 km²	2,491 km²
Density	280/km²	120/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+0.12%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	72.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	96.15
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Sindhulimadhi (Kamalamai)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Bagmati
Local levels	13	9

Kailali

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

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Sindhuli

Sindhuli Gadhi, where Gorkhali forces routed a British East India Company expedition in 1767

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Questions

Kailali vs Sindhuli, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Sindhuli?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Sindhuli had 300,026, so Kailali has 604,640 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Sindhuli?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Sindhuli covers 2,491 km², a difference of 744 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Sindhuli?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Sindhuli has 120 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Sindhuli districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Sindhuli's is Sindhulimadhi (Kamalamai). Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Sindhuli in Bagmati 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.