Districts compared

Kailali vs Taplejung

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 784,076 more people.

	Kailali	Taplejung
Population (2021)	904,666	120,590
Area	3,235 km²	3,646 km²
Density	280/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	101.6
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Phungling
Province	Sudurpashchim	Koshi
Local levels	13	9

Kailali

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

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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Kailali vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Taplejung?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Kailali has 784,076 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Taplejung?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 411 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Taplejung?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Taplejung districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Taplejung's is Phungling. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Taplejung 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.