Districts compared

Kalikot vs Dolpa

Kalikot (145,292 people, headquarters Manma (Khandachakra)) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kalikot has 102,518 more people.

	Kalikot	Dolpa
Population (2021)	145,292	42,774
Area	1,741 km²	7,889 km²
Density	83/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.57%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	72.7%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.9	99.85
Headquarters	Manma (Khandachakra)	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	9	8

Kalikot

Rugged mid-Karnali district where the 'death-trap' Karnali Highway clings to the gorge

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Kalikot vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Kalikot or Dolpa?+

Kalikot district had 145,292 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Kalikot has 102,518 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kalikot or Dolpa?+

Kalikot covers 1,741 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,148 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kalikot or Dolpa?+

Kalikot has a density of 83 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Kalikot is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kalikot and Dolpa districts?+

Kalikot district's headquarters is Manma (Khandachakra); Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Both districts are in Karnali 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.