Districts compared

Kanchanpur vs Darchula

Kanchanpur (513,757 people, headquarters Mahendranagar (Bhimdatta)) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kanchanpur has 380,447 more people.

	Kanchanpur	Darchula
Population (2021)	513,757	133,310
Area	1,610 km²	2,322 km²
Density	319/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.25%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	79.6%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	88.14	93.52
Headquarters	Mahendranagar (Bhimdatta)	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Sudurpashchim	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	9	9

Kanchanpur

Shuklaphanta National Park and the world's largest swamp deer herds

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Kanchanpur vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Kanchanpur or Darchula?+

Kanchanpur district had 513,757 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Kanchanpur has 380,447 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kanchanpur or Darchula?+

Kanchanpur covers 1,610 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 712 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kanchanpur or Darchula?+

Kanchanpur has a density of 319 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Kanchanpur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kanchanpur and Darchula districts?+

Kanchanpur district's headquarters is Mahendranagar (Bhimdatta); Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Both districts are in Sudurpashchim 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.