Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Arghakhanchi

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Arghakhanchi (177,086 people, headquarters Sandhikharka) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 505,875 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Arghakhanchi
Population (2021)	682,961	177,086
Area	1,738 km²	1,193 km²
Density	393/km²	148/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	-1.05%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	80%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	83.67
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Sandhikharka
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	6

Kapilvastu

Tilaurakot, the walled remains of ancient Kapilavastu, where Prince Siddhartha grew up

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Arghakhanchi

The wish-granting Supa Deurali shrine, in Nepal's deepest male out-migration hills

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Arghakhanchi, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Arghakhanchi?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Arghakhanchi had 177,086, so Kapilvastu has 505,875 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Arghakhanchi?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Arghakhanchi covers 1,193 km², a difference of 545 km². Kapilvastu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Arghakhanchi?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Arghakhanchi has 148 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Arghakhanchi districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Arghakhanchi's is Sandhikharka. Both districts are in Lumbini 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.