Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Bajhang

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Bajhang (189,085 people, headquarters Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 493,876 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Bajhang
Population (2021)	682,961	189,085
Area	1,738 km²	3,422 km²
Density	393/km²	55/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	70.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	87.93
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)
Province	Lumbini	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	10	12

Kapilvastu

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

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Bajhang

Saipal Himal (7,031 m) and the reformer-raja Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Bajhang, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Bajhang?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Bajhang had 189,085, so Kapilvastu has 493,876 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Bajhang?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Bajhang covers 3,422 km², a difference of 1,684 km². Bajhang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Bajhang?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Bajhang has 55 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Bajhang districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Bajhang's is Chainpur (Jayaprithvi). Kapilvastu is in Lumbini Province, Bajhang 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.