Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Bardiya

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Bardiya (459,900 people, headquarters Gulariya) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 223,061 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Bardiya
Population (2021)	682,961	459,900
Area	1,738 km²	2,025 km²
Density	393/km²	227/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	+0.72%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	76.9%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	89.15
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Gulariya
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	8

Kapilvastu

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

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Bardiya

Bardiya National Park, the Tarai's largest national park and a tiger and wild-elephant stronghold

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Bardiya, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Bardiya?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Bardiya had 459,900, so Kapilvastu has 223,061 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Bardiya?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Bardiya covers 2,025 km², a difference of 287 km². Bardiya is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Bardiya?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Bardiya has 227 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Bardiya districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Bardiya's is Gulariya. 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.