Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Dolpa

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 640,187 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Dolpa
Population (2021)	682,961	42,774
Area	1,738 km²	7,889 km²
Density	393/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	99.85
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	10	8

Kapilvastu

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

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Dolpa

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

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Dolpa?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Kapilvastu has 640,187 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Dolpa?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,151 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Dolpa?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Dolpa districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Kapilvastu is in Lumbini Province, Dolpa 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.