Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Gorkha

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 431,934 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Gorkha
Population (2021)	682,961	251,027
Area	1,738 km²	3,610 km²
Density	393/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	88.92
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Gorkha
Province	Lumbini	Gandaki
Local levels	10	11

Kapilvastu

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Gorkha?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Kapilvastu has 431,934 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Gorkha?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 1,872 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Gorkha?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Gorkha districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Gorkha's is Gorkha. Kapilvastu is in Lumbini Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.