Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Rolpa

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Rolpa (234,793 people, headquarters Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 448,168 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Rolpa
Population (2021)	682,961	234,793
Area	1,738 km²	1,879 km²
Density	393/km²	125/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	+0.43%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	75.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	87.95
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	10

Kapilvastu

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

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Rolpa

Cradle of the 1996–2006 Maoist insurgency, now the Magar highlands of the Guerrilla Trek

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Rolpa, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Rolpa?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Rolpa had 234,793, so Kapilvastu has 448,168 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Rolpa?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Rolpa covers 1,879 km², a difference of 141 km². Rolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Rolpa?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Rolpa has 125 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Rolpa districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Rolpa's is Liwang (Rolpa Municipality). 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.