Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Taplejung

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 562,371 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Taplejung
Population (2021)	682,961	120,590
Area	1,738 km²	3,646 km²
Density	393/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	101.6
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Phungling
Province	Lumbini	Koshi
Local levels	10	9

Kapilvastu

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

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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Taplejung?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Kapilvastu has 562,371 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Taplejung?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 1,908 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Taplejung?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Taplejung districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Taplejung's is Phungling. Kapilvastu is in Lumbini Province, Taplejung in Koshi 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.