Districts compared

Kaski vs Darchula

Kaski (600,051 people, headquarters Pokhara) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kaski has 466,741 more people.

	Kaski	Darchula
Population (2021)	600,051	133,310
Area	2,017 km²	2,322 km²
Density	297/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.9%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	87.7%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.29	93.52
Headquarters	Pokhara	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Gandaki	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	5	9

Kaski

Home of Pokhara, Nepal's tourism capital, beneath Machhapuchhre and the Annapurnas

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Kaski vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Kaski or Darchula?+

Kaski district had 600,051 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Kaski has 466,741 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kaski or Darchula?+

Kaski covers 2,017 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 305 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kaski or Darchula?+

Kaski has a density of 297 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Kaski is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kaski and Darchula districts?+

Kaski district's headquarters is Pokhara; Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Kaski is in Gandaki Province, Darchula in Sudurpashchim 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.