Districts compared

Kaski vs Dolpa

Kaski (600,051 people, headquarters Pokhara) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kaski has 557,277 more people.

	Kaski	Dolpa
Population (2021)	600,051	42,774
Area	2,017 km²	7,889 km²
Density	297/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.9%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	87.7%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.29	99.85
Headquarters	Pokhara	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Gandaki	Karnali
Local levels	5	8

Kaski

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

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Dolpa

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

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Questions

Kaski vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Kaski or Dolpa?+

Kaski district had 600,051 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Kaski has 557,277 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kaski or Dolpa?+

Kaski covers 2,017 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 5,872 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kaski or Dolpa?+

Kaski has a density of 297 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Kaski is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kaski and Dolpa districts?+

Kaski district's headquarters is Pokhara; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Kaski is in Gandaki 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.