Districts compared

Kaski vs Gorkha

Kaski (600,051 people, headquarters Pokhara) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kaski has 349,024 more people.

	Kaski	Gorkha
Population (2021)	600,051	251,027
Area	2,017 km²	3,610 km²
Density	297/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.9%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	87.7%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.29	88.92
Headquarters	Pokhara	Gorkha
Province	Gandaki	Gandaki
Local levels	5	11

Kaski

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

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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

Kaski vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Kaski or Gorkha?+

Kaski district had 600,051 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Kaski has 349,024 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kaski or Gorkha?+

Kaski covers 2,017 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 1,593 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kaski or Gorkha?+

Kaski has a density of 297 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Kaski is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kaski and Gorkha districts?+

Kaski district's headquarters is Pokhara; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Both districts are 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.