Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Bajhang

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Bajhang (189,085 people, headquarters Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,852,502 more people.

	Kathmandu	Bajhang
Population (2021)	2,041,587	189,085
Area	395 km²	3,422 km²
Density	5,169/km²	55/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	70.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	87.93
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)
Province	Bagmati	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	11	12

Kathmandu

Nepal's capital district, the most populous, densest and most literate in the country

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Bajhang

Saipal Himal (7,031 m) and the reformer-raja Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Bajhang, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Bajhang?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Bajhang had 189,085, so Kathmandu has 1,852,502 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Bajhang?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Bajhang covers 3,422 km², a difference of 3,027 km². Bajhang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Bajhang?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Bajhang has 55 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Bajhang districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Bajhang's is Chainpur (Jayaprithvi). Kathmandu is in Bagmati Province, Bajhang 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.