Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Dolpa

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,998,813 more people.

	Kathmandu	Dolpa
Population (2021)	2,041,587	42,774
Area	395 km²	7,889 km²
Density	5,169/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	99.85
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Bagmati	Karnali
Local levels	11	8

Kathmandu

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

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Dolpa

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

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Dolpa?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Kathmandu has 1,998,813 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Dolpa?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 7,494 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Dolpa?+

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

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Dolpa districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Kathmandu is in Bagmati 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.