Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Gorkha

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,790,560 more people.

	Kathmandu	Gorkha
Population (2021)	2,041,587	251,027
Area	395 km²	3,610 km²
Density	5,169/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	88.92
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Gorkha
Province	Bagmati	Gandaki
Local levels	11	11

Kathmandu

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

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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

Kathmandu vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Gorkha?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Kathmandu has 1,790,560 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Gorkha?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 3,215 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Gorkha?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Gorkha districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Kathmandu is in Bagmati Province, Gorkha 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.