Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Jumla

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Jumla (118,349 people, headquarters Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,923,238 more people.

	Kathmandu	Jumla
Population (2021)	2,041,587	118,349
Area	395 km²	2,531 km²
Density	5,169/km²	47/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	+0.8%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	70.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	100.18
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)
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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Jumla

Organic apples, high-altitude Jumli Marsi rice and the Sinja Valley, cradle of the Nepali language

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Jumla, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Jumla?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Jumla had 118,349, so Kathmandu has 1,923,238 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Jumla?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Jumla covers 2,531 km², a difference of 2,136 km². Jumla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Jumla?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Jumla has 47 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Jumla districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Jumla's is Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath). Kathmandu is in Bagmati Province, Jumla 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.