Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Lalitpur

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Lalitpur (551,667 people, headquarters Lalitpur (Patan)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,489,920 more people.

	Kathmandu	Lalitpur
Population (2021)	2,041,587	551,667
Area	395 km²	385 km²
Density	5,169/km²	1,433/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	+1.58%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	88.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	100.95
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Lalitpur (Patan)
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	11	6

Kathmandu

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

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Lalitpur

Patan Durbar Square and the Newar fine-arts city of Lalitpur

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Lalitpur, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Lalitpur?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Lalitpur had 551,667, so Kathmandu has 1,489,920 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Lalitpur?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Lalitpur covers 385 km², a difference of 10 km². Kathmandu is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Lalitpur?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Lalitpur has 1,433 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Lalitpur districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Lalitpur's is Lalitpur (Patan). Both districts are in Bagmati 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.