Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Nuwakot

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Nuwakot (263,391 people, headquarters Bidur) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,778,196 more people.

	Kathmandu	Nuwakot
Population (2021)	2,041,587	263,391
Area	395 km²	1,121 km²
Density	5,169/km²	235/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	-0.5%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	69.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	95.99
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Bidur
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	11	12

Kathmandu

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

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Nuwakot

The seven-storey Nuwakot Durbar, the fortress-palace where Nepal's unification campaign began

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Nuwakot, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Nuwakot?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Nuwakot had 263,391, so Kathmandu has 1,778,196 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Nuwakot?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Nuwakot covers 1,121 km², a difference of 726 km². Nuwakot is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Nuwakot?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Nuwakot has 235 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Nuwakot districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Nuwakot's is Bidur. 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.