Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Rasuwa

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Rasuwa (46,689 people, headquarters Dhunche) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,994,898 more people.

	Kathmandu	Rasuwa
Population (2021)	2,041,587	46,689
Area	395 km²	1,544 km²
Density	5,169/km²	30/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	+0.72%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	69.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	106.1
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Dhunche
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	11	5

Kathmandu

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

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Rasuwa

The Langtang valley, the sacred Gosainkunda lakes and the Rasuwagadhi crossing to China

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Rasuwa, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Rasuwa?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Rasuwa had 46,689, so Kathmandu has 1,994,898 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Rasuwa?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Rasuwa covers 1,544 km², a difference of 1,149 km². Rasuwa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Rasuwa?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Rasuwa has 30 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Rasuwa districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Rasuwa's is Dhunche. 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.