Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Taplejung

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,920,997 more people.

	Kathmandu	Taplejung
Population (2021)	2,041,587	120,590
Area	395 km²	3,646 km²
Density	5,169/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	101.6
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Phungling
Province	Bagmati	Koshi
Local levels	11	9

Kathmandu

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

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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Taplejung?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Kathmandu has 1,920,997 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Taplejung?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 3,251 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Taplejung?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Taplejung districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Taplejung's is Phungling. Kathmandu is in Bagmati Province, Taplejung in Koshi 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.