Districts compared

Khotang vs Taplejung

Khotang (175,298 people, headquarters Diktel) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Khotang has 54,708 more people.

	Khotang	Taplejung
Population (2021)	175,298	120,590
Area	1,591 km²	3,646 km²
Density	110/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-1.56%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	76%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.72	101.6
Headquarters	Diktel	Phungling
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	10	9

Khotang

Halesi Mahadev, the 'Pashupatinath of the East' sacred to Hindus, Buddhists and Kirats

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Taplejung

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

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Questions

Khotang vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Khotang or Taplejung?+

Khotang district had 175,298 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Khotang has 54,708 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Khotang or Taplejung?+

Khotang covers 1,591 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,055 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Khotang or Taplejung?+

Khotang has a density of 110 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Khotang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Khotang and Taplejung districts?+

Khotang district's headquarters is Diktel; Taplejung's is Phungling. Both districts are 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.