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Lalitpur vs Darchula

Lalitpur (551,667 people, headquarters Lalitpur (Patan)) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Lalitpur has 418,357 more people.

	Lalitpur	Darchula
Population (2021)	551,667	133,310
Area	385 km²	2,322 km²
Density	1,433/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.58%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	88.1%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.95	93.52
Headquarters	Lalitpur (Patan)	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Bagmati	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	6	9

Lalitpur

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

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Lalitpur vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Lalitpur or Darchula?+

Lalitpur district had 551,667 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Lalitpur has 418,357 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Lalitpur or Darchula?+

Lalitpur covers 385 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 1,937 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Lalitpur or Darchula?+

Lalitpur has a density of 1,433 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Lalitpur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Lalitpur and Darchula districts?+

Lalitpur district's headquarters is Lalitpur (Patan); Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Lalitpur is in Bagmati Province, Darchula in Sudurpashchim 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.