Districts compared

Lalitpur vs Dhading

Lalitpur (551,667 people, headquarters Lalitpur (Patan)) and Dhading (325,710 people, headquarters Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Lalitpur has 225,957 more people.

	Lalitpur	Dhading
Population (2021)	551,667	325,710
Area	385 km²	1,926 km²
Density	1,433/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.58%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	88.1%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.95	95.43
Headquarters	Lalitpur (Patan)	Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	6	13

Lalitpur

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

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Dhading

Ganesh Himal country immediately west of Kathmandu, bisected by the Prithvi Highway

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Questions

Lalitpur vs Dhading, answered

Which has more people, Lalitpur or Dhading?+

Lalitpur district had 551,667 people at the 2021 census and Dhading had 325,710, so Lalitpur has 225,957 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Lalitpur or Dhading?+

Lalitpur covers 385 km² and Dhading covers 1,926 km², a difference of 1,541 km². Dhading is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Lalitpur or Dhading?+

Lalitpur has a density of 1,433 people/km² and Dhading has 169 people/km². Lalitpur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Lalitpur and Dhading districts?+

Lalitpur district's headquarters is Lalitpur (Patan); Dhading's is Dhading Besi (Nilkantha). 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.