Districts compared

Nawalparasi West vs Palpa

Nawalparasi West (386,868 people, headquarters Parasi (Ramgram)) and Palpa (245,027 people, headquarters Tansen) compared side by side, population, density and area. Nawalparasi West has 141,841 more people.

	Nawalparasi West	Palpa
Population (2021)	386,868	245,027
Area	729 km²	1,373 km²
Density	527/km²	178/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.47%/yr	-0.61%/yr
Literacy	78%	83.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	94.71	85.25
Headquarters	Parasi (Ramgram)	Tansen
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	7	10

Nawalparasi West

Ramgram stupa, the only one of the Buddha's eight original relic stupas never opened

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Palpa

The hill bazaar of Tansen, Palpali dhaka weaving, Sen-era history and the riverside Ranighat palace

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Questions

Nawalparasi West vs Palpa, answered

Which has more people, Nawalparasi West or Palpa?+

Nawalparasi West district had 386,868 people at the 2021 census and Palpa had 245,027, so Nawalparasi West has 141,841 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Nawalparasi West or Palpa?+

Nawalparasi West covers 729 km² and Palpa covers 1,373 km², a difference of 644 km². Palpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Nawalparasi West or Palpa?+

Nawalparasi West has a density of 527 people/km² and Palpa has 178 people/km². Nawalparasi West is denser.

What are the headquarters of Nawalparasi West and Palpa districts?+

Nawalparasi West district's headquarters is Parasi (Ramgram); Palpa's is Tansen. Both districts are in Lumbini 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.