Districts compared

Nawalpur vs Tanahun

Nawalpur (378,079 people, headquarters Kawasoti) and Tanahun (321,153 people, headquarters Damauli (Vyas)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Nawalpur has 56,926 more people.

	Nawalpur	Tanahun
Population (2021)	378,079	321,153
Area	1,433 km²	1,546 km²
Density	265/km²	208/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	-0.06%/yr
Literacy	82.4%	81.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	88.86	87.74
Headquarters	Kawasoti	Damauli (Vyas)
Province	Gandaki	Gandaki
Local levels	8	10

Nawalpur

Gandaki's only Tarai district, Kawasoti, Gaindakot's Maula Kalika hill and the Narayani plain

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Tanahun

Birthplace of Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya and the hilltop Newar town of Bandipur

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Questions

Nawalpur vs Tanahun, answered

Which has more people, Nawalpur or Tanahun?+

Nawalpur district had 378,079 people at the 2021 census and Tanahun had 321,153, so Nawalpur has 56,926 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Nawalpur or Tanahun?+

Nawalpur covers 1,433 km² and Tanahun covers 1,546 km², a difference of 113 km². Tanahun is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Nawalpur or Tanahun?+

Nawalpur has a density of 265 people/km² and Tanahun has 208 people/km². Nawalpur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Nawalpur and Tanahun districts?+

Nawalpur district's headquarters is Kawasoti; Tanahun's is Damauli (Vyas). Both districts are in Gandaki 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.