Districts compared

Okhaldhunga vs Taplejung

Okhaldhunga (139,552 people, headquarters Okhaldhunga (Siddhicharan)) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Okhaldhunga has 18,962 more people.

	Okhaldhunga	Taplejung
Population (2021)	139,552	120,590
Area	1,074 km²	3,646 km²
Density	130/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.56%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	73.9%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.25	101.6
Headquarters	Okhaldhunga (Siddhicharan)	Phungling
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	8	9

Okhaldhunga

Quiet eastern hills that raised Siddhicharan Shrestha, Nepal's 'poet of the era'

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Taplejung

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

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Questions

Okhaldhunga vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Okhaldhunga or Taplejung?+

Okhaldhunga district had 139,552 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Okhaldhunga has 18,962 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Okhaldhunga or Taplejung?+

Okhaldhunga covers 1,074 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,572 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Okhaldhunga or Taplejung?+

Okhaldhunga has a density of 130 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Okhaldhunga is denser.

What are the headquarters of Okhaldhunga and Taplejung districts?+

Okhaldhunga district's headquarters is Okhaldhunga (Siddhicharan); 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.