Districts compared

Palpa vs Pyuthan

Palpa (245,027 people, headquarters Tansen) and Pyuthan (232,019 people, headquarters Pyuthan (Khalanga)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Palpa has 13,008 more people.

	Palpa	Pyuthan
Population (2021)	245,027	232,019
Area	1,373 km²	1,309 km²
Density	178/km²	177/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.61%/yr	+0.16%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	80.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	85.25	81.43
Headquarters	Tansen	Pyuthan (Khalanga)
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	9

Palpa

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

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Pyuthan

Swargadwari, the hilltop 'gateway to heaven', and Nepal's lowest district sex ratio

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Questions

Palpa vs Pyuthan, answered

Which has more people, Palpa or Pyuthan?+

Palpa district had 245,027 people at the 2021 census and Pyuthan had 232,019, so Palpa has 13,008 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Palpa or Pyuthan?+

Palpa covers 1,373 km² and Pyuthan covers 1,309 km², a difference of 64 km². Palpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Palpa or Pyuthan?+

Palpa has a density of 178 people/km² and Pyuthan has 177 people/km². Palpa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Palpa and Pyuthan districts?+

Palpa district's headquarters is Tansen; Pyuthan's is Pyuthan (Khalanga). 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.