Districts compared

Palpa vs Rolpa

Palpa (245,027 people, headquarters Tansen) and Rolpa (234,793 people, headquarters Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Palpa has 10,234 more people.

	Palpa	Rolpa
Population (2021)	245,027	234,793
Area	1,373 km²	1,879 km²
Density	178/km²	125/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.61%/yr	+0.43%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	75.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	85.25	87.95
Headquarters	Tansen	Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	10

Palpa

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

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Rolpa

Cradle of the 1996–2006 Maoist insurgency, now the Magar highlands of the Guerrilla Trek

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Questions

Palpa vs Rolpa, answered

Which has more people, Palpa or Rolpa?+

Palpa district had 245,027 people at the 2021 census and Rolpa had 234,793, so Palpa has 10,234 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Palpa or Rolpa?+

Palpa covers 1,373 km² and Rolpa covers 1,879 km², a difference of 506 km². Rolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Palpa or Rolpa?+

Palpa has a density of 178 people/km² and Rolpa has 125 people/km². Palpa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Palpa and Rolpa districts?+

Palpa district's headquarters is Tansen; Rolpa's is Liwang (Rolpa Municipality). 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.