Districts compared

Palpa vs Rukum East

Palpa (245,027 people, headquarters Tansen) and Rukum East (56,786 people, headquarters Rukumkot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Palpa has 188,241 more people.

	Palpa	Rukum East
Population (2021)	245,027	56,786
Area	1,373 km²	1,660 km²
Density	178/km²	34/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.61%/yr	+0.63%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	71.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	85.25	94.01
Headquarters	Tansen	Rukumkot
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	3

Palpa

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

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Rukum East

Nepal's district with the fewest local levels, Kham Magar high country under Putha Hiunchuli, with most of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

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Questions

Palpa vs Rukum East, answered

Which has more people, Palpa or Rukum East?+

Palpa district had 245,027 people at the 2021 census and Rukum East had 56,786, so Palpa has 188,241 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Palpa or Rukum East?+

Palpa covers 1,373 km² and Rukum East covers 1,660 km², a difference of 287 km². Rukum East is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Palpa or Rukum East?+

Palpa has a density of 178 people/km² and Rukum East has 34 people/km². Palpa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Palpa and Rukum East districts?+

Palpa district's headquarters is Tansen; Rukum East's is Rukumkot. 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.