Districts compared

Panchthar vs Okhaldhunga

Panchthar (172,400 people, headquarters Phidim) and Okhaldhunga (139,552 people, headquarters Okhaldhunga (Siddhicharan)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Panchthar has 32,848 more people.

	Panchthar	Okhaldhunga
Population (2021)	172,400	139,552
Area	1,241 km²	1,074 km²
Density	139/km²	130/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-1.02%/yr	-0.56%/yr
Literacy	82.3%	73.9%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.81	95.25
Headquarters	Phidim	Okhaldhunga (Siddhicharan)
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	8	8

Panchthar

The Limbu heartland of eastern Nepal, centred on the hill bazaar of Phidim

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Okhaldhunga

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

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Questions

Panchthar vs Okhaldhunga, answered

Which has more people, Panchthar or Okhaldhunga?+

Panchthar district had 172,400 people at the 2021 census and Okhaldhunga had 139,552, so Panchthar has 32,848 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Panchthar or Okhaldhunga?+

Panchthar covers 1,241 km² and Okhaldhunga covers 1,074 km², a difference of 167 km². Panchthar is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Panchthar or Okhaldhunga?+

Panchthar has a density of 139 people/km² and Okhaldhunga has 130 people/km². Panchthar is denser.

What are the headquarters of Panchthar and Okhaldhunga districts?+

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