Districts compared

Pyuthan vs Arghakhanchi

Pyuthan (232,019 people, headquarters Pyuthan (Khalanga)) and Arghakhanchi (177,086 people, headquarters Sandhikharka) compared side by side, population, density and area. Pyuthan has 54,933 more people.

	Pyuthan	Arghakhanchi
Population (2021)	232,019	177,086
Area	1,309 km²	1,193 km²
Density	177/km²	148/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.16%/yr	-1.05%/yr
Literacy	80.1%	80%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	81.43	83.67
Headquarters	Pyuthan (Khalanga)	Sandhikharka
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	9	6

Pyuthan

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

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Arghakhanchi

The wish-granting Supa Deurali shrine, in Nepal's deepest male out-migration hills

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Questions

Pyuthan vs Arghakhanchi, answered

Which has more people, Pyuthan or Arghakhanchi?+

Pyuthan district had 232,019 people at the 2021 census and Arghakhanchi had 177,086, so Pyuthan has 54,933 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Pyuthan or Arghakhanchi?+

Pyuthan covers 1,309 km² and Arghakhanchi covers 1,193 km², a difference of 116 km². Pyuthan is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Pyuthan or Arghakhanchi?+

Pyuthan has a density of 177 people/km² and Arghakhanchi has 148 people/km². Pyuthan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Pyuthan and Arghakhanchi districts?+

Pyuthan district's headquarters is Pyuthan (Khalanga); Arghakhanchi's is Sandhikharka. 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.