Districts compared

Rautahat vs Darchula

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 680,263 more people.

	Rautahat	Darchula
Population (2021)	813,573	133,310
Area	1,126 km²	2,322 km²
Density	723/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	93.52
Headquarters	Gaur	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Madhesh	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	18	9

Rautahat

Bajjika-speaking heartland with more municipalities (16) than any other Nepali district

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Rautahat vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Darchula?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Rautahat has 680,263 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Darchula?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 1,196 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Darchula?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Darchula districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Darchula in Sudurpashchim 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.