Districts compared

Rautahat vs Taplejung

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 692,983 more people.

	Rautahat	Taplejung
Population (2021)	813,573	120,590
Area	1,126 km²	3,646 km²
Density	723/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	101.6
Headquarters	Gaur	Phungling
Province	Madhesh	Koshi
Local levels	18	9

Rautahat

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

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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Rautahat vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Taplejung?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Rautahat has 692,983 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Taplejung?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,520 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Taplejung?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Taplejung districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Taplejung's is Phungling. Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Taplejung 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.