Districts compared

Rolpa vs Pyuthan

Rolpa (234,793 people, headquarters Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)) and Pyuthan (232,019 people, headquarters Pyuthan (Khalanga)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rolpa has 2,774 more people.

	Rolpa	Pyuthan
Population (2021)	234,793	232,019
Area	1,879 km²	1,309 km²
Density	125/km²	177/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.43%/yr	+0.16%/yr
Literacy	75.6%	80.1%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	87.95	81.43
Headquarters	Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)	Pyuthan (Khalanga)
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	9

Rolpa

Cradle of the 1996–2006 Maoist insurgency, now the Magar highlands of the Guerrilla Trek

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Pyuthan

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

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Questions

Rolpa vs Pyuthan, answered

Which has more people, Rolpa or Pyuthan?+

Rolpa district had 234,793 people at the 2021 census and Pyuthan had 232,019, so Rolpa has 2,774 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rolpa or Pyuthan?+

Rolpa covers 1,879 km² and Pyuthan covers 1,309 km², a difference of 570 km². Rolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rolpa or Pyuthan?+

Rolpa has a density of 125 people/km² and Pyuthan has 177 people/km². Pyuthan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rolpa and Pyuthan districts?+

Rolpa district's headquarters is Liwang (Rolpa Municipality); Pyuthan's is Pyuthan (Khalanga). 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.