Districts compared

Rolpa vs Rukum East

Rolpa (234,793 people, headquarters Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)) and Rukum East (56,786 people, headquarters Rukumkot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rolpa has 178,007 more people.

	Rolpa	Rukum East
Population (2021)	234,793	56,786
Area	1,879 km²	1,660 km²
Density	125/km²	34/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.43%/yr	+0.63%/yr
Literacy	75.6%	71.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	87.95	94.01
Headquarters	Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)	Rukumkot
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	10	3

Rolpa

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

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Rukum East

Nepal's district with the fewest local levels, Kham Magar high country under Putha Hiunchuli, with most of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

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Questions

Rolpa vs Rukum East, answered

Which has more people, Rolpa or Rukum East?+

Rolpa district had 234,793 people at the 2021 census and Rukum East had 56,786, so Rolpa has 178,007 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rolpa or Rukum East?+

Rolpa covers 1,879 km² and Rukum East covers 1,660 km², a difference of 219 km². Rolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rolpa or Rukum East?+

Rolpa has a density of 125 people/km² and Rukum East has 34 people/km². Rolpa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rolpa and Rukum East districts?+

Rolpa district's headquarters is Liwang (Rolpa Municipality); Rukum East's is Rukumkot. 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.