Districts compared

Rukum West vs Dolpa

Rukum West (166,740 people, headquarters Musikot) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rukum West has 123,966 more people.

	Rukum West	Dolpa
Population (2021)	166,740	42,774
Area	1,217 km²	7,889 km²
Density	137/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.68%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	75.7%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	94.68	99.85
Headquarters	Musikot	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	6	8

Rukum West

The Karnali half of old Rukum, cradle district of the Maoist 'People's War', struck again by the 2023 earthquake

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Rukum West vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Rukum West or Dolpa?+

Rukum West district had 166,740 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Rukum West has 123,966 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rukum West or Dolpa?+

Rukum West covers 1,217 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,672 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rukum West or Dolpa?+

Rukum West has a density of 137 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Rukum West is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rukum West and Dolpa districts?+

Rukum West district's headquarters is Musikot; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Both districts are in Karnali 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.