Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Arghakhanchi

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Arghakhanchi (177,086 people, headquarters Sandhikharka) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 944,871 more people.

	Rupandehi	Arghakhanchi
Population (2021)	1,121,957	177,086
Area	1,360 km²	1,193 km²
Density	825/km²	148/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	-1.05%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	80%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	83.67
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Sandhikharka
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	16	6

Rupandehi

Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha, and the booming Butwal–Bhairahawa corridor

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Arghakhanchi

The wish-granting Supa Deurali shrine, in Nepal's deepest male out-migration hills

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Arghakhanchi, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Arghakhanchi?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Arghakhanchi had 177,086, so Rupandehi has 944,871 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Arghakhanchi?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Arghakhanchi covers 1,193 km², a difference of 167 km². Rupandehi is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Arghakhanchi?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Arghakhanchi has 148 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Arghakhanchi districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Arghakhanchi's is Sandhikharka. 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.