Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Bardiya

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Bardiya (459,900 people, headquarters Gulariya) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 662,057 more people.

	Rupandehi	Bardiya
Population (2021)	1,121,957	459,900
Area	1,360 km²	2,025 km²
Density	825/km²	227/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	+0.72%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	76.9%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	89.15
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Gulariya
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	16	8

Rupandehi

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

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Bardiya

Bardiya National Park, the Tarai's largest national park and a tiger and wild-elephant stronghold

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Bardiya, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Bardiya?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Bardiya had 459,900, so Rupandehi has 662,057 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Bardiya?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Bardiya covers 2,025 km², a difference of 665 km². Bardiya is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Bardiya?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Bardiya has 227 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Bardiya districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Bardiya's is Gulariya. 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.