Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Dolpa

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 1,079,183 more people.

	Rupandehi	Dolpa
Population (2021)	1,121,957	42,774
Area	1,360 km²	7,889 km²
Density	825/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	99.85
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	16	8

Rupandehi

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

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Dolpa

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

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Dolpa?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Rupandehi has 1,079,183 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Dolpa?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,529 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Dolpa?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Dolpa districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Rupandehi is in Lumbini Province, Dolpa 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.