Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Gorkha

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 870,930 more people.

	Rupandehi	Gorkha
Population (2021)	1,121,957	251,027
Area	1,360 km²	3,610 km²
Density	825/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	88.92
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Gorkha
Province	Lumbini	Gandaki
Local levels	16	11

Rupandehi

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Gorkha?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Rupandehi has 870,930 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Gorkha?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,250 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Gorkha?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Gorkha districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Gorkha's is Gorkha. Rupandehi is in Lumbini Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.