Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Kailali

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 217,291 more people.

	Rupandehi	Kailali
Population (2021)	1,121,957	904,666
Area	1,360 km²	3,235 km²
Density	825/km²	280/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	+1.48%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	77.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	91.99
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Dhangadhi
Province	Lumbini	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	16	13

Rupandehi

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

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Kailali

Dhangadhi, Ghodaghodi Lake and Nepal's only cable-stayed bridge over the Karnali

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Kailali, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Kailali?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Kailali had 904,666, so Rupandehi has 217,291 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Kailali?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Kailali covers 3,235 km², a difference of 1,875 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Kailali?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Kailali has 280 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Kailali districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Kailali's is Dhangadhi. Rupandehi is in Lumbini Province, Kailali in Sudurpashchim 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.