Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Rolpa

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Rolpa (234,793 people, headquarters Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 887,164 more people.

	Rupandehi	Rolpa
Population (2021)	1,121,957	234,793
Area	1,360 km²	1,879 km²
Density	825/km²	125/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	+0.43%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	75.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	87.95
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Liwang (Rolpa Municipality)
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	16	10

Rupandehi

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

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Rolpa

Cradle of the 1996–2006 Maoist insurgency, now the Magar highlands of the Guerrilla Trek

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Rolpa, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Rolpa?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Rolpa had 234,793, so Rupandehi has 887,164 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Rolpa?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Rolpa covers 1,879 km², a difference of 519 km². Rolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Rolpa?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Rolpa has 125 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Rolpa districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Rolpa's is Liwang (Rolpa Municipality). 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.