Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Rukum East

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Rukum East (56,786 people, headquarters Rukumkot) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 1,065,171 more people.

	Rupandehi	Rukum East
Population (2021)	1,121,957	56,786
Area	1,360 km²	1,660 km²
Density	825/km²	34/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	+0.63%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	71.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	94.01
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Rukumkot
Province	Lumbini	Lumbini
Local levels	16	3

Rupandehi

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

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Rukum East

Nepal's district with the fewest local levels, Kham Magar high country under Putha Hiunchuli, with most of the Dhorpatan Hunting Reserve

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Rukum East, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Rukum East?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Rukum East had 56,786, so Rupandehi has 1,065,171 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Rukum East?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Rukum East covers 1,660 km², a difference of 300 km². Rukum East is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Rukum East?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Rukum East has 34 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Rukum East districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Rukum East's is Rukumkot. 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.