Districts compared

Rupandehi vs Taplejung

Rupandehi (1,121,957 people, headquarters Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rupandehi has 1,001,367 more people.

	Rupandehi	Taplejung
Population (2021)	1,121,957	120,590
Area	1,360 km²	3,646 km²
Density	825/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.33%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	81.2%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.33	101.6
Headquarters	Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa)	Phungling
Province	Lumbini	Koshi
Local levels	16	9

Rupandehi

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

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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Rupandehi vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Rupandehi or Taplejung?+

Rupandehi district had 1,121,957 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Rupandehi has 1,001,367 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rupandehi or Taplejung?+

Rupandehi covers 1,360 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,286 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rupandehi or Taplejung?+

Rupandehi has a density of 825 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Rupandehi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rupandehi and Taplejung districts?+

Rupandehi district's headquarters is Siddharthanagar (Bhairahawa); Taplejung's is Phungling. Rupandehi is in Lumbini Province, Taplejung in Koshi 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.