Districts compared

Salyan vs Dolpa

Salyan (238,515 people, headquarters Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Salyan has 195,741 more people.

	Salyan	Dolpa
Population (2021)	238,515	42,774
Area	1,462 km²	7,889 km²
Density	163/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.16%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	77.3%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.08	99.85
Headquarters	Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	10	8

Salyan

Karnali's southern hill district and one of Nepal's leading ginger producers

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Salyan vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Salyan or Dolpa?+

Salyan district had 238,515 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Salyan has 195,741 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Salyan or Dolpa?+

Salyan covers 1,462 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,427 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Salyan or Dolpa?+

Salyan has a density of 163 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Salyan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Salyan and Dolpa districts?+

Salyan district's headquarters is Salyan Khalanga (Sharada); Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Both districts are in Karnali 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.