Districts compared

Salyan vs Kalikot

Salyan (238,515 people, headquarters Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)) and Kalikot (145,292 people, headquarters Manma (Khandachakra)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Salyan has 93,223 more people.

	Salyan	Kalikot
Population (2021)	238,515	145,292
Area	1,462 km²	1,741 km²
Density	163/km²	83/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.16%/yr	+0.57%/yr
Literacy	77.3%	72.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.08	98.9
Headquarters	Salyan Khalanga (Sharada)	Manma (Khandachakra)
Province	Karnali	Karnali
Local levels	10	9

Salyan

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

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Kalikot

Rugged mid-Karnali district where the 'death-trap' Karnali Highway clings to the gorge

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Questions

Salyan vs Kalikot, answered

Which has more people, Salyan or Kalikot?+

Salyan district had 238,515 people at the 2021 census and Kalikot had 145,292, so Salyan has 93,223 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Salyan or Kalikot?+

Salyan covers 1,462 km² and Kalikot covers 1,741 km², a difference of 279 km². Kalikot is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Salyan or Kalikot?+

Salyan has a density of 163 people/km² and Kalikot has 83 people/km². Salyan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Salyan and Kalikot districts?+

Salyan district's headquarters is Salyan Khalanga (Sharada); Kalikot's is Manma (Khandachakra). 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.