Districts compared

Sarlahi vs Darchula

Sarlahi (862,470 people, headquarters Malangwa) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sarlahi has 729,160 more people.

	Sarlahi	Darchula
Population (2021)	862,470	133,310
Area	1,259 km²	2,322 km²
Density	685/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.09%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	60.3%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.82	93.52
Headquarters	Malangwa	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Madhesh	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	20	9

Sarlahi

Nepal's record 20 local levels and the Lalbandi vegetable belt on the East–West Highway

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Sarlahi vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Sarlahi or Darchula?+

Sarlahi district had 862,470 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Sarlahi has 729,160 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sarlahi or Darchula?+

Sarlahi covers 1,259 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 1,063 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sarlahi or Darchula?+

Sarlahi has a density of 685 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Sarlahi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sarlahi and Darchula districts?+

Sarlahi district's headquarters is Malangwa; Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Sarlahi is in Madhesh Province, Darchula in Sudurpashchim 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.