Districts compared

Sarlahi vs Taplejung

Sarlahi (862,470 people, headquarters Malangwa) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sarlahi has 741,880 more people.

	Sarlahi	Taplejung
Population (2021)	862,470	120,590
Area	1,259 km²	3,646 km²
Density	685/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.09%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	60.3%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.82	101.6
Headquarters	Malangwa	Phungling
Province	Madhesh	Koshi
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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Taplejung

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

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Questions

Sarlahi vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Sarlahi or Taplejung?+

Sarlahi district had 862,470 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Sarlahi has 741,880 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sarlahi or Taplejung?+

Sarlahi covers 1,259 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,387 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sarlahi or Taplejung?+

Sarlahi has a density of 685 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Sarlahi is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sarlahi and Taplejung districts?+

Sarlahi district's headquarters is Malangwa; Taplejung's is Phungling. Sarlahi is in Madhesh 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.