Districts compared

Siraha vs Taplejung

Siraha (739,953 people, headquarters Siraha) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Siraha has 619,363 more people.

	Siraha	Taplejung
Population (2021)	739,953	120,590
Area	1,188 km²	3,646 km²
Density	623/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.43%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	65.1%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.68	101.6
Headquarters	Siraha	Phungling
Province	Madhesh	Koshi
Local levels	17	9

Siraha

Salhesh Fulbari's New Year orchid and Lahan's Sagarmatha Choudhary Eye Hospital

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Taplejung

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

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Questions

Siraha vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Siraha or Taplejung?+

Siraha district had 739,953 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Siraha has 619,363 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Siraha or Taplejung?+

Siraha covers 1,188 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,458 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Siraha or Taplejung?+

Siraha has a density of 623 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Siraha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Siraha and Taplejung districts?+

Siraha district's headquarters is Siraha; Taplejung's is Phungling. Siraha 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.