Districts compared

Sunsari vs Bajhang

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Bajhang (189,085 people, headquarters Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 737,877 more people.

	Sunsari	Bajhang
Population (2021)	926,962	189,085
Area	1,257 km²	3,422 km²
Density	737/km²	55/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	70.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	87.93
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)
Province	Koshi	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	12	12

Sunsari

Dharan, Itahari and the Koshi Tappu wetlands at eastern Nepal's crossroads

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Bajhang

Saipal Himal (7,031 m) and the reformer-raja Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh

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Questions

Sunsari vs Bajhang, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Bajhang?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Bajhang had 189,085, so Sunsari has 737,877 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Bajhang?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Bajhang covers 3,422 km², a difference of 2,165 km². Bajhang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Bajhang?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Bajhang has 55 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Bajhang districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Bajhang's is Chainpur (Jayaprithvi). Sunsari is in Koshi Province, Bajhang 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.