Districts compared

Sunsari vs Banke

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 323,768 more people.

	Sunsari	Banke
Population (2021)	926,962	603,194
Area	1,257 km²	2,337 km²
Density	737/km²	258/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	+1.97%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	73.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	96.83
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Nepalgunj
Province	Koshi	Lumbini
Local levels	12	8

Sunsari

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

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Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Questions

Sunsari vs Banke, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Banke?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Banke had 603,194, so Sunsari has 323,768 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Banke?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Banke covers 2,337 km², a difference of 1,080 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Banke?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Banke has 258 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Banke districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Banke's is Nepalgunj. Sunsari is in Koshi Province, Banke in Lumbini 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.