Districts compared

Sunsari vs Dang

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 251,969 more people.

	Sunsari	Dang
Population (2021)	926,962	674,993
Area	1,257 km²	2,955 km²
Density	737/km²	228/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	+1.92%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	81.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	90.45
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Ghorahi
Province	Koshi	Lumbini
Local levels	12	10

Sunsari

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

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Dang

The Dang and Deukhuri valleys, Tharu heartland and seat of Lumbini Province's capital

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Questions

Sunsari vs Dang, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Dang?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Dang had 674,993, so Sunsari has 251,969 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Dang?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Dang covers 2,955 km², a difference of 1,698 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Dang?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Dang has 228 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Dang districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Dang's is Ghorahi. Sunsari is in Koshi Province, Dang 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.