Districts compared

Sunsari vs Darchula

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Darchula (133,310 people, headquarters Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 793,652 more people.

	Sunsari	Darchula
Population (2021)	926,962	133,310
Area	1,257 km²	2,322 km²
Density	737/km²	57/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	0%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	93.52
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali)
Province	Koshi	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	12	9

Sunsari

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

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Darchula

Api Himal (7,132 m) and the Mahakali frontier with India

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Questions

Sunsari vs Darchula, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Darchula?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Darchula had 133,310, so Sunsari has 793,652 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Darchula?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Darchula covers 2,322 km², a difference of 1,065 km². Darchula is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Darchula?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Darchula has 57 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Darchula districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Darchula's is Darchula Khalanga (Mahakali). Sunsari is in Koshi Province, Darchula 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.