Districts compared

Sunsari vs Dolpa

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 884,188 more people.

	Sunsari	Dolpa
Population (2021)	926,962	42,774
Area	1,257 km²	7,889 km²
Density	737/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	99.85
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Koshi	Karnali
Local levels	12	8

Sunsari

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

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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Sunsari vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Dolpa?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Sunsari has 884,188 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Dolpa?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,632 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Dolpa?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Dolpa districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Sunsari is in Koshi Province, Dolpa in Karnali 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.