Districts compared

Sunsari vs Gorkha

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 675,935 more people.

	Sunsari	Gorkha
Population (2021)	926,962	251,027
Area	1,257 km²	3,610 km²
Density	737/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	88.92
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Gorkha
Province	Koshi	Gandaki
Local levels	12	11

Sunsari

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Sunsari vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Gorkha?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Sunsari has 675,935 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Gorkha?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,353 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Gorkha?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Gorkha districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Sunsari is in Koshi Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.