Districts compared

Sunsari vs Ilam

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Ilam (279,534 people, headquarters Ilam) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 647,428 more people.

	Sunsari	Ilam
Population (2021)	926,962	279,534
Area	1,257 km²	1,703 km²
Density	737/km²	164/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	-0.36%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	83.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	99.52
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Ilam
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	12	10

Sunsari

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

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Ilam

Nepal's tea capital, orthodox tea gardens since 1863

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Questions

Sunsari vs Ilam, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Ilam?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Ilam had 279,534, so Sunsari has 647,428 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Ilam?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Ilam covers 1,703 km², a difference of 446 km². Ilam is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Ilam?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Ilam has 164 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Ilam districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Ilam's is Ilam. Both districts are in Koshi 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.