Districts compared

Sunsari vs Jumla

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Jumla (118,349 people, headquarters Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 808,613 more people.

	Sunsari	Jumla
Population (2021)	926,962	118,349
Area	1,257 km²	2,531 km²
Density	737/km²	47/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	+0.8%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	70.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	100.18
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Jumla Khalanga (Chandannath)
Province	Koshi	Karnali
Local levels	12	8

Sunsari

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

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Jumla

Organic apples, high-altitude Jumli Marsi rice and the Sinja Valley, cradle of the Nepali language

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Questions

Sunsari vs Jumla, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Jumla?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Jumla had 118,349, so Sunsari has 808,613 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Jumla?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Jumla covers 2,531 km², a difference of 1,274 km². Jumla is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Jumla?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Jumla has 47 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Jumla districts?+

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