Districts compared

Sunsari vs Kailali

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 22,296 more people.

	Sunsari	Kailali
Population (2021)	926,962	904,666
Area	1,257 km²	3,235 km²
Density	737/km²	280/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	+1.48%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	77.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	91.99
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Dhangadhi
Province	Koshi	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	12	13

Sunsari

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

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Kailali

Dhangadhi, Ghodaghodi Lake and Nepal's only cable-stayed bridge over the Karnali

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Questions

Sunsari vs Kailali, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Kailali?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Kailali had 904,666, so Sunsari has 22,296 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Kailali?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Kailali covers 3,235 km², a difference of 1,978 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Kailali?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Kailali has 280 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Kailali districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Kailali's is Dhangadhi. Sunsari is in Koshi Province, Kailali 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.