Districts compared

Sunsari vs Panchthar

Sunsari (926,962 people, headquarters Inaruwa) and Panchthar (172,400 people, headquarters Phidim) compared side by side, population, density and area. Sunsari has 754,562 more people.

	Sunsari	Panchthar
Population (2021)	926,962	172,400
Area	1,257 km²	1,241 km²
Density	737/km²	139/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.86%/yr	-1.02%/yr
Literacy	78.1%	82.3%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	93.95	98.81
Headquarters	Inaruwa	Phidim
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	12	8

Sunsari

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

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Panchthar

The Limbu heartland of eastern Nepal, centred on the hill bazaar of Phidim

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Questions

Sunsari vs Panchthar, answered

Which has more people, Sunsari or Panchthar?+

Sunsari district had 926,962 people at the 2021 census and Panchthar had 172,400, so Sunsari has 754,562 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Sunsari or Panchthar?+

Sunsari covers 1,257 km² and Panchthar covers 1,241 km², a difference of 16 km². Sunsari is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Sunsari or Panchthar?+

Sunsari has a density of 737 people/km² and Panchthar has 139 people/km². Sunsari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Sunsari and Panchthar districts?+

Sunsari district's headquarters is Inaruwa; Panchthar's is Phidim. 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.