Districts compared

Syangja vs Gorkha

Syangja (253,024 people, headquarters Putalibazar) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Syangja has 1,997 more people.

	Syangja	Gorkha
Population (2021)	253,024	251,027
Area	1,164 km²	3,610 km²
Density	217/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-1.28%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	81.7%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	85.57	88.92
Headquarters	Putalibazar	Gorkha
Province	Gandaki	Gandaki
Local levels	11	11

Syangja

Nepal's leading orange-growing district and home of the 144 MW Kaligandaki A power station

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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

Syangja vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Syangja or Gorkha?+

Syangja district had 253,024 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Syangja has 1,997 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Syangja or Gorkha?+

Syangja covers 1,164 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,446 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Syangja or Gorkha?+

Syangja has a density of 217 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Syangja is denser.

What are the headquarters of Syangja and Gorkha districts?+

Syangja district's headquarters is Putalibazar; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Both districts are 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.