Districts compared

Tanahun vs Gorkha

Tanahun (321,153 people, headquarters Damauli (Vyas)) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Tanahun has 70,126 more people.

	Tanahun	Gorkha
Population (2021)	321,153	251,027
Area	1,546 km²	3,610 km²
Density	208/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.06%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	81.6%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	87.74	88.92
Headquarters	Damauli (Vyas)	Gorkha
Province	Gandaki	Gandaki
Local levels	10	11

Tanahun

Birthplace of Adikavi Bhanubhakta Acharya and the hilltop Newar town of Bandipur

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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

Tanahun vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Tanahun or Gorkha?+

Tanahun district had 321,153 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Tanahun has 70,126 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Tanahun or Gorkha?+

Tanahun covers 1,546 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,064 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Tanahun or Gorkha?+

Tanahun has a density of 208 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Tanahun is denser.

What are the headquarters of Tanahun and Gorkha districts?+

Tanahun district's headquarters is Damauli (Vyas); 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.