Districts compared

Tanahun vs Lamjung

Tanahun (321,153 people, headquarters Damauli (Vyas)) and Lamjung (155,852 people, headquarters Besisahar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Tanahun has 165,301 more people.

	Tanahun	Lamjung
Population (2021)	321,153	155,852
Area	1,546 km²	1,692 km²
Density	208/km²	92/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.06%/yr	-0.7%/yr
Literacy	81.6%	77.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	87.74	90.59
Headquarters	Damauli (Vyas)	Besisahar
Province	Gandaki	Gandaki
Local levels	10	8

Tanahun

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

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Lamjung

Besisahar, trailhead of the Annapurna Circuit, and Nepal's densest Gurung heartland

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Questions

Tanahun vs Lamjung, answered

Which has more people, Tanahun or Lamjung?+

Tanahun district had 321,153 people at the 2021 census and Lamjung had 155,852, so Tanahun has 165,301 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Tanahun or Lamjung?+

Tanahun covers 1,546 km² and Lamjung covers 1,692 km², a difference of 146 km². Lamjung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Tanahun or Lamjung?+

Tanahun has a density of 208 people/km² and Lamjung has 92 people/km². Tanahun is denser.

What are the headquarters of Tanahun and Lamjung districts?+

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