Districts compared

Taplejung vs Solukhumbu

Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) and Solukhumbu (104,851 people, headquarters Salleri (Solududhkunda)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Taplejung has 15,739 more people.

	Taplejung	Solukhumbu
Population (2021)	120,590	104,851
Area	3,646 km²	3,312 km²
Density	33/km²	32/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.53%/yr	-0.09%/yr
Literacy	82.2%	76.9%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.6	101.23
Headquarters	Phungling	Salleri (Solududhkunda)
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	9	8

Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Solukhumbu

Everest's district, Sagarmatha National Park and the Sherpa Khumbu

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Questions

Taplejung vs Solukhumbu, answered

Which has more people, Taplejung or Solukhumbu?+

Taplejung district had 120,590 people at the 2021 census and Solukhumbu had 104,851, so Taplejung has 15,739 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Taplejung or Solukhumbu?+

Taplejung covers 3,646 km² and Solukhumbu covers 3,312 km², a difference of 334 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Taplejung or Solukhumbu?+

Taplejung has a density of 33 people/km² and Solukhumbu has 32 people/km². Taplejung is denser.

What are the headquarters of Taplejung and Solukhumbu districts?+

Taplejung district's headquarters is Phungling; Solukhumbu's is Salleri (Solududhkunda). 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.