Districts compared

Taplejung vs Terhathum

Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) and Terhathum (88,731 people, headquarters Myanglung) compared side by side, population, density and area. Taplejung has 31,859 more people.

	Taplejung	Terhathum
Population (2021)	120,590	88,731
Area	3,646 km²	679 km²
Density	33/km²	131/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	-0.53%/yr	-1.3%/yr
Literacy	82.2%	81.9%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	101.6	96.52
Headquarters	Phungling	Myanglung
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	9	6

Taplejung

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

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Terhathum

Gateway to Tinjure–Milke–Jaljale, the 'rhododendron capital of Nepal'

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Questions

Taplejung vs Terhathum, answered

Which has more people, Taplejung or Terhathum?+

Taplejung district had 120,590 people at the 2021 census and Terhathum had 88,731, so Taplejung has 31,859 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Taplejung or Terhathum?+

Taplejung covers 3,646 km² and Terhathum covers 679 km², a difference of 2,967 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Taplejung or Terhathum?+

Taplejung has a density of 33 people/km² and Terhathum has 131 people/km². Terhathum is denser.

What are the headquarters of Taplejung and Terhathum districts?+

Taplejung district's headquarters is Phungling; Terhathum's is Myanglung. 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.