Districts compared

Udayapur vs Dhankuta

Udayapur (340,721 people, headquarters Gaighat (Triyuga)) and Dhankuta (150,599 people, headquarters Dhankuta) compared side by side, population, density and area. Udayapur has 190,122 more people.

	Udayapur	Dhankuta
Population (2021)	340,721	150,599
Area	2,063 km²	891 km²
Density	165/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.68%/yr	-0.78%/yr
Literacy	77.2%	81.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.52	96.16
Headquarters	Gaighat (Triyuga)	Dhankuta
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	8	7

Udayapur

Inner-Tarai valley district of Gaighat and Nepal's state-owned Udayapur Cement

Full Udayapur profile →

Dhankuta

Orange and tea hills around the former Eastern Region headquarters

Full Dhankuta profile →

Questions

Udayapur vs Dhankuta, answered

Which has more people, Udayapur or Dhankuta?+

Udayapur district had 340,721 people at the 2021 census and Dhankuta had 150,599, so Udayapur has 190,122 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Udayapur or Dhankuta?+

Udayapur covers 2,063 km² and Dhankuta covers 891 km², a difference of 1,172 km². Udayapur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Udayapur or Dhankuta?+

Udayapur has a density of 165 people/km² and Dhankuta has 169 people/km². Dhankuta is denser.

What are the headquarters of Udayapur and Dhankuta districts?+

Udayapur district's headquarters is Gaighat (Triyuga); Dhankuta's is Dhankuta. Both districts are in Koshi Province.

More comparisons

Bhojpur vs Dhankuta

Dhankuta vs Okhaldhunga

Dhankuta vs Solukhumbu

Dhankuta vs Taplejung

Dhankuta vs Terhathum

Ilam vs Dhankuta

← Compare all districts

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.