Districts compared

Udayapur vs Panchthar

Udayapur (340,721 people, headquarters Gaighat (Triyuga)) and Panchthar (172,400 people, headquarters Phidim) compared side by side, population, density and area. Udayapur has 168,321 more people.

	Udayapur	Panchthar
Population (2021)	340,721	172,400
Area	2,063 km²	1,241 km²
Density	165/km²	139/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.68%/yr	-1.02%/yr
Literacy	77.2%	82.3%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.52	98.81
Headquarters	Gaighat (Triyuga)	Phidim
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	8	8

Udayapur

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

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Panchthar

The Limbu heartland of eastern Nepal, centred on the hill bazaar of Phidim

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Questions

Udayapur vs Panchthar, answered

Which has more people, Udayapur or Panchthar?+

Udayapur district had 340,721 people at the 2021 census and Panchthar had 172,400, so Udayapur has 168,321 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Udayapur or Panchthar?+

Udayapur covers 2,063 km² and Panchthar covers 1,241 km², a difference of 822 km². Udayapur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Udayapur or Panchthar?+

Udayapur has a density of 165 people/km² and Panchthar has 139 people/km². Udayapur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Udayapur and Panchthar districts?+

Udayapur district's headquarters is Gaighat (Triyuga); Panchthar's is Phidim. 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.