Districts compared

Udayapur vs Taplejung

Udayapur (340,721 people, headquarters Gaighat (Triyuga)) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Udayapur has 220,131 more people.

	Udayapur	Taplejung
Population (2021)	340,721	120,590
Area	2,063 km²	3,646 km²
Density	165/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.68%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	77.2%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.52	101.6
Headquarters	Gaighat (Triyuga)	Phungling
Province	Koshi	Koshi
Local levels	8	9

Udayapur

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

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Taplejung

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

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Questions

Udayapur vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Udayapur or Taplejung?+

Udayapur district had 340,721 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Udayapur has 220,131 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Udayapur or Taplejung?+

Udayapur covers 2,063 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 1,583 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Udayapur or Taplejung?+

Udayapur has a density of 165 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Udayapur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Udayapur and Taplejung districts?+

Udayapur district's headquarters is Gaighat (Triyuga); Taplejung's is Phungling. 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.