Head to head
Kathmandu vs Bharatpur
Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kathmandu is the larger of the two, with 1,442,271 people to 369,377 in Bharatpur. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Everything below is the evidence for that: population, size within each city’s own country, the distance between them, and where each one stands on the global board.
The answer
SummaryNeither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kathmandu is the larger of the two, with 1,442,271 people to 369,377 in Bharatpur. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
Neither Kathmandu nor Bharatpur has been backed yet, so nothing on the board has changed.
Head to head
Nepal| Metric | Kathmandu | Bharatpur |
|---|---|---|
| Populationcity proper, GeoNames | 1,442,271 | 369,377 |
| Size in its countryby population, among catalogue cities | 1st largest | 3rd largest |
| Country | Nepal | Nepal |
| Region | Bagmati Province | Bagmati Province |
| National capital | Yes | No |
| Local timewhen this page was generated | 4:42 AM · UTC+05:45 | 4:42 AM · UTC+05:45 |
| CityWar rank | Unclaimed | Unclaimed |
| City score$1 contributed = 1 point | $0 | $0 |
| Backers | 0 | 0 |
| Score added todaysince 00:00 UTC | $0 | $0 |
Distance and time
87 km apartKathmandu and Bharatpur are 87 kilometres apart, measured centre to centre. Both are in Nepal. Bharatpur keeps time the same time as Kathmandu.
Kathmandu has 1,072,894 more people — 3.9× the size of the other by city-proper population.
Questions
Answered from the data above- Which is bigger, Kathmandu or Bharatpur?
- Kathmandu is the larger city by population, with 1,442,271 people to 369,377 in Bharatpur — a difference of 1,072,894. Both figures are for the city proper and come from the GeoNames open geographic database.
- How far apart are Kathmandu and Bharatpur?
- 87 kilometres, measured centre to centre as a great-circle distance. Both cities are in Nepal. Bharatpur keeps time the same time as Kathmandu.
- Which city is winning on CityWar, Kathmandu or Bharatpur?
- Neither city is on the CityWar leaderboard yet, so there is no score to compare. By population Kathmandu is the larger of the two, with 1,442,271 people to 369,377 in Bharatpur. The first $1 behind either one settles the rest.
- How is a city's CityWar score calculated?
- One US dollar contributed is one point, and cities are ordered by total score with the highest first. When two cities are level the one backed first holds the higher rank. Nothing else is in the calculation — no population weighting, no votes and no editorial judgement — which is why Kathmandu and Bharatpur both currently sit at $0.
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6Settle it
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