Districts compared

Banke vs Surkhet

Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Banke has 188,068 more people.

	Banke	Surkhet
Population (2021)	603,194	415,126
Area	2,337 km²	2,451 km²
Density	258/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	73.4%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.83	92.74
Headquarters	Nepalgunj	Birendranagar
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	8	9

Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Surkhet

Karnali's provincial capital Birendranagar and the 12th-century Kakrebihar temple

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Questions

Banke vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Banke or Surkhet?+

Banke district had 603,194 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Banke has 188,068 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Banke or Surkhet?+

Banke covers 2,337 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 114 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Banke or Surkhet?+

Banke has a density of 258 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Banke is denser.

What are the headquarters of Banke and Surkhet districts?+

Banke district's headquarters is Nepalgunj; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Banke is in Lumbini Province, Surkhet in Karnali 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.