Districts compared

Bara vs Banke

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 159,943 more people.

	Bara	Banke
Population (2021)	763,137	603,194
Area	1,190 km²	2,337 km²
Density	641/km²	258/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	+1.97%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	73.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	96.83
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Nepalgunj
Province	Madhesh	Lumbini
Local levels	16	8

Bara

Gadhimai's quinquennial festival, the medieval capital Simraungadh and the Nijgadh airport forest

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Banke

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

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Questions

Bara vs Banke, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Banke?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Banke had 603,194, so Bara has 159,943 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Banke?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Banke covers 2,337 km², a difference of 1,147 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Banke?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Banke has 258 people/km². Bara is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Banke districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Banke's is Nepalgunj. Bara is in Madhesh Province, Banke in Lumbini 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.