Districts compared

Bara vs Gorkha

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 512,110 more people.

	Bara	Gorkha
Population (2021)	763,137	251,027
Area	1,190 km²	3,610 km²
Density	641/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	88.92
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Gorkha
Province	Madhesh	Gandaki
Local levels	16	11

Bara

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Bara vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Gorkha?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Bara has 512,110 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Gorkha?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,420 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Gorkha?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Bara is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Gorkha districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Bara is in Madhesh Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.