Districts compared

Bara vs Mahottari

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 56,143 more people.

	Bara	Mahottari
Population (2021)	763,137	706,994
Area	1,190 km²	1,002 km²
Density	641/km²	706/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	+1.14%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	59.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	97.58
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Jaleshwar
Province	Madhesh	Madhesh
Local levels	16	15

Bara

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

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Mahottari

Jaleshwar's 'God in water' Shiva temple and Bardibas, where the BP Highway meets the East–West Highway

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Questions

Bara vs Mahottari, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Mahottari?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Mahottari had 706,994, so Bara has 56,143 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Mahottari?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Mahottari covers 1,002 km², a difference of 188 km². Bara is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Mahottari?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Mahottari has 706 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Mahottari districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Mahottari's is Jaleshwar. Both districts are in Madhesh 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.