Districts compared

Bara vs Makwanpur

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 297,064 more people.

	Bara	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	763,137	466,073
Area	1,190 km²	2,426 km²
Density	641/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	100.67
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Hetauda
Province	Madhesh	Bagmati
Local levels	16	10

Bara

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

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Makwanpur

Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati Province, beneath the Daman viewpoint on the Tribhuvan Highway

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Questions

Bara vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Makwanpur?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Bara has 297,064 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Makwanpur?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 1,236 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Makwanpur?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Bara is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Makwanpur districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Bara is in Madhesh Province, Makwanpur in Bagmati 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.