Districts compared

Bara vs Surkhet

Bara (763,137 people, headquarters Kalaiya) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Bara has 348,011 more people.

	Bara	Surkhet
Population (2021)	763,137	415,126
Area	1,190 km²	2,451 km²
Density	641/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	64.5%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	104.4	92.74
Headquarters	Kalaiya	Birendranagar
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	16	9

Bara

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Bara vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Bara or Surkhet?+

Bara district had 763,137 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Bara has 348,011 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Bara or Surkhet?+

Bara covers 1,190 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,261 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Bara or Surkhet?+

Bara has a density of 641 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Bara is denser.

What are the headquarters of Bara and Surkhet districts?+

Bara district's headquarters is Kalaiya; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Bara is in Madhesh 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.