Districts compared

Chitwan vs Surkhet

Chitwan (719,859 people, headquarters Bharatpur) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Chitwan has 304,733 more people.

	Chitwan	Surkhet
Population (2021)	719,859	415,126
Area	2,218 km²	2,451 km²
Density	325/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+2.07%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	83.7%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.58	92.74
Headquarters	Bharatpur	Birendranagar
Province	Bagmati	Karnali
Local levels	7	9

Chitwan

Chitwan National Park, one-horned rhinos and the metropolitan city of Bharatpur

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Chitwan vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Chitwan or Surkhet?+

Chitwan district had 719,859 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Chitwan has 304,733 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Chitwan or Surkhet?+

Chitwan covers 2,218 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 233 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Chitwan or Surkhet?+

Chitwan has a density of 325 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Chitwan is denser.

What are the headquarters of Chitwan and Surkhet districts?+

Chitwan district's headquarters is Bharatpur; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Chitwan is in Bagmati 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.