Districts compared

Dang vs Makwanpur

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 208,920 more people.

	Dang	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	674,993	466,073
Area	2,955 km²	2,426 km²
Density	228/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	100.67
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Hetauda
Province	Lumbini	Bagmati
Local levels	10	10

Dang

The Dang and Deukhuri valleys, Tharu heartland and seat of Lumbini Province's capital

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Makwanpur

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

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Questions

Dang vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Makwanpur?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Dang has 208,920 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Makwanpur?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 529 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Makwanpur?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Dang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Makwanpur districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Dang is in Lumbini 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.