Districts compared

Dang vs Surkhet

Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dang has 259,867 more people.

	Dang	Surkhet
Population (2021)	674,993	415,126
Area	2,955 km²	2,451 km²
Density	228/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.92%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	81.4%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	90.45	92.74
Headquarters	Ghorahi	Birendranagar
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	10	9

Dang

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Dang vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Dang or Surkhet?+

Dang district had 674,993 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Dang has 259,867 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dang or Surkhet?+

Dang covers 2,955 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 504 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dang or Surkhet?+

Dang has a density of 228 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Dang is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dang and Surkhet districts?+

Dang district's headquarters is Ghorahi; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Dang is in Lumbini 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.