Districts compared

Dhanusha vs Makwanpur

Dhanusha (867,747 people, headquarters Janakpur (Janakpurdham)) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhanusha has 401,674 more people.

	Dhanusha	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	867,747	466,073
Area	1,180 km²	2,426 km²
Density	735/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.34%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	65.2%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.18	100.67
Headquarters	Janakpur (Janakpurdham)	Hetauda
Province	Madhesh	Bagmati
Local levels	18	10

Dhanusha

Janakpurdham, Madhesh's capital, the Janaki Mandir and Nepal's only operating railway

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Makwanpur

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

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Questions

Dhanusha vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Dhanusha or Makwanpur?+

Dhanusha district had 867,747 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Dhanusha has 401,674 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhanusha or Makwanpur?+

Dhanusha covers 1,180 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 1,246 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhanusha or Makwanpur?+

Dhanusha has a density of 735 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Dhanusha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhanusha and Makwanpur districts?+

Dhanusha district's headquarters is Janakpur (Janakpurdham); Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Dhanusha 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.