Districts compared

Dhanusha vs Surkhet

Dhanusha (867,747 people, headquarters Janakpur (Janakpurdham)) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Dhanusha has 452,621 more people.

	Dhanusha	Surkhet
Population (2021)	867,747	415,126
Area	1,180 km²	2,451 km²
Density	735/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.34%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	65.2%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	98.18	92.74
Headquarters	Janakpur (Janakpurdham)	Birendranagar
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	18	9

Dhanusha

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Dhanusha vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Dhanusha or Surkhet?+

Dhanusha district had 867,747 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Dhanusha has 452,621 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Dhanusha or Surkhet?+

Dhanusha covers 1,180 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,271 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Dhanusha or Surkhet?+

Dhanusha has a density of 735 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Dhanusha is denser.

What are the headquarters of Dhanusha and Surkhet districts?+

Dhanusha district's headquarters is Janakpur (Janakpurdham); Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Dhanusha 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.