Districts compared

Jhapa vs Surkhet

Jhapa (998,054 people, headquarters Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Jhapa has 582,928 more people.

	Jhapa	Surkhet
Population (2021)	998,054	415,126
Area	1,606 km²	2,451 km²
Density	621/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.97%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	82.8%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	92.1	92.74
Headquarters	Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi)	Birendranagar
Province	Koshi	Karnali
Local levels	15	9

Jhapa

Nepal's easternmost district and its lowest-lying land, on the fertile Mechi plain

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Jhapa vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Jhapa or Surkhet?+

Jhapa district had 998,054 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Jhapa has 582,928 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Jhapa or Surkhet?+

Jhapa covers 1,606 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 845 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Jhapa or Surkhet?+

Jhapa has a density of 621 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Jhapa is denser.

What are the headquarters of Jhapa and Surkhet districts?+

Jhapa district's headquarters is Bhadrapur (Chandragadhi); Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Jhapa is in Koshi 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.