Districts compared

Kailali vs Rautahat

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 91,093 more people.

	Kailali	Rautahat
Population (2021)	904,666	813,573
Area	3,235 km²	1,126 km²
Density	280/km²	723/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+1.63%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	57.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	100.8
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Gaur
Province	Sudurpashchim	Madhesh
Local levels	13	18

Kailali

Dhangadhi, Ghodaghodi Lake and Nepal's only cable-stayed bridge over the Karnali

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Rautahat

Bajjika-speaking heartland with more municipalities (16) than any other Nepali district

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Questions

Kailali vs Rautahat, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Rautahat?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Rautahat had 813,573, so Kailali has 91,093 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Rautahat?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Rautahat covers 1,126 km², a difference of 2,109 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Rautahat?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Rautahat has 723 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Rautahat districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Rautahat's is Gaur. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Rautahat in Madhesh 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.