Districts compared

Kailali vs Saptari

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 198,411 more people.

	Kailali	Saptari
Population (2021)	904,666	706,255
Area	3,235 km²	1,363 km²
Density	280/km²	518/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+0.96%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	67.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	99.01
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Rajbiraj
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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Saptari

The Koshi Barrage, Koshi Tappu's wild water buffalo and the Chhinnamasta shakti pith

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Questions

Kailali vs Saptari, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Saptari?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Saptari had 706,255, so Kailali has 198,411 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Saptari?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Saptari covers 1,363 km², a difference of 1,872 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Saptari?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Saptari has 518 people/km². Saptari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Saptari districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Saptari's is Rajbiraj. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim Province, Saptari 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.