Districts compared

Kailali vs Surkhet

Kailali (904,666 people, headquarters Dhangadhi) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kailali has 489,540 more people.

	Kailali	Surkhet
Population (2021)	904,666	415,126
Area	3,235 km²	2,451 km²
Density	280/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.48%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	77.6%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	91.99	92.74
Headquarters	Dhangadhi	Birendranagar
Province	Sudurpashchim	Karnali
Local levels	13	9

Kailali

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Kailali vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Kailali or Surkhet?+

Kailali district had 904,666 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Kailali has 489,540 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kailali or Surkhet?+

Kailali covers 3,235 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 784 km². Kailali is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kailali or Surkhet?+

Kailali has a density of 280 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Kailali is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kailali and Surkhet districts?+

Kailali district's headquarters is Dhangadhi; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Kailali is in Sudurpashchim 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.