Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Makwanpur

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 216,888 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	682,961	466,073
Area	1,738 km²	2,426 km²
Density	393/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	100.67
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Hetauda
Province	Lumbini	Bagmati
Local levels	10	10

Kapilvastu

Tilaurakot, the walled remains of ancient Kapilavastu, where Prince Siddhartha grew up

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Makwanpur

Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati Province, beneath the Daman viewpoint on the Tribhuvan Highway

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Makwanpur?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Kapilvastu has 216,888 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Makwanpur?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 688 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Makwanpur?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Makwanpur districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Kapilvastu is in Lumbini Province, Makwanpur in Bagmati 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.