Districts compared

Kapilvastu vs Surkhet

Kapilvastu (682,961 people, headquarters Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kapilvastu has 267,835 more people.

	Kapilvastu	Surkhet
Population (2021)	682,961	415,126
Area	1,738 km²	2,451 km²
Density	393/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.7%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	71.8%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	96.1	92.74
Headquarters	Taulihawa (Kapilvastu)	Birendranagar
Province	Lumbini	Karnali
Local levels	10	9

Kapilvastu

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

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Kapilvastu vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Kapilvastu or Surkhet?+

Kapilvastu district had 682,961 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Kapilvastu has 267,835 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kapilvastu or Surkhet?+

Kapilvastu covers 1,738 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 713 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kapilvastu or Surkhet?+

Kapilvastu has a density of 393 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Kapilvastu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kapilvastu and Surkhet districts?+

Kapilvastu district's headquarters is Taulihawa (Kapilvastu); Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Kapilvastu is in Lumbini 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.