Districts compared

Kaski vs Surkhet

Kaski (600,051 people, headquarters Pokhara) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kaski has 184,925 more people.

	Kaski	Surkhet
Population (2021)	600,051	415,126
Area	2,017 km²	2,451 km²
Density	297/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.9%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	87.7%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	95.29	92.74
Headquarters	Pokhara	Birendranagar
Province	Gandaki	Karnali
Local levels	5	9

Kaski

Home of Pokhara, Nepal's tourism capital, beneath Machhapuchhre and the Annapurnas

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Surkhet

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

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Questions

Kaski vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Kaski or Surkhet?+

Kaski district had 600,051 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Kaski has 184,925 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kaski or Surkhet?+

Kaski covers 2,017 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 434 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kaski or Surkhet?+

Kaski has a density of 297 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Kaski is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kaski and Surkhet districts?+

Kaski district's headquarters is Pokhara; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Kaski is in Gandaki 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.