Districts compared

Kathmandu vs Makwanpur

Kathmandu (2,041,587 people, headquarters Kathmandu) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Kathmandu has 1,575,514 more people.

	Kathmandu	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	2,041,587	466,073
Area	395 km²	2,426 km²
Density	5,169/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.51%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	89.2%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	102.97	100.67
Headquarters	Kathmandu	Hetauda
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	11	10

Kathmandu

Nepal's capital district, the most populous, densest and most literate in the country

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Makwanpur

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

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Questions

Kathmandu vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Kathmandu or Makwanpur?+

Kathmandu district had 2,041,587 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Kathmandu has 1,575,514 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Kathmandu or Makwanpur?+

Kathmandu covers 395 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 2,031 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Kathmandu or Makwanpur?+

Kathmandu has a density of 5,169 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Kathmandu is denser.

What are the headquarters of Kathmandu and Makwanpur districts?+

Kathmandu district's headquarters is Kathmandu; Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Both districts are 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.