Districts compared

Mahottari vs Bajhang

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Bajhang (189,085 people, headquarters Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 517,909 more people.

	Mahottari	Bajhang
Population (2021)	706,994	189,085
Area	1,002 km²	3,422 km²
Density	706/km²	55/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	70.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	87.93
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)
Province	Madhesh	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	15	12

Mahottari

Jaleshwar's 'God in water' Shiva temple and Bardibas, where the BP Highway meets the East–West Highway

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Bajhang

Saipal Himal (7,031 m) and the reformer-raja Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh

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Questions

Mahottari vs Bajhang, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Bajhang?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Bajhang had 189,085, so Mahottari has 517,909 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Bajhang?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Bajhang covers 3,422 km², a difference of 2,420 km². Bajhang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Bajhang?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Bajhang has 55 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Bajhang districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Bajhang's is Chainpur (Jayaprithvi). Mahottari is in Madhesh Province, Bajhang in Sudurpashchim 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.