Districts compared

Mahottari vs Banke

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Banke (603,194 people, headquarters Nepalgunj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 103,800 more people.

	Mahottari	Banke
Population (2021)	706,994	603,194
Area	1,002 km²	2,337 km²
Density	706/km²	258/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	+1.97%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	73.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	96.83
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Nepalgunj
Province	Madhesh	Lumbini
Local levels	15	8

Mahottari

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

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Banke

Nepalgunj, the gateway city of the western Tarai, and Banke National Park

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Questions

Mahottari vs Banke, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Banke?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Banke had 603,194, so Mahottari has 103,800 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Banke?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Banke covers 2,337 km², a difference of 1,335 km². Banke is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Banke?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Banke has 258 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Banke districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Banke's is Nepalgunj. Mahottari is in Madhesh Province, Banke in Lumbini 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.