Districts compared

Mahottari vs Dang

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Dang (674,993 people, headquarters Ghorahi) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 32,001 more people.

	Mahottari	Dang
Population (2021)	706,994	674,993
Area	1,002 km²	2,955 km²
Density	706/km²	228/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	+1.92%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	81.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	90.45
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Ghorahi
Province	Madhesh	Lumbini
Local levels	15	10

Mahottari

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

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Dang

The Dang and Deukhuri valleys, Tharu heartland and seat of Lumbini Province's capital

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Questions

Mahottari vs Dang, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Dang?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Dang had 674,993, so Mahottari has 32,001 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Dang?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Dang covers 2,955 km², a difference of 1,953 km². Dang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Dang?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Dang has 228 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Dang districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Dang's is Ghorahi. Mahottari is in Madhesh Province, Dang 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.