Districts compared

Mahottari vs Dolpa

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Dolpa (42,774 people, headquarters Dunai (Thuli Bheri)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 664,220 more people.

	Mahottari	Dolpa
Population (2021)	706,994	42,774
Area	1,002 km²	7,889 km²
Density	706/km²	5/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	+1.47%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	67%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	99.85
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Dunai (Thuli Bheri)
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
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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Dolpa

Nepal's largest district, trans-Himalayan Dolpo, Shey Phoksundo National Park and Phoksundo Lake

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Questions

Mahottari vs Dolpa, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Dolpa?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Dolpa had 42,774, so Mahottari has 664,220 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Dolpa?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Dolpa covers 7,889 km², a difference of 6,887 km². Dolpa is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Dolpa?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Dolpa has 5 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Dolpa districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Dolpa's is Dunai (Thuli Bheri). Mahottari is in Madhesh Province, Dolpa 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.