Districts compared

Mahottari vs Gorkha

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Gorkha (251,027 people, headquarters Gorkha) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 455,967 more people.

	Mahottari	Gorkha
Population (2021)	706,994	251,027
Area	1,002 km²	3,610 km²
Density	706/km²	70/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	-0.74%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	88.92
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Gorkha
Province	Madhesh	Gandaki
Local levels	15	11

Mahottari

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

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Gorkha

Cradle of Nepal's unification, Prithvi Narayan Shah's Gorkha Durbar, and home of Manaslu (8,163 m)

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Questions

Mahottari vs Gorkha, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Gorkha?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Gorkha had 251,027, so Mahottari has 455,967 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Gorkha?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Gorkha covers 3,610 km², a difference of 2,608 km². Gorkha is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Gorkha?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Gorkha has 70 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Gorkha districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Gorkha's is Gorkha. Mahottari is in Madhesh Province, Gorkha in Gandaki 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.