Districts compared

Mahottari vs Makwanpur

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 240,921 more people.

	Mahottari	Makwanpur
Population (2021)	706,994	466,073
Area	1,002 km²	2,426 km²
Density	706/km²	192/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	+0.99%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	77.8%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	100.67
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Hetauda
Province	Madhesh	Bagmati
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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Makwanpur

Hetauda, the capital of Bagmati Province, beneath the Daman viewpoint on the Tribhuvan Highway

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Questions

Mahottari vs Makwanpur, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Makwanpur?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Makwanpur had 466,073, so Mahottari has 240,921 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Makwanpur?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Makwanpur covers 2,426 km², a difference of 1,424 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Makwanpur?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Makwanpur has 192 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Makwanpur districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Makwanpur's is Hetauda. Mahottari is in Madhesh Province, Makwanpur in Bagmati 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.