Districts compared

Mahottari vs Saptari

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Saptari (706,255 people, headquarters Rajbiraj) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 739 more people.

	Mahottari	Saptari
Population (2021)	706,994	706,255
Area	1,002 km²	1,363 km²
Density	706/km²	518/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	+0.96%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	67.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	99.01
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Rajbiraj
Province	Madhesh	Madhesh
Local levels	15	18

Mahottari

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

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Saptari

The Koshi Barrage, Koshi Tappu's wild water buffalo and the Chhinnamasta shakti pith

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Questions

Mahottari vs Saptari, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Saptari?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Saptari had 706,255, so Mahottari has 739 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Saptari?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Saptari covers 1,363 km², a difference of 361 km². Saptari is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Saptari?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Saptari has 518 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Saptari districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Saptari's is Rajbiraj. Both districts are in Madhesh 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.