Districts compared

Mahottari vs Surkhet

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Surkhet (415,126 people, headquarters Birendranagar) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 291,868 more people.

	Mahottari	Surkhet
Population (2021)	706,994	415,126
Area	1,002 km²	2,451 km²
Density	706/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	+1.62%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	82.7%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	92.74
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Birendranagar
Province	Madhesh	Karnali
Local levels	15	9

Mahottari

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

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Surkhet

Karnali's provincial capital Birendranagar and the 12th-century Kakrebihar temple

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Questions

Mahottari vs Surkhet, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Surkhet?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Surkhet had 415,126, so Mahottari has 291,868 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Surkhet?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Surkhet covers 2,451 km², a difference of 1,449 km². Surkhet is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Surkhet?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Surkhet has 169 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Surkhet districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Surkhet's is Birendranagar. Mahottari is in Madhesh Province, Surkhet 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.