Districts compared

Mahottari vs Taplejung

Mahottari (706,994 people, headquarters Jaleshwar) and Taplejung (120,590 people, headquarters Phungling) compared side by side, population, density and area. Mahottari has 586,404 more people.

	Mahottari	Taplejung
Population (2021)	706,994	120,590
Area	1,002 km²	3,646 km²
Density	706/km²	33/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.14%/yr	-0.53%/yr
Literacy	59.8%	82.2%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	97.58	101.6
Headquarters	Jaleshwar	Phungling
Province	Madhesh	Koshi
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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Taplejung

Kanchenjunga, the world's third-highest peak, and the Pathibhara pilgrimage

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Questions

Mahottari vs Taplejung, answered

Which has more people, Mahottari or Taplejung?+

Mahottari district had 706,994 people at the 2021 census and Taplejung had 120,590, so Mahottari has 586,404 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Mahottari or Taplejung?+

Mahottari covers 1,002 km² and Taplejung covers 3,646 km², a difference of 2,644 km². Taplejung is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Mahottari or Taplejung?+

Mahottari has a density of 706 people/km² and Taplejung has 33 people/km². Mahottari is denser.

What are the headquarters of Mahottari and Taplejung districts?+

Mahottari district's headquarters is Jaleshwar; Taplejung's is Phungling. Mahottari is in Madhesh Province, Taplejung in Koshi 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.