Districts compared

Makwanpur vs Bhaktapur

Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) and Bhaktapur (432,132 people, headquarters Bhaktapur) compared side by side, population, density and area. Makwanpur has 33,941 more people.

	Makwanpur	Bhaktapur
Population (2021)	466,073	432,132
Area	2,426 km²	119 km²
Density	192/km²	3,631/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.99%/yr	+3.35%/yr
Literacy	77.8%	88%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.67	102.2
Headquarters	Hetauda	Bhaktapur
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	10	4

Makwanpur

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

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Bhaktapur

Medieval Newar city of Bhaktapur Durbar Square, Nepal's smallest and fastest-growing district

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Questions

Makwanpur vs Bhaktapur, answered

Which has more people, Makwanpur or Bhaktapur?+

Makwanpur district had 466,073 people at the 2021 census and Bhaktapur had 432,132, so Makwanpur has 33,941 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Makwanpur or Bhaktapur?+

Makwanpur covers 2,426 km² and Bhaktapur covers 119 km², a difference of 2,307 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Makwanpur or Bhaktapur?+

Makwanpur has a density of 192 people/km² and Bhaktapur has 3,631 people/km². Bhaktapur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Makwanpur and Bhaktapur districts?+

Makwanpur district's headquarters is Hetauda; Bhaktapur's is Bhaktapur. Both districts are 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.