Districts compared

Makwanpur vs Dhading

Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) and Dhading (325,710 people, headquarters Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Makwanpur has 140,363 more people.

	Makwanpur	Dhading
Population (2021)	466,073	325,710
Area	2,426 km²	1,926 km²
Density	192/km²	169/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.99%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	77.8%	72.4%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.67	95.43
Headquarters	Hetauda	Dhading Besi (Nilkantha)
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	10	13

Makwanpur

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

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Dhading

Ganesh Himal country immediately west of Kathmandu, bisected by the Prithvi Highway

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Questions

Makwanpur vs Dhading, answered

Which has more people, Makwanpur or Dhading?+

Makwanpur district had 466,073 people at the 2021 census and Dhading had 325,710, so Makwanpur has 140,363 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Makwanpur or Dhading?+

Makwanpur covers 2,426 km² and Dhading covers 1,926 km², a difference of 500 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Makwanpur or Dhading?+

Makwanpur has a density of 192 people/km² and Dhading has 169 people/km². Makwanpur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Makwanpur and Dhading districts?+

Makwanpur district's headquarters is Hetauda; Dhading's is Dhading Besi (Nilkantha). 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.