Districts compared

Makwanpur vs Rasuwa

Makwanpur (466,073 people, headquarters Hetauda) and Rasuwa (46,689 people, headquarters Dhunche) compared side by side, population, density and area. Makwanpur has 419,384 more people.

	Makwanpur	Rasuwa
Population (2021)	466,073	46,689
Area	2,426 km²	1,544 km²
Density	192/km²	30/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+0.99%/yr	+0.72%/yr
Literacy	77.8%	69.6%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.67	106.1
Headquarters	Hetauda	Dhunche
Province	Bagmati	Bagmati
Local levels	10	5

Makwanpur

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

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Rasuwa

The Langtang valley, the sacred Gosainkunda lakes and the Rasuwagadhi crossing to China

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Questions

Makwanpur vs Rasuwa, answered

Which has more people, Makwanpur or Rasuwa?+

Makwanpur district had 466,073 people at the 2021 census and Rasuwa had 46,689, so Makwanpur has 419,384 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Makwanpur or Rasuwa?+

Makwanpur covers 2,426 km² and Rasuwa covers 1,544 km², a difference of 882 km². Makwanpur is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Makwanpur or Rasuwa?+

Makwanpur has a density of 192 people/km² and Rasuwa has 30 people/km². Makwanpur is denser.

What are the headquarters of Makwanpur and Rasuwa districts?+

Makwanpur district's headquarters is Hetauda; Rasuwa's is Dhunche. 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.