Districts compared

Rautahat vs Bajhang

Rautahat (813,573 people, headquarters Gaur) and Bajhang (189,085 people, headquarters Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)) compared side by side, population, density and area. Rautahat has 624,488 more people.

	Rautahat	Bajhang
Population (2021)	813,573	189,085
Area	1,126 km²	3,422 km²
Density	723/km²	55/km²
Annual growth 2011-21	+1.63%/yr	-0.3%/yr
Literacy	57.8%	70.5%
Sex ratio (males/100 females)	100.8	87.93
Headquarters	Gaur	Chainpur (Jayaprithvi)
Province	Madhesh	Sudurpashchim
Local levels	18	12

Rautahat

Bajjika-speaking heartland with more municipalities (16) than any other Nepali district

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Bajhang

Saipal Himal (7,031 m) and the reformer-raja Jaya Prithvi Bahadur Singh

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Questions

Rautahat vs Bajhang, answered

Which has more people, Rautahat or Bajhang?+

Rautahat district had 813,573 people at the 2021 census and Bajhang had 189,085, so Rautahat has 624,488 more people (National Population and Housing Census 2021).

Which is larger by area, Rautahat or Bajhang?+

Rautahat covers 1,126 km² and Bajhang covers 3,422 km², a difference of 2,296 km². Bajhang is the larger of the two.

Which is more densely populated, Rautahat or Bajhang?+

Rautahat has a density of 723 people/km² and Bajhang has 55 people/km². Rautahat is denser.

What are the headquarters of Rautahat and Bajhang districts?+

Rautahat district's headquarters is Gaur; Bajhang's is Chainpur (Jayaprithvi). Rautahat is in Madhesh Province, Bajhang in Sudurpashchim 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.